According to historical information, back in the 12th century, there was a road leading to Tver on the site of today's Tverskaya Street — hence the name of the street. Then this road connected Moscow with Veliky Novgorod, and soon the street began to be actively built up: first with Slobodsky courtyards, and then replaced them with houses of rich people, monasteries and temples.

By the 17th century, Tverskaya Street was considered the main street in the city, and it was through it that ambassadors of foreign countries, and then emperors, solemnly entered Moscow, returning from St. Petersburg. In addition, Peter I laid down a tradition to install triumphal arches on Tverskaya in honor of victories or coronations, as well as organize solemn processions and parades. In 1792, for this purpose, it was decided to establish Tverskaya Square, on which today there is a monument to the founder of Moscow Yuri Dolgoruky.

In the 19th century, a stagecoach traveled along Tverskaya to St. Petersburg, and then the first “horse” (horse-drawn railway) was laid here. The winding street with a width of about 20 meters continued to be built up.

Everything changed with the advent of Soviet power: Moscow was reconstructed on a large scale, Tverskaya Street needed to be expanded, so some buildings were demolished, and some were moved completely unique and even in an inconspicuous way for residents. In 1932, Tverskaya was named after Gorky and 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street was included in it, which ran after [Triumfalnaya Square] (https://kudago.com/msk/place/triumfalnaya-ploshad/). In 1990, the main metropolitan highway was returned to its former name, and since then it has been running again from [the Kremlin] (https://kudago.com/msk/place/kreml/) to Triumfalnaya Square.

Tverskaya underwent another reconstruction in 2016-2017. As a result, the width of the roadway was reduced, parking lots were created, public transport stops were rebuilt, and wires were removed. Some historical details were also restored: for example, a lime alley was revived and lighting fixtures were recreated according to the drawings of the first half of the last century.

Today, Tverskaya is still the main street in Moscow. Architectural gems of the city are concentrated here: the [National] (https://kudago.com/msk/place/gostinica-nacional/) and the Ritz-Carlton Moscow hotels, the City Hall (the house of Moscow Governor-General), the building Central Telegraph, Razumovsky Palace, [Yeliseevsky Store] (https://kudago.com/msk/place/magazin-eliseevskij/), [Savvinskoye Metochion] (https://kudago.com/msk/place/savvinskoe-podvore/), many residential and apartment buildings of historical and cultural value.