Torjok

Torjok (in Russian: Торжо́к) is a city of the Oblast de Tver, in Russia, especially known for its Broderie of Or. It is sprinkled by the river Tvertsa and is to 60 km in the west of Tver. Its population was of 48 967 inhabitants in 2002.

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History

One finds Tojok mentioned for the first time in a chronicle in 1139. The Mongolian S burned it in 1238, but they did not go up to north until Novgorod. At the time, the city ordered the only way allowing the transport of grains towards Novgorod ; if Torjok blocked the road, a shortage of grains and a serious famine undoubtedly struck Novgorod - it was known as being the key of the République of Novgorod. It is thus not surprising which the city changed with hands frequently during the feudal wars.

The city, with the remainder of the Republic of Novgorod, is incorporated in the Moscovie in 1478. The Polish army frequently devastated it during the Interrègne. During the period of imperial Russia, Torjok was recognized like an important railway station on the road connecting Moscow and Saint-Pétersbourg. Alexandre Pouchkine, for example, frequently passed there, and a museum is dedicated to him today downtown.

Monuments

The architectural monuments of the city include some parish churches, going back at the end of the seventeenth century or the beginning of eighteenth. Under Catherine II of Russia, the old monastery of Saints Boris and Gleb were redrawn in a neo-classic style by Prince Lvov. The principal church of the city is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration-of-Saver, founded in 1374. The current building was devoted in 1822.

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