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Sovetskaya Street was designed in the 18th century after a fire, and is now the main street of the historical center of Tver. It stretches for 2.5 kilometers along the southern bank of the Volga River from the bridge over the Tmaka River to the Heroes of Chernobyl Square. Many sights of Tver are located on this street, so tourists often walk along it.

From the 13th to the 17th century, the historical center was built up with wooden houses. In 1763, a devastating fire broke out in Tver, when the entire central part of the city burned down, including the wooden Tver Kremlin. After this fire, Catherine II approved a new layout of the city, prepared by architects Peter Nikitin and Fyodor Stengel. Instead of the Kremlin, she ordered the construction of a Travel palace.

Elements of a three-beam street layout typical of the layout of St. Petersburg have appeared in the layout of the city. During one of the visits after the restoration of the city, Catherine II said: "Tver is the second most beautiful city in the empire after St. Petersburg." Sovetskaya Street became the main artery of the city in the 18th century, and then it was named after the Empress: Yekaterininskaya Street.

During the reign of Paul I, he decided to rename it and named it Millionnaya Street. That`s how it was called until 1919, when the Bolsheviks renamed it Sovetskaya Street. A small section of Sovetskaya Street, 800 meters long, is of the greatest interest to tourists: from the Transfiguration Cathedral to Lenin Square.

Most of the buildings on Sovetskaya Street were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, although in Soviet times houses were also built here in place of the old ones. Transfiguration Cathedral and the Travel Palace are located on Sovetskaya Street from the side of the Tmaka River. Catherine II ordered the creation of gardens around this palace, the City Garden occupies a significant space on Sovetskaya Street.

Also, several buildings have been preserved near the Travel Palace, where schools and gymnasiums were located in the past centuries. For example, the Tver Museum of Local Lore is now located in the building of the former Real School. The House of Officers of the Tver Garrison is located in the building of the Noble Assembly, which was built in 1841.