Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Metro – Udelnaya – Line 2

Posted on 06/04/2024 by Michael

Udelnaya – Alex ‘Florstein’ Fedorov

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Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Metro – Udelnaya – Line 2

Uldenaya – 03

Udelnaya (Russian: Уде́льная) is a station on Line 2 of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It opened on 4 November 1982.

Uldenaya – 02

At the end of the platform, there is a memorial plaque dedicated to when Vladimir Lenin escaped to Finland from Udelnaya railway station.

Uldenaya – 01

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Text from Wikipedia.

Location:

Vyborgsky District

GPS:

60°0′59.98″N

30°18′56.33″E

Depth:

64m (210ft)

Opened:

1982

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

Posted on 20/03/2024 by Michael

Ploshchad Vosstaniya – A Savin

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

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

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

Location:

Tsentralny District

GPS:

59.9316°N

30.3605°E

Depth:

58m (190ft)

Opened:

November 15, 1955

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The Cruiser Aurora – Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)

Posted on 17/02/2024 by Michael

Cruiser Aurora – Никонико962

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The Cruiser Aurora – Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)

The Aurora is famous for playing a symbolic role in the October Revolution of 1917 (although it’s crew were staunch Bolsheviks and the ship played the role as an organisational base for the planning of the seizure of power).

The Cruiser Aurora – M Dobrov

On the night of October 25-26 1917 a blank shot from her forecastle gun was fired at the Winter Palace giving the signal to the revolutionary workers, soldiers and sailors of the city to storm the palace.

It suffered severe damage during the Nazi siege of Leningrad – 8 September 1941 –
27 January 1944 – but was re-floated after the war. Its latest renovation was completed in 2016 and is now moored off Petrovskaya Naberezhnaya, opposite the Nakhimov Navy School, and is maintained by the cadets of the school.