Upper Volga region

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geographical region historical region

The Upper Volga region is a historical area in central Russia surrounding the upper course of the Volga River, known as an early political and cultural center of the medieval Russian principalities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Upper Volga region canonical 14
Upper Volga area 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Old Russian principalities NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval Rus' ⓘ
contains Kostroma Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tver Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yaroslavl Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of Ivanovo Oblast ⓘ
parts of Vologda Oblast ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
culturalHeritage icon painting traditions ⓘ
medieval Russian church architecture ⓘ
traditional Russian crafts ⓘ
hasCity Kalyazin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kostroma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Myshkin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rybinsk NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tver NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uglich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yaroslavl NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
river transport ⓘ
timber industry ⓘ
hasLandscape mixed forests ⓘ
river floodplains ⓘ
historicalImportance development of Orthodox Christian culture in Rus' ⓘ
formation of early Russian statehood ⓘ
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRole early cultural center of medieval Russian principalities ⓘ
early political center of medieval Russian principalities ⓘ
knownFor Orthodox monasteries ⓘ
medieval towns ⓘ
river trade routes ⓘ
wooden architecture ⓘ
languageCurrentlySpoken Russian ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Old East Slavic NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn central Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn Volga River NERFINISHED ⓘ
upper course of the Volga River ⓘ
majorRiver Volga River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf European Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Volga basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
riverSection from source of Volga near Valdai Hills to approximately Nizhny Novgorod area ⓘ
sourceRegionOf Volga River NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Principality of Tver → historicalRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Tver Academic Drama Theater → region → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Tver River Port → regionServed → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Principality of Yaroslavl → locatedIn → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Ivankovo Hydroelectric Station → regionServed → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Kashin → partOfHistoricalRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Kimry → historicalRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ
city of Tutaev → partOfHistoricRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ
subject surface form: Tutaev
Myshkin → region → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Ostashkovsky Uyezd → historicalRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Zubtsovsky Uyezd → partOfHistoricalRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Volga area
Staritsky Uyezd → historicalRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Korchevskoy Uyezd → historicalRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Vesyegonsky Uyezd → hasHistoricalRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ
Kalinin Oblast → historicalRegion → Upper Volga region ⓘ