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Location: Tver Oblast
Tver is an ancient city in central Russia, the regional center
closest to Moscow and the first large city on the Volga. Tver can
boast of its historical buildings in the style of classicism, one of
the best pre-revolutionary workers' quarters in the country, three
dozen churches and a picturesque location on the banks of the Volga.
The date of the establishment of Tver is not even approximately
known: they call it the 1120s and the beginning of the 13th century.
What is indisputable is that the city appeared on the border of the
Vladimir-Suzdal and Novgorod lands at a time when zones of influence
were divided and delineated, therefore Tver always belonged to
Vladimir, and neighboring Torzhok - already to Novgorod. The Mongol
invasion gave Tver a chance to rise, which it did not fail to take
advantage of. In 1265, the Tver prince established his own diocese,
and the entire Russian history of the 14th century is the story of
how Tver competed with Moscow: at that time also a young city that
aspired to leadership. As you know, Moscow won. It is believed that
it was helped by close, sometimes cruel and treacherous cooperation
with the Horde (east), while the loser Tver relied more on the Grand
Duchy of Lithuania (west).
By the beginning of the 15th
century, Moscow's leadership became undisputed. The last glimpse of
Tver glory was the “walk across three seas” of the local merchant
Afanasy Nikitin in 1468-74. Soon after this, under Ivan III, Tver
loses all autonomy and turns into the most ordinary city. Its new
heyday occurs in the 18th century with the transfer of the capital
to St. Petersburg, thanks to which Tver finds itself, as they would
now say, on the main federal highway and at the same time becomes
the center of the province, which has now turned into the Tver
region - the largest in area in Central Russia.
The fire of
1763 destroyed most of the city. After this, the center was rebuilt
according to a regular plan, to which the capital’s architects,
including Bazhenov, had a hand. Tver has indeed retained some of the
flair of elegant architecture - not every provincial city has this
at all - but in some places the local development was unlucky: in
the heavy battles of the autumn of 1941, a significant part of the
center was destroyed, and even in peaceful Soviet times no one cared
about preserving the antiquity. As a result, Tver turned out to be
an ancient Russian city, where there is exactly one, not the most
outstanding, building older than the 18th century, and if we talk
about the 18th century, then it is better to just go to Torzhok
without wasting time on Tver. Tver is unique in another way - its
beautiful and organic location on both banks of the Volga: this
great Russian river, which is, indeed, so great that a rare city has
managed to “step over” it, spreading its historical buildings to the
opposite bank from the center. Tver also has the old industrial
quarter of Proletarka - one of the most integral workers' towns of
pre-revolutionary Russia - and several scattered but expressive
monuments of the Soviet era.
Otherwise, Tver is a strong and
relatively large regional center with a diverse industry, including
chemical industry, as well as the Tver Carriage Plant, where
passenger cars are made for the needs of Russian Railways. From 1931
to 1990, the city was called Kalinin in honor of the “all-Union
elder” who was born nearby, but now few people remember this;
everyone has been using the name Tver for a long time. By the way,
it is feminine (perhaps from the word “firmament”) - do not confuse
it.
The Tver Kremlin stood at the mouth of the small river Tmaka on the
right bank of the Volga. It was never rebuilt in stone and long ago
disappeared without a trace, but the center of the provincial city was
later built in almost the same place. On the opposite bank from the
Tmaka, the Tvertsa flows into the Volga, and together the three rivers
cut off three historical districts from the center - Zatmachye,
Zavolzhye and Zatverechye, respectively. The Proletarka courtyard and
the neighboring Nativity of Christ Monastery stand separately, which are
located far from the center, but otherwise the outskirts of Tver are not
rich in attractions.
Tourist information center , st.
Novotorzhskaya, 12A. ☎ +7 (906) 549-69-69. Mon-Fri: 9:00–18:00, Sat-Sun
- closed. Information and materials on tourist places of the city.
Historically, the city was divided into 4 parts - located on the
right bank of the Volga and the T'maki Kremlin, as well as separated
from it by the corresponding rivers Zatmachye, Zavolzhie, and
Zatvereche. Nowadays, the city is also divided into 4 administrative
districts, coinciding with historical ones, however, only partially.
Central district - the central, historical part of the city
Zavolzhsky district - left bank of the city
Moskovsky district -
the eastern part of the city
Proletarsky district - the western
part of the city
Despite all the architectural losses, the center of Tver has retained
its spectacular layout - the “three-pointed” streets of Volny Novgorod,
Sovetskaya and Novotorzhskaya, a cascade of squares, including the
unusual octagonal Lenin Square, the “solid facade” of the Stepan Razin
embankment, and the old “environmental” buildings in the style of
classicism. -where she survived. The more distant, southern part of the
center, on the contrary, has lost almost everything historical.
Sovetskaya Street is traditionally considered the main street in the
center of Tver, but it is not very suitable for walking due to heavy
traffic and, moreover, is populated mainly by government authorities.
City life is in full swing on the pedestrian Trekhsvyatskaya Street
(unfortunately, not very interesting architecturally) and on the
adjacent Radishcheva Boulevard, and the Volga embankment is ideal for
quiet contemplative walks.
Imperial Palace
Travel Palace (Путевой Дворец/
Putevoy Palace) , Sovetskaya st. 3. ✉ art gallery: Wed–Sun 11:00–18:00.
It is a rare provincial town that can boast of a real imperial palace.
Since medieval times, there was a bishop's palace on this site, which
was seriously damaged during the Time of Troubles and then during the
fire of 1763, which started here. By 1767, the palace was rebuilt
according to the design of the architect P.R. Nikitin (one of the
authors of the regular plan of Tver), who gave the building features of
Baroque and Classicism, and began to serve as a way for members of the
royal family traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg. At the beginning
of the 19th century, Ekaterina Pavlovna (sister of Emperor Alexander I)
moved here in connection with the appointment of her husband as Tver
governor. As a result, the palace from a travel palace became simply an
imperial one, and the “upgrade” was carried out by the famous St.
Petersburg architect K.I. Rossi, and during the next reconstruction in
the 1860s, the building was generously covered with stucco. The palace
has a rich (but mostly, unfortunately, restored) interior with
chandeliers, mirrors and tiled stoves. Particularly interesting is the
armorial hall, the “wooden” appearance of which is actually painted.
Since 2012, the palace has been under restoration, slowly approaching
completion. The Tver Regional Art Gallery is now located inside, and the
greenhouse and garden are also available for visiting (by ticket).
Transfiguration Cathedral, Sovetskaya st. (next to the Travel Palace).
The third incarnation of the Tver Cathedral. The first stone church of
the city was built in 1285 and carried an important symbolic meaning:
the first “post-Mongol” stone cathedral in Rus' and a sign of the rise
of Tver, which shortly before received its own diocese. After the
destruction of the Time of Troubles, the cathedral fell into disrepair,
and by 1696 a new one was built in its place, made of old white stone.
