Ivan Sedykh Street

Short street, goes from Soviet street to Tver square. In the past - the alley, bearing different names (Cathedral, Kozhevnikov lane, Metrostroyevsky). In 1966, it was renamed Sedykh Street.

Ivan Viktorovich Sedykh, a native of the city of Kalinin, from the first days of the Great Patriotic War participated in battles with the Nazis. In February 1943, the platoon where Sergeant Sedykh served repulsed a fierce attack by the enemy. At the cost of his life, Ivan Sedykh stopped a fascist tank. Posthumously he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.