Metro of St. Petersburg - an interesting system of underground railway tracks and stations, ancillary facilities and exits to the surface. It unites the metropolis into a single whole. The subway network consists of 5 lines with 7 transfer stations. These include the metro station "Vladimirskaya".
Leningrad Subway
On November 15, 1955, a significant event took place in the city on the Neva - the Leningrad metro was opened. This was very important for a developing city recovering from a brutal war and blockade bombing. The idea of building an underground railway in St. Petersburg originated at the end of the 19th century.
But it took almost half a century before it began to be implemented in 1932. The war, of course, brought its own plans to the construction site - all the mines were flooded, and the work of the metro builders consisted in the construction of auxiliary structures. After the war, work to restore the building began in 1951. Among the first stations, which began their work after only 4 years, was the metro station "Vladimirskaya".
Station off plan
The original plan of the Leningradthe subway did not provide for the construction of a stopping area between Pushkinskaya and Ploshchad Vosstaniya. But since the city center is always crowded with transport and people, it was decided to build another station, named after the nearby square - "Vladimirskaya".
Since the station seemed to be unplanned, it was built where there was a place, and the platform turned out to be shorter than that of nearby metro stations. Only the construction of Dostoevskaya made it possible to lengthen the platform and make the station a transfer station from the Kirovo-Vyborgskaya line through the transition to the Dostoevskaya station of the Pravoberezhnaya line. There was a reconstruction in 1991. This metro train stop is located between the Pushkinskaya and Ploshchad Vosstaniya stops. And interestingly, the stretch between "Vladimirskaya" and "Ploshchad Vosstaniya" is the shortest in the St. Petersburg subway, it is only 720 meters.
The vestibule of the Vladimirskaya metro station is located in the building of the design institute Lenmetrogiprotrans, which affected its size - it is the smallest in terms of area among all metro stations in St. Petersburg. The inclined part of the station - the descent underground - consists of three moving stairs - escalators. In depth, this part of the subway drops to 55 meters, which is considered deep.
The underground structure itself is of the pylon type, that is, it consists of three separate parts - pylons - interconnected by passages. Side pylons -halls for train tunnels, the middle part is the central hall for passengers. By the way, it was during the construction of this station that such a design was first used. Moreover, the middle pylon was somewhat shorter than the tunnel pylons.
Then this "highlight" of the Vladimirskaya metro station was eliminated during the construction of the transition to the Dostoevskaya station. The pylon method of arranging underground structures of the subway was characteristic of the construction of the subway during the years of the Soviet Union.
The beauty of Vladimirskaya station
One of the very first Leningrad metro stations - "Vladimirskaya". Photos of this building tell about an interesting design. Since the Kuznechny Market is located not far from the building of the Lenmetrogiprotrans Institute, in which the lobby is located, the interior of the station itself is made in the theme "Abundance", which, against the backdrop of a large number of architectural nuances dedicated to I. V. Stalin, looked at that time somewhat unusual.
Mosaic panel "Abundance" by artists A. L. Korolev, A. A. Mylnikov and V. I. Snopov, adorns the escalator passage. Soviet symbols in the form of five-pointed stars, laurel branches, ears of corn, a sickle and a hammer, as well as spears with faceted tips are present in the ornamental decoration of lamps, decorative panels and on doors on platforms and corridors in the underpasses of the Vladimirskaya metro station.
When changing the station to switch to another line, someutility rooms were used to lengthen the central pylon. The extra space didn't get the same marble and granite decor, but that didn't make the station any less beautiful. An additional exit from the station to Kuznechny Lane is decorated with oak doors, similar to those installed at the entrance to the lobby from Bolshaya Moskovskaya Street.
It is interesting that, as for the vast majority of metro stations built during the Soviet Union, natural materials from different parts of the vast country were chosen for the walls, floors and vaults. So, the walls of the lobby of "Vladimirskaya" are lined with light yellow, cool tones, marble "Koelga", mined at the Fominskoye deposit in the Urals, and the floors are lined with granite slabs - the central hall is a chessboard of black and gray fragments, and the side halls are reddish-gray tiles.
From "Vladimirskaya" right and left
The official address of the metro station "Vladimirskaya": St. Petersburg, Bolshaya Moskovskaya street, 2/1. This is the historical part of the city. Coming out of the metro at the station "Vladimirskaya" and turning left, you find yourself on Bolshaya Moskovskaya street.
The first thing that catches your eye is the monument to Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, by the way, it was in this microdistrict of the city that the writer lived, worked for a long time, and died here. The Literary and Memorial Museum of Dostoevsky is located very close to the metro station "Vladimirskaya" - inKuznechny lane, house 5. And these are not all the iconic places that are located near this metro station.
At the exit from the subway, you can see the Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God and the chapel. By the way, it was in honor of the cathedral that the square was named, which gave the name to one of the first metro stations. From "Vladimirskaya" it is easy to get to the very center - Ligovsky and Nevsky prospects - even on foot.
Without the Vladimirskaya metro station, St. Petersburg would lose some of its charm.
