En Name: | Orsha |
Ru Name: | Орша |
Coordinates: | 56.9125°N 36.2311°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Tver Oblast |
Federal Subject Ref: | [1] |
Adm District Jur: | Kalininsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Urban-type settlement |
Inhabloc Type: | Work settlement |
Mun District Jur: | Kalininsky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [2] |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Urban Settlement Orsha |
Mun Admctr Of: | Urban Settlement Orsha |
Pop 2010Census: | 2252 |
Established Date: | 1955 |
Established Title: | founded |
Current Cat Date: | 1974 |
Orsha (Russian: О́рша) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kalininsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located northeast of the city of Tver, on the right bank of the Orsha River, and surrounded by swamps. Population:
Orsha was founded in 1955, when peat extraction started. Until 1994, the Orshinskoye-1 Peat Extraction Plant was the main employer in the settlement, but then it decayed and eventually was closed. It is currently defunct.[3] In 1974, Orsha was granted urban-type settlement status.[4]
The industry of Orsha is based on peat and timber production.[3]
Orsha is connected by a road with Tver.