Sovetskaya Street

Soviet street in the city of Tver is located in the city center. This is the main street of the city. Previously it was called Catherine and Million. The street runs parallel to the Volga River, which divides the city into two parts. The street is built up with buildings of historical and artistic value.

It was Catherine II who took the biggest part in the construction of Tver in the XVIII century. She signed a master plan for construction in the city, which used elements of the radial arrangement of streets typical of St. Petersburg, Versailles and Rome. And one of the first streets built was Soviet Street.

The houses on the street are tightly arranged to each other in strict order. This was one of Catherine’s first demands. One of the versions of why the street was called Millionnaya, is that the Queen herself allocated a million from the treasury for the construction of this street. Although the name Million street received after the death of Catherine under Emperor Paul. In 1919 it was renamed Soviet. The length of the street is 2.2 kilometers.