Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Metro – Vladimirskaya – Line 1

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Vladimirskaya (Russian: Влади́мирская) is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro opened on 15 November 1955.

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The architects: G.I. Alexandrov, A.V. Zhuk, A.I. Pribulsky. At the top of the escalators there’s a large mosaic called ‘Abundance’, depicting a harvest scene both on land and the sea.

Location:

Tsentralny District

GPS:

59°55′39.14″N

30°20′52.66″E

Depth:

55m (180ft)

Opened:

15 November 1955

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

Posted on 21/03/2024 by Michael

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

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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.

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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.

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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

Posted on 20/03/2024 by Michael

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

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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.

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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.