Twer, Province

1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri.

Twere, or Twersco, a Province of Russia, bordering to the West on Livonia, to the North on Ingraim, to the East on Smolensco, and to the South on Litaw. In it riseth the Dwina, which falls at Riga into the Baltick Sea. The Capital City of the same Name is seated on the Wolga, 200 Russian Miles from Moscow to the North, and 250 from Smolensco North East. This City is a Bishops See. It was the Capital of a great Principality before it submitted to the Russ. It has the Right of a Mint with Moscow and two others. In 1569 John Basilovitz suspecting the Inhabitants of this City, Great Novogrod and Plescow to encline to the Polish Government, he surprized this City, and cruelly destroyed all the Inhabitants of it, without respect of Sex or Age. Guagninus.