Tver Oblast Travel Guide

Tourist Guide

Toropets.The first mention of the city in the annals refers to the year 1074. The city itself is first mentioned in documents under 1168 as the center of an independent Toropets principality (by the 12th century, perhaps, the ancient ramparts preserved in the center of the city, probably filled with the first Toropets prince Mstislav Rostislavich the Brave — son of Smolensk Prince Rostislav)
Toropets.The first mention of the city in the annals refers to the year 1074. The city itself is first mentioned in documents under 1168 as the center of an independent Toropets principality (by the 12th century, perhaps, the ancient ramparts preserved in the center of the city, probably filled with the first Toropets prince Mstislav Rostislavich the Brave — son of Smolensk Prince Rostislav)
Staritsa, Volga river Founded in 1297 by Prince of Tver Mikhail Yaroslavich as a fortress on the Staritsa River. View of the Volga River from the trees of the ancient fortress.
Old Russian church
Шалаш на озере Селигер. Hut on lake Seliger.

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