TORSHOK, a city of European Russia, in the province of Moscow and government of Tver. It is the capital of a circle of the same name, which comprehends forty-eight parishes, in which are 483 villages, with 78,800 inhabitants. The city is 334 miles from St Petersburg, stands on the river Twerza, and contains twenty-three churches, a large bazaar, and 1850 houses, with 16,400 inhabitants, who are distinguished by the excellence of the leather which they fabricate, and by their taste in embroidery of boots and slippers with gold and silver thread from the markets of Turkey. They have also much trade in hemp and flax. Long. 34. 58. 10. E. Lat. 57. 2. 9. N.