Historical figures in Tver
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1767 to 1996. The most recorded lives are Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Catherine II of Russia. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Political Leaders, across the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
Notable people
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
in 1996
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Catherine II of Russia
in 1767
1 moment here
Catherine II (Catherine the Great), born Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst, was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1859
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Moments
- 1767 Arrives in Tver for Volga journey Catherine II of Russia
- 1859 Settled in Tver after exile Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1996 Journey through the Tver and Upper Volga region Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn