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Cathedral of the Assumption (Uspensky Sobor) and river station: at the confluence of the two rivers

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Cathedral of the Assumption is all that has remained in Tver from the Otroch Monastery, which appeared at the confluence of the Tvertsa River in the Volga in the XII century. It is well known that in 1238 it was destroyed by another Tatar-Mongolian raid, but in 20 years it was rebuilt. The romantic legend connects the name of the monastery - Otroch - with the name of the Youth (otrok in Russian) Grigory. According to a legend, Grigory's bride was taken by the Prince of Tver Yaroslav Yaroslavovich, and the latter forced Grigory to take monastic vows. At the same time the monastery was always revered by the Tver princes and received rich gifts from them.

In 1918 the Otroch Monastery was closed. And in the 30s of the XX century all the buildings of the monastery were demolished during the construction of the river station of Tver. The station building - a rotunda with two wings appeared on the site of the monastic cells. It was built in 1938 as part of a huge complex of the Moscow Canal. During the Soviet period regular boat trips to Rzhev and Uglich departed from this river station. There were piers 400 meters long at the station in 1969-1975. It is planned to restore the unique building of the station. Now it is not used, but it is one of the symbols of the city.The preserved Cathedral of the Assumption, standing over the Afanasy Nikitin Embankment, is noteworthy as it is built in the shape of a Latin cross and decorated with beautiful plat bands. Simple and strict it is hovering at the confluence of two rivers like a white ship.

Cathedral of the Assumption (Uspensky Sobor) and river station: at the confluence of the two rivers

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