It was an outstanding monument of its time, but did not survive Soviet
rule. Since 2014, the cathedral has been restored, following the white
stone original as best as possible. By 2022, the building will have been
completely rebuilt, but what will happen to its interiors is still
unknown.
Old Volzhsky Bridge. The openwork modern bridge is one of
the symbols of Tver. It was built in 1900 and is a distant relative of
the Freedom Bridge in Budapest. The bridge has three spans and is about
200 meters long. It offers good views of the city, hidden in the summer
behind abundant greenery.
Monument to A.S. Pushkin, emb. Mikhail
Yaroslavich. Tver is one of Pushkin’s places: the poet visited the city
many times on his way to visit friends in Staritsky and Novotorzhsky
districts. The monument perfectly conveys the era: a top hat, a frock
coat, a cloak draped over his arm and a very characteristic pose. In
addition, it is conveniently located on the embankment near the Old
Bridge, and the absence of a high pedestal makes it a natural part of
the city landscape.
Lenin Square (at the intersection of Sovetskaya and Trekhsvyatskaya
streets). According to the regular plan, as many as four squares
appeared in the center of Tver, but only Lenin Square has retained its
original buildings along with its layout to this day. It has the shape
of a regular octagon (most likely, Amalienborg in Copenhagen was taken
as a model) and is surrounded by an ensemble of four practically
identical administrative buildings (one is slightly different from the
other three). However, despite its preservation, due to the heavy
official spirit (also quite authentic), the square is not spectacular.
Church of the Nativity in Rybaki, st. Volny Novgorod, 11 (in the
courtyard). The church was built in 1743 in the pre-Petrine tradition
with a hipped bell tower, which was lost under Soviet rule and restored
in 2012. Hidden in the depths of the block, against the backdrop of the
surrounding buildings, the church looks like a real relic.
Stepan Razin Embankment (Набережная Степана Разина).
Three blocks of “solid facades” on the Volga embankment are the most
spectacular, along with the Imperial Palace, monument of Tver
classicism. To the west of the “facade” on the same embankment there are
two monuments of Soviet architecture of the 1930s - the house of the
Voroshilov Riflemen and the Zvezda cinema.
Monument to Mikhail Krug,
Radishcheva Boulevard. Tver has never been one of the criminal capitals,
but Mikhail Krug, one of the most famous performers of Russian chanson,
grew up in the Morozovsky town and spent his entire life here, regularly
mentioned the city in his songs, and in 2002 he tragically died at the
hands of those whom chanted. In 2007, a monument to him was erected in
the city center, which caused protests among the Tver intelligentsia,
while less intelligent city residents repeatedly vandalized the
monument. The sculpture, however, became popular over time, not least
due to its successful shape - you can sit on the bench next to the
singer and take a photo.
Cathedral of the Ascension (Собор
Вознесения Господня), Sovetskaya st. 26 / Tverskoy Ave.
The cathedral in the Empire style was built in 1828-1836. according to
the design of the provincial architect I.F. Lvov, who, unlike his more
famous namesake, preferred just this kind of classicism: a massive cubic
shape and huge columns. The temple curiously echoes the Stalinist
buildings surrounding it.
The eastern part of the center was traditionally called the “suburb”
in Tver: these are no longer grand streets, but also not one-story
suburbs. The historical buildings of the Suburb have been preserved
only in fragments.
Hotel Galyani, st. Andrei Dementyev, 34.
An exemplary mansion in the style of classicism at the beginning of
the 19th century was occupied by a hotel and restaurant of the
Russified Italian P.D. Galyani. At that time, it was the best
establishment in the city, which was immortalized in his poems by
Pushkin himself, who recommended his friend Sobolevsky to visit it.
Alas, it’s not possible to follow Alexander Sergeevich’s advice and
try “pasta with Parmasan” there now - the building is occupied by a
bank.
Synagogue, Pushkinskaya st. 22. A rare historical synagogue
in Central Russia, it was built in 1913. From the outside, it looks
rather nondescript, resembling an ordinary residential building, but
it has been recently renovated and, in addition, is operational.
Avaevskaya almshouse st. Krylova, 20. Built in the 1880s, the
mansion with a neo-Gothic turret stands out in Tver, which is not
rich in such architecture. The building is very loved by local
residents, who often call it the “Tver Swallow’s Nest”. However, as
often happens in such cases, the difference from the original is
more than significant.
Tver
Mosque (Тверская Соборная Мечеть), st. Sovetskaya, 66.
The spectacular two-color mosque was built in 1906 in the
neo-Moorish style according to the design of engineer B.G. Pole, who
creatively reworked the “template” of a one-story building with a
dome and a minaret, invented for mosques in Tsarist Russia back in
the mid-19th century. The building was intended for three hundred
Tver Muslims; most of the funds for its construction were provided
by the Tatar merchant F.I. Alyshev, owner of buffets at the stations
of the Nikolaev railway. The mosque served its intended purpose
until 1935, after which it became a restaurant with the quite
appropriate name “Vostok”. Restoration of the rather dilapidated
building began in 2008, and since 2020 the mosque has been operating
again. Don't miss the unusually shaped Catholic church (1994-2002)
nearby.
The southern part of Zamachye still retains the flavor of a quiet
one-story settlement that grew up around the oldest city church,
although in post-Soviet times many historical wooden houses were
rebuilt into cottages, which greatly violated the integrity of the
old buildings.
White Trinity (Trinity Church in Zatmache),
Troitskaya st. 38. The oldest surviving temple in Tver was built in
1564 by order of the Moscow merchant Gavrila Andreevich, but
according to the design of Tver architects. Subsequent
reconstructions gave the church a rather eclectic appearance: there
is an unusual asymmetrical seven-domed structure and a bell tower,
which reflects the entire Russian architecture of the 19th century.
Unfortunately, you won’t be able to see the most interesting feature
of the temple - there are hiding places above the apses, but you can
only get into them from the attic. This is the only church in Tver
that was not closed during Soviet times, thanks to which the
iconostasis of the 18th century has been preserved.
Golovinskaya
Column, embankment of the Tmaka River. Installed in 1868 in memory
of the construction of the Golovinsky shaft, which protected the
inhabitants of Zatmachye from floods. During its history, it changed
its location several times.
Church of Michael Tverskoy, Memory
Island. Mon–Fri 11:00–17:00, Sat–Sun 9:00–17:00. It was built in
2002 at the confluence of the Tmaka and the Volga and is stylized as
ancient Russian churches in memory of the Fedorovsky monastery that
stood here in the Middle Ages.
