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Porech'ye Destination Guide

Discover Porech'ye in Russia

Porech'ye in the region of Tverskaya is a town located in Russia - some 219 mi or ( 352 km ) North-West of Moscow , the country's capital .

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Local time in Porech'ye is now 06:03 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Solnechnyy, Tresno, Sutoko-Ryadok, Sifontovo, and Leningrad. When in this area, you might want to check out Solnechnyy . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Porech'ye ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Valdayka River

The Valdayka is a river in Valdaysky District of Novgorod Oblast and in Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast in Russia. It is a tributary of Lake Piros and belongs to the basin of the Msta River. It is 50 kilometres long, and the area of its basin 783 square kilometres . The Valdayka flows over the Valdai Hills and is a part of the waterway from Lake Valdayskoye to Lake Ilmen. The source of the Valdayka is in Lake Uzhin, close to the town of Valday. The river flows north-east to Lake Piros.

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Located at 58.15 33.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Neva basin, Rivers of Novgorod Oblast, Rivers of Tver Oblast

Lykoshino (settlement), Bologovsky District, Tver Oblast

Lykoshino is a rural locality (a settlement) in Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Valdayka River, northwest of the town of Bologoye (the administrative center of the district). On November 27, 2009, it was the closest settlement to the 2009 Nevsky Express bombing, and its residents aided in evacuating the train.

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Located at 58.11 33.71 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Rural localities in Tver Oblast

2009 Nevsky Express bombing

The 2009 Nevsky Express bombing occurred on 27 November 2009 when a bomb exploded under a high speed train travelling between the Russian cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg causing derailment near the town of Bologoye, Tver Oblast, on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway. The derailment occurred at 21:34 local time. Russian officials had stated that 39 people were killed and 95 injured but later retracted the death toll, with 27 deaths reported as of December 2.

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Located at 58.13 33.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Mass murder in 2009, Mass murder in Russia, Operations of the Second Chechen War, Railway accidents in 2009, Railway accidents in Russia, Terrorist incidents in Russia in 2009, Terrorist incidents on railway systems, Train bombings, Tver Oblast