Kimry

Kimry is a metropolis inside the south of Tver Oblast, Russia, positioned on the Volga River at its confluence with the Kimrka River, 133 kilometers to the east of Tver. The town changed into known as Kimra until the beginning of the 20th century; the name might be of Finnic or Baltic starting place. It changed into first mentioned in 1546 as a selo belonging to Ivan the Terrible. It belonged to Russian Tsars until 1677 after which changed into given to the Saltykov circle of relatives.

In 1847, the inhabitants offered themselves out, and Kimra quickly evolved into a hectic shoemaking and buying and selling village at the left bank of the Volga a boot appears on the town's coat of hands. Theophile Gautier wrote in his Voyage en Russie 1867: Kimra est celebre pour ses bottes comme Ronda pour ses guêtres Kimra is well-known for its footwear as Ronda for its gaiters.

The district on the proper financial institution of the Volga, referred to as Savyolovo, started out to develop in 1901, when a railway linked the region to Moscow. Kimry become granted town status in 1917. A variety of antique church buildings and different buildings still exist in the metropolis. Kimry is an commercial city, with several establishments of manufacturing industry machines and device for production industry, timber enterprise fixtures, in addition to manufacturing of footwear, apparel, and meals