Photo: other places, Embankment of Stepan Razin, Tver

6 photos

Embankment of Stepan Razin: a walk in the XVIII century

Other places

Directions

The Embankment of Stepan Razin is on the right bank of the Volga River in Tver. It stretches from the City Garden in place of the ancient Tver Kremlin to the Vokzalnaya Street. Its length is only 2 kilometers, but for 30 minutes of a leisurely walk along it one can easily "move" from the 21st to the 20th century, and then into the 18th century!

From the Embankment of Stepan Razin it is good to look both at the urban development and the beautiful Volga views. In particular, from the house No. 1 the legendary Zvezda cinema, the monument to Afanasy Nikitin on the opposite bank and the Starovolzhsky Bridge are clearly visible. The cinema itself, built in 1935-37 in the classical parade “Stalinist” style, looks at the Volga River with its main facade. Earlier the tiny house of Peter the Great was standing here, in which the great emperor stopped on his way to St. Petersburg. Then the House Voroshilov Shooters (sharpshooters) comes, built in 1935. It houses a hotel and a hostel of the Military Academy.Further, the embankment "runs" under the Novovolzhsky Bridge, and after that we can see two-story buildings, and on the opposite bank the domes of the Cathedral of the Assumption and St. Catherine's Convent grow. Here one can clearly see the difference in the tastes of the Tver nobility and merchants. Part of the houses are the single-standing houses-estates, as the old strong masters-merchants used to live in. And the next quarter is like a small Petersburg, the houses are close to each other in the style of "one facade".

Embankment of Stepan Razin: a walk in the XVIII century

Restaurants