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Afanasy Nikitin Embankment is one of the most favorite places for tourists and residents of the city to walk. It is located on the northern, Zavolzhsky side of Tver. The embankment begins at the confluence of the Tvertsa River with the Volga and stretches for 2.5 kilometers to Artillery Lane.

In the central part of the embankment, between the Old Volzhsky Bridge and the Novovolzhsky Bridge, a monument to Afanasy Nikitin was erected on a huge granite pedestal in 1955. He is a great Russian traveler of the 15th century, born in Tver. He was one of the first European merchants to visit India and later described this journey in the book "Walking across Three Seas". Nikitin came to India by land 30 years before the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gamma, who opened the sea route to India. In Tver, people decided to perpetuate his memory and named the embankment after him.

There are spacious squares with walking paths on both sides of the monument to Afanasy Nikitin. Behind the monument is the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, and next to it is a memorial to submariners. Here you can walk, ride a bike, and children can play on playgrounds. Near the Navovolzhsky Bridge, it is convenient to walk from the Afanasy Nikitin embankment to the Museum of Tver Everyday Life.

If you go further beyond the Novovolzhsky Bridge, you can walk to the confluence of the Tvertsa River with the Volga. For several centuries, there was an Otroch monastery on this site. It is associated with many historical events in Russia. However, it was demolished in the 1930s, as construction of the Tver River Station began.

After the construction of the Uglich hydroelectric power station, the Volga river level in Tver increased significantly. It used to be a small river, but now it is full of water at any time of the year, so large ships can sail here. The monumental building of the River Station became a symbol of Tver, but in 2017 it collapsed due to dilapidation. The city authorities are planning its restoration, as well as the partial restoration of the Otroch monastery. Now only the Assumption Cathedral, built in 1722, remains of it.