Wartime Pages of Tver

19 points6 km3 hours

Walk through the places in Tver that preserve the tragic history of the Great Patriotic War. At that time the city was called Kalinin. You'll learn what Kalinin was like in the days of the occupation, what heroic deeds local people performed, and how the city was liberated.

Route author

Tver Tourist Information Center

Things to do

📜 Learn the city's history
🏛️🕰️ Compare the eras

Route points (19)

House of the Voroshilov Marksmen in Tver

Point on route “Wartime Pages of Tver”

Point 11

House of the Voroshilov Marksmen

📜 Historic site • 🏟️ Architectural landmark

Historical Background

The House of the Voroshilov Marksmen, also known as the House of Red Commanders, was built in 1935 to a design by the architect Viktor Anferov for military specialists and officers. Before the war it housed the headquarters of the Kalinin Military District. During the war it was occupied first by a headquarters and then by a hospital. After the war and until the early 1950s, the building belonged to the Molotov Academy of Logistics and Supply.

Architecture

The building is in the prewar Neoclassical style*. Seen in plan, it forms a right triangle whose sides are Tverskoy Prospekt, Stepan Razin Embankment, and Volnogo Novgoroda (Free Novgorod) Street. *Neoclassical architecture is a style based on the models of ancient Greek and Roman architecture, as well as on the legacy of the Renaissance and Classicism.