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Literary Pages of Tver

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16 points4 km4 hours

Join us for a walk along the embankment and the central streets, and recall how great and forgotten poets, prose writers, and publishers of other centuries saw this beauty: Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Ostrovsky, Ivan Turgenev, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and many others. They declared their love for “dear,” “beautiful” Tver and dedicated their finest lines to it.

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Tver Tourist Information Center

Things to do

  • 📚🎬 Recall films and books
  • 📜 Learn the city's history

Route points (16)

  1. I. A. Krylov Monument — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    I. A. Krylov Monument

    🗿 Monument

  2. Tver Commercial School for Girls — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Tver Commercial School for Girls

    🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site

  3. Travel Palace — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Travel Palace

    🏰 Palace · 📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark

  4. Ivan Petrovich Wulf's House — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Ivan Petrovich Wulf's House

    🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site

  5. Assembly of the Nobility Building — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Assembly of the Nobility Building

    🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site

  6. A. S. Pushkin Memorial Bust — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    A. S. Pushkin Memorial Bust

    🗿 Monument

  7. Regional Drama Theater — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Regional Drama Theater

    🎭 Theater · 🏟️ Architectural landmark

  8. Merchant Barsukov's Hotel — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Merchant Barsukov's Hotel

    📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark

  9. Magistracy Building — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Magistracy Building

    🏟️ Architectural landmark · 📜 Historic site

  10. Former Tver Gymnasium for Boys — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Former Tver Gymnasium for Boys

    📜 Historic site · 🏟️ Architectural landmark

  11. Former Galiani Hotel — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Former Galiani Hotel

    📜 Historic site

  12. Andrei Dementyev House of Poetry — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Andrei Dementyev House of Poetry

    🏟️ Architectural landmark

  13. F. N. Glinka's House — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    F. N. Glinka's House

    📜 Historic site

  14. Felicità Restaurant — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    Felicità Restaurant

    🕵️ Urban legend · 📜 Historic site

  15. B. N. Polevoy's House — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    B. N. Polevoy's House

    📜 Historic site

  16. M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin Monument — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

    M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin Monument

    🗿 Monument

M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin Monument in Tver

Point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin Monument — point on route “Literary Pages of Tver”

Point 16

M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin Monument

🗿 Monument

About the Sculpture

Tver is home to one of the city's best-known monuments, unveiled for the 150th anniversary of Saltykov-Shchedrin's birth. Its authors are the architect N. A. Kovalchuk and the sculptor O. K. Komov. It was the first monument in Russia dedicated to Saltykov-Shchedrin. It is made in the familiar tradition of monumental Russian sculpture typical of the second half of the 19th century.

About the Satirist

Saltykov-Shchedrin was a famous satirical writer and also the vice-governor of Tver from 1860 to 1862. The impressions he gathered in this city were reflected in “Satires in Prose,” “The Golovlyov Family,” and several other works.