Monument to Denis Davydov

Monument to Denis Davydov, poet, partisan, war hero of 12 years solemnly opened on a frosty morning on December 18 on the square near the college named after A.N. Konyaev. The guerrilla militia went from here to the war with Napoleon. Denis Davydov - a fiery poet, a cock, an eloquent bully, fought for six years with the French army in the war of 1812. He was the initiators of the partisan movement in Russia, repeatedly visited Tver and was friends with the poet Fedor Glinka.

The bust with the plaque was cast with the money of sponsors as part of the Alley of Russian Glory program, along with monuments to Seslavin, Vysotsky and Tver Liberators.

The image of Davydov is considered collective, for many it is the personification of courage, courage, romanticism and resourcefulness of war heroes.