Church of Boris and Gleb in
Zatmache, Krasnoflotskaya embankment. 5. The picturesque white
temple in the late Naryshkin Baroque style was built in 1761. Its
white stone exterior decor is especially colorful; The temple is the
Tver courtyard of the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Hermitage.
Church of
John the Baptist, Belyakovsky lane. 46. The former cemetery church
is a characteristic octagon on a quadrangle with a classic bell
tower; unlike many other similar churches, it has been completely
restored.
Trans-Volga region differs from other historical Tver regions - its
part closest to the center has completely lost its environmental
buildings, retaining only a few attractions. However, this is where
the main Tver embankment is located.
Athanasius Nikitin Monument,
emb. Afanasy Nikitina. Few monuments have managed to become a symbol
of their city, but this one is one of those. The Tver merchant
Afanasy Nikitin in 1468-1474 was one of the first among Europeans to
make a “voyage across three seas” to India, leaving a detailed
description of his wanderings - the first example of travel notes in
Russian literature. This was the final chord in the history of the
Tver principality: Afanasy died in Smolensk on the way back, and 10
years later Tver itself fell. The monument was erected in 1955
according to the design of the architect G.A. Zakharov, the
platform-pedestal in the shape of a rook with a horse’s head turned
out to be especially successful. In the background is the extremely
Upper Volga-looking Church of the Resurrection.
River Station,
emb. Afanasia Nikitina, 1. The main monument of Soviet architecture
in Tver was built in 1938 for the opening of the Ivankovo reservoir.
The river station was built on the spit of the Volga and Tvertsa on
the site of the blown-up Assumption Otroch Monastery. Alas, the fate
of the station turned out to be tragic: river traffic along the
Volga began to fade even before the collapse of the Union, since the
1990s the building stood abandoned, and in August 2017 it completely
collapsed. The rubble was removed, the rest, according to the old
tradition, was covered with a photo banner, and the river station is
still in this state. At one time there was a good view of it from
the Eastern Bridge or the western part of the Stepan Razin
embankment.
Assumption Cathedral. The only temple remaining from
the Otroch Monastery that stood on this site since the 13th century
was built in 1722 in the Moscow Baroque style. The cathedral is
operational, but its historical interior and paintings have been
lost, and not under Soviet rule, but already in the 21st century.
The monastery itself served as a place of exile under Ivan the
Terrible - it was there, according to most versions, that Malyuta
Skuratov strangled the disgraced Moscow Metropolitan Philip.
Zatverechye is an area that everyone sees (it has views from all the
embankments), but few people visit: it is deprived of those
attractions that deserve a mandatory close-up inspection. Everything
interesting in Zatverechye is concentrated around the embankment.
Saint Catherine's Monastery (Свято- Екатерининский
монастырь), st. Kropotkin. The main temple of the monastery -
the Church of Catherine (1774-81) - is perfectly visible from the
embankments; it is an important participant in the Tver panoramas.
In architectural terms, it is still the same quadrangle on an
octagon with a later bell tower, except that it is painted in an
unusual (but characteristic of Zatverechye temples) green color.
Martin's house, st. Kropotkina, 31. There is a lot of wooden
modernism in the Tver region, but in Tver itself it is rare. Built
in 1910, the house with a two-story octagonal tower and a tent is a
good prologue to what can be seen, for example, in Kimry.
Church
of Mina, Victor and Vincent, st. Plenkina. A typical, albeit
colorful, Baroque church, built in 1805.
Church of St. Sergius of
Radonezh, st. Rosa Luxemburg, 19. Another characteristic temple of
Zatverechye: also quite low and laconic. Built in 1775-1780 at the
intersection of Baroque and Classicism.
Courtyard of Proletarka (Morozovsky town). One of the most colorful
working-class towns of Tsarist Russia grew up around a paper
manufactory founded in 1859 by the Morozov family of factory owners.
There are dozens of historical buildings here, but the most
interesting are the red-brick workers' barracks, 4-5 stories high,
built in the first years of the 20th century. They amaze with their
scale and luxurious design with features of Art Nouveau and
Neo-Gothic - the designs of these buildings are sometimes attributed
to metropolitan architects. During Soviet times, the Tver
Manufactory became the Proletarka factory, which gave its name to
the area, but did not stand the test of time and closed in the
1990s. At the same time, the residents have not gone away, and the
Proletarka Courtyard still retains its somewhat gloomy, “industrial”
spirit. It is better to walk here during the day, since many
barracks remain dormitories where a specific contingent hangs out.
For the same reason, you need to go inside the buildings with some
caution, although there is something to see there: cast-iron stairs,
wrought-iron grilles, wood cabinets and much more interesting things
have been preserved.
Nativity of Christ Monastery, Barrikadnaya
st. 1. The best preserved monastery ensemble in Tver is located next
to the Proletarka courtyard, on what was then the outskirts of the
city. The monastery buildings, including the Nativity Cathedral,
were built at the beginning of the 19th century in the classicist
style and are good primarily as an ensemble, impressive with its
magnificent forms. Next to the monastery is the Resurrection
Cathedral, built in 1913 for the 300th anniversary of the Romanov
dynasty - an outstanding monument of the neo-Russian style.
The Regional Museum of Local Lore and the Saltykov-Shchedrin Museum
are closed for reconstruction as of the summer of 2022.
1 Goat Museum , Zhigareva Street. Although Tver is located away
from the Golden Ring, it is not left without its unusual private
museum in the style of Pereslavl-Zalessky. The owners of the museum
have collected a collection of goats in all possible forms - more
than 5 thousand copies.
2 Museum of Tver Life , Gorky Street,
Zavolzhye. Wed–Sun 10:30–18:00. 100 ₽, children under 16 years old
free. A small museum in one of the oldest buildings in the city and
the surrounding outbuildings is dedicated to the life of the Tver
merchants, crafts and decorative arts.
3 Museum and Exhibition
Complex named after Lisa Chaikina, st. Saltykova-Shchedrina, 16. ☎
34-34-50 +7 (4822) 34-66-54, 34-34-50. Tue–Sat 11:00–17:00.
4 City Museum and Exhibition Center, Sovetskaya street, 54. ✉ ☎
33-13-08 +7 (4822) 34-48-52, 33-13-08. Wed–Sun 11:00–18:00.
5 Drama Theater (Tver Academic Drama Theater) , st. Sovetskaya, 16
(opposite the City Garden). ☎ +7 (4822) 34–54–64. The largest
theater in the Tver region, dating back to 1745. The main repertoire
consists of works by Russian classics, but with an emphasis on
modern reading and innovative elements of production. There are Big
and Small stages, where foreign and modern performances are also
staged. It is better to buy tickets in advance on the website.
Located in a recognizable building with columns from the Stalinist
Empire era with a corresponding interior.
