Toropetsky District Travel Guide

Tver Oblast

Nilo-Stolobenskaya desert, a monastery on lake Seliger, island. High quality photo
Nilo-Stolobenskaya desert, a monastery on lake Seliger, island. High quality photo
Toropets.The first mention of the city in the annals refers to the year 1074. The city itself is first mentioned in documents under 1168 as the center of an independent Toropets principality (by the 12th century, perhaps, the ancient ramparts preserved in the center of the city, probably filled with the first Toropets prince Mstislav Rostislavich the Brave — son of Smolensk Prince Rostislav)