Vagzhanov Street
Description:
Until the XIX century, Vagzhanov Street was called 1-Yamskaya. The street received the name Yamskaya due to the fact that in the second half of the XVIII century there lived diggers who served the postal track St. Petersburg – Moscow, before the October railway was built.
In 1922, the street was renamed in honor of A. P. Vagzhanov, who was a member of the Communist Party and one of the main organizers of the establishment of Soviet power in the Tver province. He was elected as a working deputy of the State Duma. But after the dispersal of the Duma, in 1907, he was arrested and exiled to Siberia. Later, Vagzhanov returned to Tver and began to head the Tver Revolutionary Committee. In 1918, the party sent him to Siberia to participate in the partisan movement. But a year later, Vagzhanov was captured and shot by the White Guards.
At the beginning of the XIX century, when the street was renamed, all one-storey houses were completely demolished. After that, the first buildings were built. The House of Life, the House of Radio, and the House of Unions were also built.