6 Theater for Young
Spectators (TTYUZ) , st. Sovetskaya, 32. Located on the main
square. Oct
7 Philharmonic Hall, Teatralnaya Square, 1.
8 City Garden (Central District). ✉ ☎ +7 (4822) 34-65-69. An
amusement and amusement park on the site of the once burnt Tver
Kremlin, where you can find monuments, a fountain and a Ferris
wheel. The city garden is a place for quiet walks; There are shops
nearby, you can go down to the Volga embankment.
9 Botanical
Garden of Tver State University, lane. Shevchenko, 16 (Zavolzhsky
district). ☎ +7 (4822) 52-53-18. 9:00–18:00. 200 ₽. Small but very
creative botanical garden. With a tiny area measuring 200 by 200
meters and a greenhouse no larger than a city apartment, it is full
of species diversity - from tulips and irises to banana,
rhododendrons and quinces. During flowering time you can easily
spend an hour or two here. There are interesting explanatory texts
and even installations about the plants - practically works of
modern art, and the landscape design here is simply top notch.
10 Boat trips along the Volga , City Garden, Mikhail Tverskoy
embankment (Central district). ☎ +7 (4822) 50-03-70. 500 ₽ for a
45-minute walk. Navigation is usually from May to September.
11 Light and music fountain-attraction “Tornado”, Komsomolskaya
Square (Proletarsky district). For free.
12 Indoor karting
center Rumos-sport , highway M10, 165 km (between Burashevskoye
and Volokolamsk highways). ✉ ☎ +7 (4822) 58-90-00. Mon–Fri
12:00–22:00, Sat–Sun 12:00–23:00. from 900 ₽ for a 7-minute ride.
Indoor karting center with a modern track. The reviews are not bad,
although even more than the karting itself, visitors praise the
restaurant located in it.
13 Beach in Zavolzhsky Park. In the
Volga you can swim right in the city center - south of the
Zavolzhsky Park there is a sandy beach 300 meters long.
14 Tverskaya State Circus , Tverskaya Square. ☎ +7 (4822) 32-14-29.
15 “Zvezda” Cinema, Stepan Razin Embankment. ☎ +7 (4822) 77-71-81.
Not only a monument to the Soviet avant-garde, but also the cinema
itself, the only one in the city center
Monastery of Christ's Birth (Христорождественский монастырь)
Malitsa Nicholas Monastery (Николаевский Малицкий Монастырь)
Monument to Prince Michael Tversky or Michael of Tver (Памятник князю Михаилу Тверскому)
Stella "City of Military Glory"
Foundation and formation
According to the most
famous version, the original settlement was at the mouth of the
Tvertsa River, where the Otroch Monastery later arose. But
archaeologists have established that the settlement was located on
the right bank of the Volga near the Tmaka River. Here in the 11th
century there could have been a small rural settlement.
In
the XII century, it was already a small trading settlement. In the
1135 Manuscript of Prince Vsevolod Mstislavich there is a mention of
Tver: it is said about the monetary collection of the Church of St.
John, also from the "Tver guest". In the "Legend of the Miracles of
the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God", created in 1162 under
Andrei Bogolyubsky, it is written about the healing of the "Tver
boyaryn".
In the chronicle, speaking about the campaign of
the Novgorodians against Vladimir, it is indicated that the
detachments of the Novgorodians and the Chernigov army united "On
the Volza and Tferi".
In VN Tatishchev's "History" it is said
that the Vladimir prince Vsevolod III, after he burned Torzhok,
ordered to build Tverd (that is, a fortress) at the mouth of the
river - this is the second version of the foundation of Tver. A
reliable chronicle source, in which Tver is directly mentioned for
the first time, is usually considered the agreement between the
Novgorodians and Prince Vsevolod of 1208. The first birch-bark
letter, found in Tver on the territory of the ancient Tver Kremlin
in the lower layer of the Kremlin-3 excavation site in 1983, dates
back to 1200-1220.
The date of the first mention of the city
in the sources (the news of the "Tver guest") is 1135. However, a
number of researchers note that this date is a later insertion into
the chronicle, and attributes the appearance of Tver to the
beginning or even the second half of the XIII century.
Archaeological research at the moment does not allow us to finally
establish the approximate time of the formation of Tver as a city.
On the one hand, during excavations on the territory of the Tver
Kremlin, individual wooden logs were found, which were dated by the
method of dendrochronology to the end of the 12th century. On the
other hand, constructions, cultural layers and finds that could be
unequivocally attributed to pre-Mongol times have not yet been
found.
In the first third of the XIII century, Tver was part
of the Pereyaslavsky principality. In 1238 the city was devastated
by the Tatar-Mongols, but quickly recovered from the defeat.
The Resurrection Chronicle claims that the restoration of Tver after
Batyev's ruin was led by Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich. In the
historical literature, there is a hypothesis that Tver was
originally located on the left bank of the Volga at the mouth of the
Tvertsa and after the devastation of 1238 was transferred to the
right bank at the mouth of the Tmaka River.
Tver principality
Around 1247 Tver was allocated as an inheritance to Prince Alexander
Yaroslavich Nevsky, between 1252 and 1255 it passed to his brother
Yaroslav Yaroslavich, the founder of the Tver princely dynasty. In
1247 Tver became the capital of the Tver principality. The
historical core of ancient Tver was the Tver Kremlin.
The
geographical position of Tver on an important trade route connecting
Novgorod with northeastern Russia, and the relative distance from
the Horde contributed to the influx of population from other Russian
lands into the region. The city grew rapidly. In 1265 Tver became
the center of the diocese. Even the devastating fires of 1276 and
1282, typical of wooden old Russian cities, could not prevent the
growth of the city.
The growth of the city is primarily due
to the fact that the political role of Tver has changed. In 1264,
Prince Yaroslav of Tver became the Grand Duke of Vladimir, but
remained to live in Tver. Under Yaroslav's successor, his son Prince
Mikhail Yaroslavich, in Tver for the first time in Russia, after a
50-year hiatus, chronicle writing and stone construction were
resumed. The stone Three-domed Assumption Church in the Otroch
Monastery and the Transfiguration Cathedral were built. Along with
the Kremlin, there were also settlements inhabited mainly by
artisans.
The evidence of the increased power of Tver was the
fact that in 1293 the Mongol-Tatar commander Dyuden did not dare to
storm the city. Tver princes, fighting for the great reign of
Vladimir, tirelessly fortified the city. The inhabitants of Tver
were among the first to rise up to an armed struggle against the
Horde: in 1317 they defeated the army of the Tatar military leader
Kavgady and the Moscow prince Yuri in the battle near the village of
Bortenevo (Battle of Bortenevskaya). In 1323-1325, the stone church
of Fyodor was built at the mouth of the Tmaka. In 1320, Princess
Anna married her eldest son Dmitry to Mary, daughter of the Grand
Duke of Lithuania Gediminas. Since that time, Tver established ties
with the principality of Lithuania, which did not stop until 1488.
