Penovsky District
municipal district in Tver Oblast, Russia
Penovsky District (Russian: Пеновский район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with Ostashkovsky District in the north, Selizharovsky District in the east, Andreapolsky District in the south, and with Maryovsky District of Novgorod Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 2,385 square kilometers (921 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Peno. Population: 6,864 (2010 Census); 8,523 (2002 census); 10,291 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Peno accounts for 61.5% of the district's total population.
Geography
The area of Penovsky District is shared between the drainage basins of the Neva, the Western Dvina, and the Volga, and thus the divide between the basins of the Atlantic Ocean and the Caspian Sea runs through the district. The rivers in the minor areas in the north of the district, including the Maryovka River, drain into the Lovat River, a tributary of Lake Ilmen, in the basin of the Neva. The southwestern part of the district belongs to the basin of the Western Dvina, which has its source inside the district, and flows through Lake Okhvat, one of the biggest lakes of the district, before turning south and leaving the district. The rest of the area belongs to the drainage basin of the Volga.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Penovsky District” as municipal district in Tver Oblast, Russia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as municipal district in Tver Oblast, Russia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q394876. VIAF identifies the subject as 136230065. The Library of Congress control number is n2001022516. Authority coordinates are 56.942, 32.735. 4 of 7 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2002 and 1989.
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