Novotorgsky Borisoglebsky Monastery
ul. Staritskaya, 7, TorzhokThe territory of the Novorozhsky Borisoglebsky monastery, one of the oldest Russian Orthodox monasteries, founded around 1038 during the reign of Yaroslav I Vladimirovich, almost invariably impresses guests of Torzhok time with the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
Manor Vasilevo
g. Torzhok, Tver regionAbout 5 km to the north of Torzhok there is an architectural ensemble of the 18th century - the estate of Vasilevo. It is remarkable first of all for the ethnographic museum of wooden architecture, which was opened in 1979, in which architectural monuments of the 18th-19th centuries from all over the Tver region are collected.
Museum at the Torzhok gold-embers factory
Kalininskoe shosse 12, TorzhokThe small Russian town of Torzhok is unique in that it retains its own ancient craft - gold embroidery. That same gold embroidery, which was embroidered shoes and belts of capital ladies of the 18-19 century and royal furniture in the imperial palaces. Feel the spirit of the times?
Museum of Pushkin in Torzhok
ul. Dzerzhinsky, 71, TorzhokTorzhok is part of the so-called Pushkin Ring of the Upper Volga Region - a 250 km route connected with Alexander Pushkin's visit to the Tver Region. The poet came here more than twenty times, and it is no wonder that in our time a number of museums have been created here devoted to the journeys of the "sun of Russian poetry."
Old Church Church in Torzhok
g. Torzhok, Tver regionOn the elevation of the right bank of the river Tvertsy there is a monument of wooden Russian architecture - and the current Old-Church Church in Torzhok, or the Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God. The first mention of this church in Torzhok dates back to 1653.
This is one of the reasons to visit Torzhok! At least to have time to see Russian history personally, until it finally turned into ruins
Ancient city, about which in 1668 the traveler Jacob Streis wrote:" Torzhok is very is populated and beautiful because there are more than thirty churches and chapels in it, "and nowadays it keeps its spiritual treasures.