Outstanding works of Old Russian literature have
been created in Tver: "The Tale of Mikhail Yaroslavich of Tver" by
Abbot Alexander, "A word of commendation to Prince Boris
Alexandrovich of Tver" by the monk Thomas, "The Tale of Mikhail
Alexandrovich", etc. Tver has developed its own original art school:
architecture and icon painting developed , book correspondence,
jewelry and arts and crafts. Its own coin was minted in Tver. Tver
merchants traded in Smolensk, Kiev, Vitebsk, Dorogobuzh, Vyazma,
Polotsk, Vilna, etc. On the territory of Zatmatsky posad there was a
Tatar guest house. The Tver craft reached a high level of
development, especially metalworking - in the XIV century, Tver
castles were sold in the Czech Republic.
In 1326, Alexander
Mikhailovich became the Grand Duke of Tver. In the summer of 1327,
after the arrival of the khan's ambassador Shevkal in the city,
rumors spread about the imminent conversion of the Tverites to Islam
and the expulsion of Alexander from the Tver throne. Although
Alexander himself called for "endure", on August 15, 1327 a powerful
anti-Horde uprising broke out in Tver. With the help of the Moscow
prince Ivan Kalita, it was brutally suppressed, Tver was ruined.
Alexander Mikhailovich, whose role in the uprising has not been
fully clarified, fled to Pskov. The suppression of the rebellion
marked the beginning of the decline of the political influence of
Tver.
In the XIV century, in the midst of an ongoing struggle
with Moscow, the Tver princes continued to fortify the city, in 1372
a ditch was dug and a rampart was dug from the Volga to Tmaka (in
1375 the Moscow prince Dmitry Ivanovich (Donskoy) with a large army
could not take Tver). Large construction work was carried out in
Tver in 1387, 1395, 1413 and 1446-47 (as a rule, they were
associated with the aggravation of the political situation and the
threat from Moscow). Acting from the end of the 13th century as an
active enemy of the Horde, Tver until the second half of the 15th
century was subjected to repeated attacks by the Mongol Tatars and
Moscow.
In this struggle, Tver gradually lost its leading
position among the ancient principalities in North-Eastern Russia.
The role of the unifier of the Russian lands was assigned to Moscow.
The intense struggle undermined the strength of Tver, however, in
the XIV-XV centuries it remained a large trade, craft and cultural
center, one of the most developed Russian cities.
In the
first half of the 15th century, under Boris Alexandrovich, Tver
experienced the last rise of its power as the center of an
independent principality. Extensive construction began. A stone
princely palace was built in the Kremlin, the second in time after
Bogolyubsky in North-Eastern Russia; stone cathedral bell tower
(1407); stone churches of Ivan the Merciful (1420), Boris and Gleb
(1438), Michael the Archangel (1455); stone churches in the
Fedorovsky and Zheltikovy monasteries. The economic upsurge of the
city was accompanied by extensive economic ties and diplomatic
activity (the journey of Afanasy Nikitin, the participation of the
Ambassador of Tver Prince Thomas in the Florentine Cathedral).
In 1488, Ivan III annexed Tver to the Moscow principality, and
the Tver prince Mikhail Borisovich fled to the Grand Duchy of
Lithuania.
As part of the Russian kingdom and the Russian
Empire
In the 16th century in Tver, in the Otroch Monastery, two
well-known religious and public figures were in exile. In 1531-1551
Maxim the Greek lived here, and in 1568 the Moscow Metropolitan
Philip was exiled to the Tver monastery, who fell into disgrace from
Ivan the Terrible. A year later, passing through Tver on the road to
Veliky Novgorod, the tsar asked the prisoner for his blessing and
return to the throne, which Philip refused to Ivan the Terrible.
After that, according to the life of Saint Philip, Malyuta Skuratov
strangled the prisoner with a pillow. Despite the indisputable fact
of the death of Metropolitan Philip in the Otroch-monastery during
this period, there is no direct historical evidence of this event.
In the 16th century, the oldest surviving churches in the city was
built - the Trinity Church beyond the Darkness, known as the "White
Trinity".
In 1565, after Tsar Ivan the Terrible divided the
Russian state into oprichnina and zemstvo, the city became part of
the latter.
In 1612, during the Time of Troubles, Tver was
completely devastated by the Polish-Lithuanian troops. The
restoration of the city proceeded slowly, only towards the end of
the century the city regained its craft and trade potential.
In 1701, by order of Peter I, a floating bridge on rafts was built
in Tver, which existed until 1900. In the 18th century, Tver
developed rapidly, the Church of the Ascension, the Resurrection
Church in the Volga region, the modern Assumption Church in the
Otroch-Monastery, the Catherine Church in Zatverechye, as well as
many civil buildings, many of which have survived to this day, were
built in the city. The oldest of them is considered to be the house
of the merchant Arefiev in the Trans-Volga region, which now houses
the museum of Tver life.
In 1763, the strongest fire destroyed the central
part of Tver, and ten years later the Trans-Volga side burned out.
By order of Catherine II, a whole "architectural team" was created
under the leadership of P. R. Nikitin, whose goal was to rebuild the
center of Tver in stone according to a regular layout. The main
features of this layout were the long axial Millionnaya (now
Sovetskaya) Street, named so because a million rubles were allocated
from the tsarist treasury for the construction of stone houses in
the city center; as well as the "Versailles trident" - a three-rayed
composition of streets converging at one point, created on the basis
of a similar urban planning technique in St. Petersburg.
In
1764-1766, the main attraction of Tver was erected - the Travel
Palace of Empress Catherine in the style of classicism with elements
of baroque, designed by MF Kazakov. At the same time, a city garden
was laid out between the Travel Palace and the Volga. The palace was
intended for the rest of the members of the imperial family on the
way from St. Petersburg to Moscow, from where it got its name.
From April 29 (May 10) to May 2 (13), 1767, during her journey
along the Volga, Catherine II visited Tver.
In 1809, the
Committee for the Improvement of the City was created in Tver, in
which the famous Moscow architect K.I.Rossi worked. According to his
projects, the Nativity of Christ Cathedral, residential buildings on
the embankment and in the city center were built. He also rebuilt
the Traveling Palace. At that time, the sister of Alexander I,
Ekaterina Pavlovna, who was married to the Tver governor, lived
here. She turned the palace into one of the centers of the country's
social life and a fashionable literary salon, where the high society
of Tver gathered and where many outstanding people from Moscow and
St. Petersburg came. NM Karamzin read here to Emperor Alexander
excerpts from his "History".
