The history of the first in the course of the Volga of the glorious city of Rzhev originates in the 11th century. A convenient location determined its military and economic significance, and therefore for several centuries a stubborn struggle was waged between the princes, whose possessions were adjacent to Rzhev, and between Moscow and Lithuania, beyond the city-fortress. At the end of the 15th century the city, according to the decree of Tsar Vasily II, departed to Prince Boris Tverskoi and then was divided by his sons, and therefore the part of the city on one bank of the Volga was called the Prince Fedorovskaya side, and on the other - Prince Dmitrievskaya.
By the beginning of the 18th century, Rzhev has become a significant commercial and industrial center of Russia, in which there are 25 factories, several manufactories, large regional fairs, pier and warehouses
The Rzhevitians took an active part in the Patriotic War of 1812, and the brave and audacious scout, officer AN Selivanov, who at one time almost captivated Napoleon himself, became famous.
The tragic and bloody page in the history of the city became the years of the Great Patriotic War, because Rzhev survived the seventeen-month period fascist occupation, which turned into a massacre of residents and prisoners of war, to the destruction of all enterprises, institutions, and burning of city parks and forests . At the time of Rzhev's liberation in March 1943, 362 people remained in the city (before the war the population of Rzhev there were 56 thousand inhabitants) . One of the most bloody in the history of mankind was the Rzhev battle, which lasted 14 months. . The approximate figure of the total losses of the Red Army on the Rzhevskaya arc is 2 million 60 thousand people! "Rivers of blood" and "mountains of corpses" - as described by those events, Viktor Astafyev in the novel "Cursed and killed" .
Today Rzhev bears the honorary title of "City of Military Glory" and awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. Alley of heroes of the Soviet Union in the park. Grazinsky, the eternal fire near the Old Bridge, the mass graves will always remind the Rzhevites of the courage of their fathers and grandfathers.
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How to get there:
By bus: From Moscow from the bus station Tushinskaya bus "Moscow - Ostashkov" (departing 5 times a day, traveling time 4 hours, cost 550 rubles), bus "Moscow a-Rzhev "(departure daily, travel time 4 hours, cost from 600 rubles); from Riga station (departure for filling 2 times per day)
By train: from the Riga train station by the trains Moscow-Velikie Luki, Moscow-Pskov, Moscow-Riga (departure daily, journey time 4 hours , the cost of 600 rubles.)
By car: along the route M9 to Rzhev, the journey time is 4 hours
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Rzhevsky Museum of Local History
The museum was founded in 1916 by the scientist PF Simson, whose collection formed the basis of the exposition. During the years of the Nazi occupation, the halls were completely looted and destroyed. Today the museum acquaints visitors with the centuries-old way of life of the Rzhevites, handicrafts, details of their life, clothes. This section is devoted to excursions "From the history of folk costumes", "Rzhev crafts", "Our famous countrymen."
Four exposition "Rzhev. 1941-1945 years ». Battle patterns, unique documentary materials (photographs, letters), fragments of clothes, weapons - all echo the tragic events of the Great Patriotic War. A special place is occupied by the diorama "Fight for Rzhev on September 24, 1942". This cloth size of 68 square meters. m., Painting one of the days of fierce struggle for the city. Detailed military history of Rzhev can be learned by visiting the main tour "Rzhev of 1941-1945."
Entrance fee / cost of excursions from 10 rubles. / 150 rub. up to 30 rubles / 300 rubles
Address: st. Krasnoarmeyskaya, 24a; tel .: +7 (48232) 2-12-22. Working hours: daily from 11.00 to 18.00, except Monday. The shuttle bus from the station No. 1, 4.
Rzhev Temples
At the beginning of the 20th century there were about 20 temples in the city, but most of them did not survive during the war. Currently there are several churches and chapels: the Church of the Ascension of the Lord, the Varvarinsky Church, the Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, the Church of the Mother of God of the Mother of God, the Pokrovskaya Old Believer Church
All prices are in March 2012.
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