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The history of the first in the course of the Volga of the glorious city of Rzhev dates back to 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.

A common opinion of scientists about the origin of the city name is not. One of the assumptions is related to the word "rye" and reinforced by the fact that the inhabitants of the city were called "rozhevichami". Other hypotheses refer to the form "rusty" (swampy place) and to the name of the local river Zhava.

By the beginning of the 18th century, Rzhev became a significant commercial and industrial center of Russia, with 25 factories, several manufactories, large regional fairs, piers and warehouses.

Rzhev of that time is a city of Old Believers. Documents show that of the eight thousand Old Believers of the Tver region, two-thirds resided in Rzhev. They "ruled" the prince-Dmitrievskaya side of the city. The hostile Prince-Fedorov side belonged to the Niconians.

The Rzhevites took an active part in the Patriotic War of 1812, and the brave and audacious scout, officer AN Selivanov, who once almost captivated Napoleon himself, became famous.

The tragic and bloody page in the history of the city was the years of the Great Patriotic War, because Rzhev survived the seventeen-month German-fascist occupation.

A tragic and bloody page in the history of the city was the years of the Great Patriotic War, because Rzhev survived the seventeen-month German fascist occupation, which turned into a massacre of residents and prisoners of war, to the destruction of all enterprises, institutions, burning municipal 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 numbered 56,000 inhabitants) .One of the most bloody in the history of mankind was the Rzhev battle, which lasted 14 months, .An approximate figure of the total losses of the Red Army on the Rzhevskaya arc is 2 million 60 thousand people! "The rivers of blood" and "mountains of corpses" - this is how Viktor Astafyev describes those events in the novel "Cursed and killed" .

Today Rzhev holds the honorary title of "City of Military Glory" and was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. Alley of heroes of the Soviet Union in the park. Grazinsky, the eternal flame 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 here

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 - Rzhev" (departure daily, journey time 4 hours, cost from 600 rubles.); from the Riga railway station (departure for filling 2 times a day).

By train: from the Riga train station by the Moscow-Velikiye Luki, Moscow-Pskov, Moscow-Riga trains (departure daily, journey time 4 hours, cost from 600 rubles).

By car: on the route M9 to Rzhev, the journey time is 4 hours

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Sights

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Rzhev is a city of military glory

Rzhev 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."

In four halls there was an 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 excursion "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. Shuttle taxi from the station number 1, 4.

About Rzhev

Temples of Rzhev

At the beginning of the twentieth 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, and the Pokrovskaya Old Believers Church


All prices are for March 2012.

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