In the second quarter of the
19th century, according to the designs of the architect I. F. Lvov,
the Ascension Church, the House of the Nobility Assembly (now the
House of Officers), the ensemble of administrative buildings on
Octagonal (Lenin) Square and other civil buildings were erected. In
1839, Tverskiye Gubernskiye Vedomosti began to appear in the city.
In the 1860s, a public library and a museum were opened (today the
Tverskoy United Historical, Architectural and Literary Museum).
In 1851, movement began on the Nikolaev railway, which connected
Tver with St. Petersburg and Moscow. In the second half of the 19th
century, a steamship company, a weaving manufactory, a manufactory
of paper products, a mechanical plant for the production of parts
for textile machines, sawmills and other enterprises were opened in
Tver. In 1850-1860 three textile factories were founded in Tver. At
the same time, various schools and schools were opened: theological
seminary, the Tver women's teacher's school, the diocesan women's
school, the women's commercial school, and others. In 1900, a
permanent bridge across the Volga was finally erected in the city,
designed by the Czech engineer L. Mashek.
In 1901, an
electric tram was launched in Tver and street lighting began, and in
1904 a cinema was opened.
With the outbreak of World War I,
Russia experienced the problems of exchanging information with its
allies - France and England, since most of the European land lines
of communication passed through Germany. The key role in the
exchange of information between the allies was played by the Tver
special purpose radio station of the Russian military department,
whose task was to receive the allies' encrypted messages, direction
finding enemy radio stations and intercepting enemy messages with
their further retransmission through wire channels to the General
Staff. In 1916, in the workshops of the Tver radio station, MA
Bonch-Bruevich, who worked as an assistant to the station chief,
made the first domestic radio tube. During the First World War, the
Russian-Baltic Carriage Works and the aircraft fleet were evacuated
to Tver from Riga.
After the February Revolution of 1917, the
Provisional Executive Committee of Public Organizations was
organized in Tver, which worked until October 1917.
On October 28 (November 10), 1917, Soviet power was
established in the city.
In June 1918, the nationalization of
enterprises began in Tver: the carriage building plant and the
Morozovskaya manufactory were nationalized. plant "Ursul and K. M.
Meshchersky". In 1920, agricultural and medical technical schools
were opened, Proletkult was created, in the fall of 1920 the Society
for the Study of the Tver Region was formed, on March 21, 1921, the
"Tverskoy No. 1 Theater of the RSFSR" was opened. The continuing
civil war caused economic difficulties: in November 1920, tram
traffic was stopped, on January 1, 1921, the carriage building plant
was stopped, then - Perevolotsk, Rozhdestvenskaya and Morozovskaya
manufactories, which resumed work only after the end of the civil
war, and the carriage plant - only in 1926.
Since 1919, all the central streets and squares
were renamed in Tver, the Bolsheviks began to fight against the
church and confiscate church values. In the 1920s-1930s, dozens of
churches, which were architectural monuments of the 17th-19th
centuries, were closed and destroyed. In particular, in 1935 the
Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior was blown up. The
general plan and layout of Tver was developed in 1925-1926 by the
architect-city planner A. P. Ivanitsky.
In the second half of
the 1920s, shock work became widespread at the enterprises of Tver,
and subbotniks were massively organized. In 1929, at the initiative
of the proletarian textile workers, the Treaty of Thousands was
signed in Tver - the first treaty on socialist competition in the
country.
On November 20, 1931, the city of Tver in the Moscow
region was renamed Kalinin, in honor of the Soviet party and
statesman, a native of the Tver province, M. I. Kalinin. In 1935
Kalinin became the center of the Kalinin region. The city opened a
philharmonic society and a music school (1936), an art gallery
(1937), a number of original buildings were built: the military
academy on the Stepan Razin embankment (1935), the Zvezda cinema
(1937), the river station (1938) , ruined). The construction of new
avenues began - Kalinin, Tchaikovsky, Vagzhanova Street. There were
70 industrial enterprises in the city, including the largest in the
USSR in their industry, the car-building and KREPZ factories, three
universities, a pedagogical institute, three theaters, two cinemas,
six libraries.
See also: Defense of Kalinin and Occupation of
Kalinin
On October 17, 1941, the city was captured by units of
the 27th Army and 41st Motorized Corps of the 3rd Panzer Group of
Army Group "Center", but the enemy's further advance was delayed,
and completely stopped in the north-western direction. The 8th Tank
Brigade played a special role in this. The city was under German
occupation for about two months. On December 6, the Kalinin Front
launched a counteroffensive, and already on December 16, the city of
Kalinin was liberated by units of the 29th and 31st armies of the
Kalinin Front. During the occupation and street fighting in the
city, 7,714 buildings, 510.3 thousand square meters of living space
(56% of the housing stock) were destroyed, more than 70 enterprises
were decommissioned. Before the liberation of Rzhev (March 3, 1943),
the city of Kalinin was subjected to systematic raids by German
aircraft.
On November 1, 1945, the Council of People's
Commissars of the USSR adopted a resolution on the priority
restoration of 15 most important cities of the RSFSR, destroyed
during the war, including the city of Kalinin. The grandiose plan
for the restoration and reconstruction of the city was developed by
the architect N. Ya. Kolli, but it was not fully implemented. The
city was erected majestic buildings in the style of Stalinist
classicism: the drama theater (1951), the library. M. Gorky, the
technical school (now the building of the HT Technical University)
on Lenin Avenue (1957), the ensembles of Novopromyshlennaya Square,
Peace Square, Gagarin Square. A second bridge appeared in the city.
Elements of the Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge from Leningrad were used
as spans of this bridge. In 1947, an electrical equipment plant was
built, CHP-4 and an excavator plant were launched, the construction
of which had begun before the war. In 1950, a chemical fiber plant
and a silicate brick plant were opened in Zatverechye, a printing
plant was built in 1955, and a silk-weaving factory in 1957.
Since the beginning of the 1960s, the city has been intensively
built up using the methods of typical industrial housing
construction, especially actively in its southern part, on the
territory of the Moskovsky district. During the same period, large
enterprises were opened in the city: a worsted factory (1963), a
pharmaceutical factory and a meat-packing plant (1965), a fiberglass
and fiberglass factory (1966). The city continues to develop as a
major transport hub: in 1961, work on deepening the Volga and the
construction of a port was completed, in the same year a circular
highway was opened, connecting highways to Moscow, Leningrad, Rzhev,
Volokolamsk, Turginovo, in 1963 the electrification of the Kalinin
section of Oktyabrskaya was completed. railway, in 1967 a trolleybus
began operation.
In 1969, a new General Plan of the city was
adopted (Lengiprogor, architect G.A. Bobovich). This period is
characterized by the massive construction of large-panel
5-9-12-storey residential buildings in newly formed planning units -
microdistricts. In the period 1970s - 1980s microdistricts appeared
in the city: Chaika, Yuzhny, Yunost, Khiminstuta, Pervomaisky, etc.
