Khimik Stadium in Tver, Historic stadium in Tver, Russia.
Khimik Stadium is a football ground on the Volga bank near the Tmaka confluence and the Old Bridge, on the site of Tver's founding and its burned-down kremlin. It has a grass pitch, two stands with 7,698 seats, tennis courts and a sports hall.
Khimik Stadium opened in 1920 on the site of Tver's burned-down kremlin. In the 1930s it belonged to the city trade union council, then to Dynamo, and in 1957 it passed to the chemical fibre combine and took the name Khimik. The city took it over in 1991; a reconstruction begun in 2018 has repeatedly fallen behind schedule.
The name "Khimik" means "chemist" in Russian and points directly to the chemical industry workers who once called this ground their own. That working-class connection still shapes the way local fans relate to the venue on match days.
The entrance is at 1-a Sovetskaya Street, in the Central District, beside the old bridge and the point where the Tmaka meets the Volga. A reconstruction that began in 2018 has repeatedly slipped behind schedule, so access and the state of the grounds can change; check locally before travelling for a match.
On 13 January 1966 the stadium hosted a hockey match in which CSKA, coached by Anatoly Tarasov, beat Canada's amateur champion Sherbrooke Beavers 15:4. The game is regarded as a prologue to the 1972 Canada–USSR Summit Series, and a memorial plaque on the entrance gates records it.
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