One of the most beautiful Russian cities, Tver was founded in the first third of the 12th century on the banks of the Volga at the confluence of the Tmaka and Tvertsa rivers. The Volga divides the city into the left-bank and right-bank parts, and the embankments of Tver in the Central Historical District of the city have long become a favorite vacation spot for its residents and guests.
Named after Razin and Nikitin
The two main embankments of Tver are named after people known to every inhabitant of the city from history textbooks:
- The Zavolzhskaya and Pervomaiskaya embankments used to be called the Tver embankment of Afanasy Nikitin, which stretches along the left bank of the great Russian river. One of the most beautiful city streets, it starts at the spit of Tvertsa and Volga and ends west of Artilleriysky lane, passing into the highway leading to St. Petersburg.
- The name of Stepan Razin is a street that runs along the right bank of the Volga from the intersection with Smolensky Lane in the east to Volny Novgorod Street in the west.
Both Tverskaya embankments are decorated with old buildings, some of which are federal monuments.
Behind the "solid facade"
The embankment of Stepan Razin is famous for the buildings of the 18th century that have survived on it, which are built so tightly to each other that they look like a solid single facade from the Volga. Tourists are shown here the House of the titular councilor Panov and the mayor of Golovinsky, the building of the female diocesan school and the House of Voroshilov riflemen. A similar design of residential buildings can be observed in the historical center of St. Petersburg.
Despite the imperfect condition of this embankment of Tver, its residents love to walk here with their families and relax on the green lawns of the Volga embankment park.
Zavolzhsky Posad
Parallel to the left bank of the Volga, the city embankment stretches for 2.5 km, bearing the name of the merchant and discoverer Afanasy Nikitin. This area was densely built up already in the XIV century. The fire destroyed wooden buildings and were replaced by stone buildings. Unfortunately, part of the historical buildings was destroyed in the 30s of the twentieth century, and a river station was erected on the site of the Otroch monastery.
From a large list of historically important architectural monuments on the Tver embankment, the Assumption and Resurrection churches of the early 18th century, the buildings of the former theological school and the Tver State Technological University have been preserved. The bank of the Volga is decorated with a monument to Afanasy Nikitin.