New industrial facilities were commissioned: CHPP-3 (1973),
Tsentrosvar plant (1974), scientific and production association
Tsentrprogrammsistem "(1974). In 1981, a third bridge appeared in
the city - Vostochny, connecting the Moskovsky district and
Zatverechye. By the beginning of the 1990s, there were about 80
industrial enterprises in 28 industries, 5 universities, a number of
research institutes, 11 secondary specialized educational
institutions, 14 vocational schools, 48 secondary schools, 3
theaters, 12 cinemas, 8 palaces of culture in Kalinin.
On
July 17, 1990, on the basis of a decree of the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, the city was returned to its historical
name.
Tver in the post-Soviet period
In 1991, the seventh
General Plan of the city was approved (Lengiprogor, architects I. V.
Tarushkin and A. F. Chakurin), which continued the general
provisions of the previous General Plan of 1969. Due to the negative
economic consequences caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union,
there was no active development in the city. The only new
microdistrict built in the period of the 1990s - 2000s was the
Mamulino microdistrict, built in 1993 for a contingent of Soviet
troops withdrawn from East Germany. The new economic reality turned
out to be disastrous for the industry, especially the light one,
traditional for the city, as a result of which the largest
enterprises of Tver - the Vagzhanov factory, the Proletarka factory,
the Tver garment factory, the Khimvolokno combine, the Iskozh
combine - ceased operations, which caused an increase in the
unemployment rate and social tension. By the mid-2000s, significant
wear and tear of the housing and communal services had accumulated,
a large number of public transport routes were closed.
Since
the mid-2000s, large-scale housing construction has been resumed in
the city, with the construction of high-rise buildings: Raduzhny
microdistricts (2007), Brusilovo (2008), Mamulino-2 (2011),
Mamulino-3 (2013), housing construction in the Southern residential
area ... Begins active construction of public buildings, shopping
and entertainment centers. At the same time, new industrial
enterprises are being commissioned.
From 2007 to 2011, at the
initiative of the Governor Zelenin, the Tver Socio-Economic Forum
was held annually at the end of June
Since the late 2000s, it
has hosted a number of sporting events of various levels.
By plane
In Tver there is an airport
Migalovo, but there are no passenger flights to it. To enter the
city, you can use Moscow airports, the closest of which is
Sheremetyevo.
By train
The most convenient way to get to
Tver from Moscow is the “Lastochka” electric trains, which depart
from the Leningradsky railway station from early morning to late
evening, just a few dozen flights. The journey takes 1.5-2 hours;
the cost is 520 rubles (February 2018). Also, regular electric
trains run to Tver from the Leningradsky railway station, the
journey time is from 2 up to 3 hours, depending on the number of
stops. You can take the passenger and fast trains going to St.
Petersburg or further with a stop in Tver, but it will be more
expensive and less convenient than on the "Swallow".
From St.
Petersburg, you can get on trains following to Moscow or through it,
is also true for other cities of the north-west (Veliky Novgorod,
Pskov, Petrozavodsk, Murmansk) and Tallinn. Trains leading from some
other cities of Russia to St. Petersburg also pass through Tver,
from other cities you will have to change trains in Moscow.
Suburban trains connect Tver with Torzhok, Vyshny Volochka and
Bologoye.
1 Station Tver, Komintern street. Passenger
platforms in Tver Island, on them is the old station of the
traditional for the Nikolaev railway architecture, which serves now
as a turnstile hall. To board long-distance trains, you will also
have to go through the turnstiles, showing the ticket to the guards.
From the station underground passages lead to the station square,
where the new station building of Soviet construction is located
with the usual infrastructure for the station and the building of
suburban ticket offices. If you are traveling from Moscow or a
region, please note that there are no usual privileges for commuter
travel, for example, discounts for students, in the Tver region, it
makes sense to take a return ticket to the departure station.
The
station is located at some distance from the historical center, it
makes sense to use public transport, which runs quite often.
By car
Tver is located on the federal highway M10 Moscow - St.
Petersburg. The route goes along the bypass road, to enter the city
from Moscow at the traffic police post in the village of Emmaus, you
should continue straight, and from St. Petersburg - turn left at the
traffic lights at the tank. The distance by road from Moscow is
about 170 kilometers, from St. Petersburg about 530 kilometers.
Through M10 and branches from it, the path goes to a number of
cities in the region: Torzhok, Vyshny Volochyok, Ostashkov,
Konakovo.
In addition, the city has several regional routes:
28A-0480 (Р90) to Volokolamsk
28K-0576 (A112) to Staritsa, Rzhev,
Teeth, Toropets
28K-0058 (P84) in Bezhetsk, Kashin, Kalyazin
By bus
There are many intercity bus routes on the same M10.
Some of them do not have a stop directly at the bus station of the
city of Tver, however, you can ask to stop either in the adjacent
village of Emmaus (if you are coming from Moscow), or at the
intersection of the ring road with 50 years of October street (if
you are coming from St. Petersburg). From both these points you can
reach the city center by public transport. Shuttle buses No. 106 and
No. 206 run from Emmaus, and share taxis number 1, 2, 9, 14 and 27
run from the 50 years of October prospect (this way you can get to
any part of the city).
In addition, Tver is connected by bus
service with almost all cities of the region, it is worth looking at
the page of the respective city for more details. The most intensive
traffic is in Torzhok, Staritsa, Rzhev, Vyshny Volochyok, Bezhetsk,
Ostashkov, but buses can rarely go to a number of remote cities.
2 Bus Station, st. Comintern, 10 (near the station). Open 4:30 -
21:00. Departure of buses "Tver Avtotrans" and a number of private
carriers. There is a waiting room, a toilet (free on a bus ticket),
Wi-Fi. Exit to the platforms only through the building itself.
3
Stop at the hotel "Tourist" (opposite the station). Departure of
buses "Autoexpress"
On the ship
There are no regular
flights along the Volga, but some cruise ships make a stop.
Travelers in Tver will almost certainly have to use public transport services. Most of the traffic is done by minibuses and buses. Electric transport has degraded in recent years, only a few trolleybus routes are in operation, as well as one tram (a few are officially “closed for repair”) connecting the station and the bus station with the center and the Volga region. The fare is 21 rubles per tram, trolleybus and bus, 25 rubles by shuttle bus.
1 Tver Souvenirs, Radishcheva Boulevard (next to the monument to
Mikhail Krug, at the intersection with Trekhsvyatskaya Street). 🕑
10:00–19:00. Several kiosks with a large selection of magnets, bells,
plates, mugs and other souvenirs with images of Tver.
