Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) – Metro – Pushkinskaya – Line 1

Pushkinskaya - A Savin

Pushkinskaya – A Savin

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Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) – Metro – Pushkinskaya – Line 1

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Pushkinskaya – 06

Pushkinskaya (Russian: Пу́шкинская) is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It first opened on 30 April 1956, under the original name of ‘Vitebskiy vokzal’, referring to the connecting Vitebsky railway station.

Pushkinskaya - 05

Pushkinskaya – 05

There is a monument in the station dedicated to the poet Alexander Pushkin sculpted by Mikhail Anikushin. This station was the first USSR metro station with memorial [to Pushkin?] located under the ground.

Pushkinskaya - 04

Pushkinskaya – 04

Text from Wikipedia.

Pushkinskaya - 03

Pushkinskaya – 03

Pushkinskaya - 02

Pushkinskaya – 02

Pushkinskaya - 01

Pushkinskaya – 01

Pushkinskaya - 07

Pushkinskaya – 07

Location:

Admiralteysky District

GPS:

59°55′14.48″N

30°19′46.81″E

Depth:

57m (187ft)

Opened:

30 April 1956

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Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Metro – Ploshchad Vosstaniya – Line 1

Ploshchad Vosstaniya - A Savin

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Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Metro – Ploshchad Vosstaniya – Line 1

Ploschad Vosstaniya - 01

Ploschad Vosstaniya – 01

Ploshchad Vosstaniya (Russian: Плóщадь Восстáния, lit. ‘Uprising Square’) is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro. It is one of the system’s original stations, opening on November 15, 1955. It is a deep underground pylon station at 58 metres (190ft) depth. The main surface vestibule is situated on Vosstaniya Square, which gives its name to the station. Another exit (opened in 1960) opens directly into the Moskovsky Rail Terminal. Ploshchad Vosstaniya is connected to the station Mayakovskaya of the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya Line via a transfer corridor and a set of escalators.

Text from Wikipedia.

Ploschad Vosstaniya - 03

Ploschad Vosstaniya – 03

This is one of the metro stations where you can still see an image of Uncle Joe amongst the people who are depicted on the four roundels celebrating the October Revolution of 1917, the events leading up to it and what happened once the workers, peasants and soldiers had taken power.

Ploschad Vosstaniya - 02

Ploschad Vosstaniya – 02

Location:

Tsentralny District

GPS:

59.9316°N

30.3605°E

Depth:

58m (190ft)

Opened:

November 15, 1955

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Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Metro – Kirovsky Zavod – Line 1

Leningrad Metro - Kirovsky Zavod - Alex 'Florstein' Fedorov

Leningrad Metro – Kirovsky Zavod – Alex ‘Florstein’ Fedorov

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Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Metro – Kirovsky Zavod – Line 1

Kirovsky Zavod (Russian: Ки́ровский заво́д) is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line 1. It is named after the Kirov Plant which traditionally manufactured armaments – which itself was named after the Leningrad Party leader Sergei Kirov. The station opened on 15 November 1955.

[Limited] text from Wikipedia.

Kirovsky Zavod - 01

Kirovsky Zavod – 01

The decoration at the top of the pillars on either side of the entrances from the passageway to the platforms are images that represent some of the ‘pillars’ of the Soviet economy, here in 1955. Those aspects of the economy are; oil, electricity, heavy engineering and mining. As in the more elaborate stations of the Moscow Metro not everyone of the images is unique. Here there are four which get repeated along both sides of the central passageway.

Kirovsky Zavod - 03

Kirovsky Zavod – 03

I don’t know if these are actually made of metal, as they appear, or are, on the other hand, plaster casts which have been painted with a metallic paint. What tends to go against the latter explanation is the almost pristine condition of the cast. There’s no sign whatsoever of any chipping – which does appear in some of the items in the Moscow Metro that are not all what they seem. If I get definitive information about this I’ll update. Unfortunately, to date, I have no information about the artists.

Kirovsky Zavod - 02

Kirovsky Zavod – 02

At one end of the platform is a bust of VI Lenin, dated 1955 – so presumably commissioned for the station.

Kirovsky Zavod - 04

Kirovsky Zavod – 04

Location:

Kirovsky District

GPS:

59°52′46.92″N

30°15′42.88″E

Depth:

50m (164ft)

Opened:

15 November 1955

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