Udomlya is a town and the administrative center of Udomelsky District

Udomelsky District

Udomelsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 36 in Tver Oblast, Russia....

 of Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast

Tver Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Tver. From 1935 to 1990, it was named Kalinin Oblast after Mikhail Kalinin. Population: Tver Oblast is an area of lakes, such as Seliger and Brosno...

, Russia

Russia

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, located 225 kilometres (139.8 mi) north of Tver

Tver

Tver is a city and the administrative center of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: 403,726 ; 408,903 ;...

, on the Rybinsk

Rybinsk

Rybinsk is the second largest city of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, which lies at the confluence of the Volga and Sheksna Rivers. Population: It is served by Rybinsk Staroselye airport.-Early history:...

–Bologoye

Bologoye

Bologoye is a town and the administrative center of Bologovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, as well as a major railway hub. It is located approximately half-way between Moscow and St. Petersburg on the railway route connecting the two cities. Population: The first mention of Bologoye in...

 railway. Population:

It was founded in 1869 as a settlement around the railway station

Train station

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 of Troitsa. Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...

 status was granted to it in 1961. In 1974, construction of the Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant

Kalinin Nuclear Power Plant

The Kalinin Nuclear Power Station is located about north west of Moscow, in Tver Oblast near the town of Udomlya. Owner and operator of the plant is the state enterprise Rosenergoatom. Kalinin Nuclear Power Station supplies the majority of electricity in the Tver region and additionally serves...

started in Udomlya. Town status was granted to Udomlya in 1981.