The Obelisk of the Victory in Tver is located at the junction of the esplanade – a wide concreted alley, and Victory Square (formerly on the site of the obelisk there was a church of St. Nicholas on Zverinets, which was blown up in the late 1960s) on the left bank of the Tymaki River at its confluence into the Volga River. The obelisk was opened on December 16, 1970, on the day of the 29th anniversary of the liberation of the city from the Nazi invaders (sculptors IM Rukavishnikov, AN Filippova, architects NN Milovidov, TE Saevich, engineers BS Kadik, MS Shumilova). The obelisk with a height of 45.5 meters rests on a monolithic iron-concrete foundation, crowned with rostra and a torch cup of the Victory fire, on the planes of 8 attached cantilevered copper plates with bas-reliefs and texts dedicated to the exploits of the heroes of the front and rear. The Obelisk of Victory in Tver has an external illumination. The torch lights up several times a year during the festivities. Not far from the obelisk of the Victory are the Eternal Flame, a monument to Soldiers-Internationalists, the Church of Mikhail Tversky, a monument to IA. Krylov.