About Tver

I am Anastasia.
I work at Masterskaiya agency. In English its name is the workshop agency.
I was the best guide in the Tver region in the year 2017.
Today I want to tell you about history of Tver and about the sights you can see there.
Our city was built between the 12th and 13th century on the banks of the Volga and Tvertca rivers. 
Once upon a time, our city could have been the capital of our country, but we did not have good luck.
Before the 18th century, our city held the wooden Kremlin.
However, the Kremlin was destroyed by a fire in 1763.
Our Empress, the Great Katerin, allocated money to the renovation of our city after the big fire.

Since then, Tver has been like a small version of St Petersburg.
In our city there are some famous sights, such as theatres, museums, city parks, and we even have our own Arbat street, just  like the Moscow Arbat.
Some famous people of Tver are Afanasii Nikitin, who was the first of European to visit India, and Ilia Kovalchuk, who was the captain of our national hockey team.
I advise you to visit these sights in our city:
• The Empire palace is a gem of architecture of Tver. This palace contains our national art gallery.
• The goat’s museum. In this museum you discover why the Tver people are sometimes called goats.
• The observation deck on the biggest building in the city – this is in the Tver business center.
After your walk, you can enjoy the beautiful sunset on the Volga river in the City Garden.

Great Job!