For connoisseurs of secluded outdoor recreation, this picturesque place in a birch grove, on the shore of forest ponds, 20 minutes from the city of Tver is perfect. Two farm houses are located in a closed private area of ​​30 hectares in the floodplain of the Orsha River. The experience...

The great Russian river Volga takes its rise close to Volgoverkhovye village. The source of the river is inside a chapel from where the Volga comes as a small brook any child can step over. The Savior Transfiguration Cathedral of the Olginsky Nunnery stands in immediate proximity to the source.

The main sight of the right bank is the famous Holy Dormition Monastery – one of the oldest monasteries of north-western Russia. Its history begins with the words: "In 1110, two friars Triphon and Nikandr came to the Stary Bor plot of land from the Kiev caves and began to live there. And to...

Goat Museum in Tver was established in 2008 by the historian Vladimir Lavrenov on basis of personal collection. About 3,500 exhibits from 40 countries are located in Museum halls, which representing the image of a Goat in the history as well as culture and mythology of the world nations. The main...

Gatchina is located in the southwestern part of the region, 8 km south of the border of St. Petersburg and 41 km from its historic center. The city is an industrial, scientific, cultural and educational center of the Leningrad region. The main attraction of Gatchina is the eponymous state...

The unique Karelian National Museum of Local Lore was created in the city. The material for the main exposition was collected in expeditions along the Karelian villages of the Tver region.

Poetry House was opened in the Tver historical center on the Volodarskogo street in 2012; it is the only one Russian cultural institution of that kind. In 2013 the Poetry House was named by the outstanding Soviet and Russian poet and laureate of USSR State Prize (1985) Andrew Dementyev who was born...