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)

Cathedral Square in Tver

Point on route “Wartime Pages of Tver”

Point 16

Cathedral Square

⛲ Square

Historical Background

Until recently, today's Cathedral Square was called Revolution Square. In 1941 it looked different: the new Transfiguration of the Savior Cathedral had not yet been built, and the old one had been blown up in 1935. The view of the former Imperial Travel Palace from Sovetskaya Street was unobstructed. On the square stood a sculpture of Lenin and Stalin sitting on a bench, which the Germans removed after capturing the city. The headquarters of the German 9th Army was placed in the Travel Palace, and the square itself was turned into a soldiers' cemetery. During the fighting to liberate the city in December 1941, the building was badly damaged, and it was not restored until 1948. The cemetery was completely removed in the spring of 1942. After Kalinin was liberated, the German soldiers were reburied beyond the northern outskirts of the city. In 2009 the remains were moved to the cemetery in Rzhev.