Tikhvin

Tikhvin (Russian Тихвин, Finnish Tihvinä ) is a town with 58 459 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010 ) in Russia. It lies on the A114 trunk road, some 216 kilometers east of St. Petersburg, and is part of the Leningrad Oblast.

History

Tikhvin was first mentioned in 1383 and has since 1773 the city rights.

Internationally known Tikhvin is there because of the 1844 born composer Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky- Korsakov and the Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God. According to legend, the icon was painted during the lifetime of Mary from Luke.

During the Second World War the city was conquered in November 1941 by troops of the German Army Group North, but had to be cleared again after one month, as the Soviet counterattacks were too strong. Tikhvin marked the furthest advance of Army Group North during the entire war. After the fall of Tikhvin, the then commander of Army Group North, Field Marshal Wilhelm von Leeb asked for his removal. He had come with the new Chief of the Army Adolf Hitler into an argument about the strategy: Hitler wanted to keep the front without regard to losses, Leeb lead the defense movable and with minimal impact on their own troops.

" Karl- Marx-Straße "

Demographics

Note: Census data

Sons and daughters of the town

• Nikolai Rimsky -Korsakov (1844-1908), composer
• Natalia Sorokina (* 1982 ), biathlete