Coordinates: 56°52′N 37°21′E / 56.867°N 37.35°E / 56.867; 37.35

Kimry (Russian: Ки́мры), formerly Kimra, is a town in the south of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Volga River, at its confluence with the Kimrka River (formerly Kimerka), 133 kilometers (83 mi) east of Tver. Population: 50,500 (2006 est.);^{[citation needed]} 53,650 (2002 Census);^[1] 61,535 (1989 Census).^[2] It is served by Kimry Airport.

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Kimry, known as Kimra until the beginning of the twentieth century (the name is probably of Finnic or Baltic origin^[3]), was first mentioned in 1546 as a busy shoemaking and trading village on the left bank of the Volga (a shoe appears on the town's coat of arms). Théophile Gautier wrote in his Voyage en Russie (1867): "Kimra est célèbre pour ses bottes comme Ronda pour ses guêtres" (Kimra is as famous for its shoes as Ronda for its gaiters).^[4] The district on the right bank of the Volga, known as Savyolovo, started to develop in 1901, when a railway connected the place to Moscow. Kimry was granted town status in 1917. A number of old wooden buildings and churches still exist in Kimry.

Kimry is the birthplace of Russian writer Alexander Fadeyev (1901).

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[edit] External links

• Unofficial website of Kimry (Russian)

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