City of Military Glory, Memorial column in Tver, Russia

The City of Military Glory stele is an 11-metre granite Doric column, 0.85 m in diameter, topped by the Russian coat of arms and set on a pedestal in the centre of a 17-metre-square paved area on Pushkin Square. The pedestal's front cartouche carries the presidential decree granting Tver the title; the rear one shows Tver's coat of arms. Four corner pylons bear reliefs of the Bortenevo battle, the expulsion of Polish-Lithuanian forces, the 1812 war and the liberation of Kalinin.

Tver was named a City of Military Glory by presidential decree on 4 November 2010, and the charter was presented in the Moscow Kremlin on 23 February 2011. The stele was begun in October 2011 and unveiled on 16 December 2011, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Kalinin. Its design by architect I. N. Voskresensky and sculptor S. A. Shcherbakov won the 2008 national competition.

The four corner pylons carry sculptural bas-reliefs of the Bortenevo battle, the expulsion of Polish-Lithuanian forces, the Patriotic War of 1812 and the liberation of Kalinin in 1941. The name of the city's honorary title, City of Military Glory, is repeated in the decree text on the pedestal cartouche.

The stele stands in the centre of a 17-metre-square paved area on Pushkin Square, with four pylons at its corners and city fountains completing the composition. The site is open and can be viewed at any time; the granite column rises 11 metres, so it is visible from across the square.

The cartouche on the front of the pedestal carries the text of the presidential decree of 4 November 2010 granting Tver the title; on the back is a cartouche with the city's coat of arms. The column stands 11 m tall with a diameter of 0.85 m, on a square 17 m on each side.