Shopping
centers
2 Shopping center “Olympus”, Tverskoy prosp., 2.
10:00 – 22:00. In the city center, includes a 24-hour Perekrestok
supermarket
3 Shopping center “Rubin”, prosp. Kalinina, 15.
10:00–22:00. Large shopping center in the Proletarka area, one of the
closest to the center
The shops
4 Magnit, Sovetskaya st., 38.
8:00 – 22:00. A rare supermarket in the city center.
5 Abraknigabra,
st. Zhelyabova, 28 (basement of the Univer shopping center).
10:00–19:00. A bookstore so big that it even has its own cafe.
6 Laboratory X, st. Zhelyabova, 28. 11:00–19:00. Informal paraphernalia
store.
Cheap
Almost all inexpensive establishments are fast food, and
cafeterias usually close early and are closed on weekends.
1 Chicken House, Trekhsvyatskaya st., 20. 24 hours a day. Tver can
boast of its own fast food chain. A distinctive feature of these
establishments is their 24-hour operation, but, with the exception
of one cafe on Trekhsvyatskaya, they are located outside the center.
In addition to burgers and potatoes, the menu also includes soups
and salads. As usual in fast food, it gets very crowded and noisy
during the day.
2 Cafe-bistro “Skovorodka” , Trekhsvyatskaya
st., 29. 10:00 – 21:00. hot: 200-300 ₽. Another Tver chain - but not
fast food, but something between a cafe and a canteen. In the city
center there is also only one establishment on Trekhsvyatsky
3 Bistro “Ali Baba” , Trekhsvyatskaya st., 33/25. ☎ +7 (4822)
33-90-32. 8:00–22:00. shawarma: from 190 ₽. The menu focuses on
shawarma and other grilled dishes, although, again, there are also
soups and salads.
4 Canteen of Tver University, Simeonovskaya
st., 46. Mon–Fri 8:00–16:00. An ordinary student canteen, everyone
can eat. Reviews are good
Average cost
5 Cafe
“Chito-Gvrito”, Tverskoy Avenue. 15 / Sovetskaya st. 7. 10:00–23:00.
hot: from 300-400 ₽. From the outside, this cafe looks more like a
canteen, and at the entrance you will first see a counter with a
coffee machine and some kind of pies, but in fact, it has its own
style and, most importantly, hearty Georgian food at reasonable
prices. Together with the Georgian waiters, all this is very
reminiscent of an ordinary ordinary catering service somewhere in
Telavi or Kutaisi. The food can hardly be called gourmet, but there
is no doubt about its authenticity.
6 Cafe “Manilov” ,
Sovetskaya st., 17. 11:00 – 00:00. hot: from 300 ₽. Inexpensive cafe
with furnishings in the style of a pre-revolutionary apartment. On
weekdays, business lunches from 160 to 270 rubles. Service is slow.
7 Malina , ave. Pobeda, 14. 9:00–22:00. Cafe-dining room near
Victory Park, good reviews. There are set lunches.
Expensive
8 Restaurant “Panorama”, Smolensky lane, 29, 22nd floor (“glass”).
12:00–0:00. hot: from 500 ₽. The main advantage of the restaurant is
the panoramic view from the tallest building in the city, the Tver
business center (popularly called “glass” because of its
characteristic shape), which began to be built in the late 80s, was
abandoned for almost 20 years and was completed in 2010s. Prices, as
expected in such cases, are somewhat inflated relative to the
quality of food and service, although usually no one objects to
visitors who just come for a coffee. The observation deck is also
available to restaurant visitors free of charge; for others,
visiting it costs 200 rubles.
9 Restaurant “Governor”,
Novotorzhskaya st., 15. 7:00–0:00, bar 24/7. hot: from 400 ₽.
Restaurant in the hotel of the same name. Visitors praise the staff.
Coffee shops
10 Coffee house “Town” , st. Volny Novgorod,
15. 8:00–1:00. The oldest coffee shop in the city still holds its
own today, primarily in terms of atmosphere.
11 BunaBuna ,
Radishcheva Blvd., 26. 7:30 – 23:00. A signature coffee shop that
serves “specialty” coffee for gourmets - at least a dozen different
varieties roasted directly in the coffee shop, and the employees can
boast of medals from various coffee championships. The hall is cozy
but small; however, you can take your coffee with you and go with it
to the boulevard. There are breakfasts.
1 Blues Factory , Teatralny Prospect, 3a. 12:00–0:00, Fri–Sat
12:00–2:00. Inexpensive beer bar, very good reviews. Despite the name,
the interior tends towards metal, and the music plays accordingly.
2 Night club “Lazurny” , prosp. Tchaikovskogo 6, bldg. 1 (at the very
beginning of Trekhsvyatskaya Street). ☎ +7 (4822) 35–72–61. Mon–Sat
12:00–5:00, Sun 20:00–5:00. In addition to the club, the entertainment
complex has a karaoke bar and a restaurant. There is a VIP hall in
memory of Mikhail Krug (if it is not occupied, it functions as a free
museum) - he often visited this place and mentioned it in his songs. But
the music is modern dance music. Spacious dance floors, reasonable
prices at the bar, face control. Due to the legendary nature of the
club, fans of Krug’s work can have a diverse contingent.
Cheap
1 Hostel Kalinin, st. Volny Novgorod, 19.
Average
cost
2 Hotel “Tourist”, st. Comintern, 47 (opposite the railway
station). single room: 2500 rub. The rooms are Soviet type, but clean
3 Hotel “Volga”. double room: from 2,650 rub.
4 Berg House Hotel,
st. Spartak, 7. ✉ ☎ +7 (4822) 78-17-21, +7 (910) 640-61-54. double room:
from 2,750 rub.
Expensive
5 Hotel “Seliger”, Sovetskaya
street, 38. Double room from 4200 rubles.
6 Hotel “Zvezda” , st.
Simeonovskaya, 30/27. ☎ +7 (800) 707-94-27. single room: from 4000 rub.,
double room: from 7000 rub. Great reviews
7 Hotel Osnabrück, st.
Saltykova-Shchedrina, 20. ✉ ☎ +7 (910) 534-95-64 (WhatsApp/Viber). A
good hotel in the city center, but according to reviews the room prices
are slightly overpriced.
Main Post Office (Branch No. 170100), Sovetskaya st., 31. Mon–Fri 8:00–22:00, Sat–Sun 9:00–21:00.
Tourists in Tver should be careful not to become victims of various kinds of fraudsters and pickpockets. When traveling around the city, it is better to be attentive, not to get involved in situations that you do not understand, for example, street lotteries, not to raise the purse dropped by someone. Putting money and documents away in a place that allows them to be controlled. Moving under Tver in the dark in industrial or remote sleeping areas should be avoided. Tver can be dangerous for people with non-European appearance. There have been cases of attacks by groups of nationalists on people of African or Asian descent.