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The subject index / Vitebsky Railway Station

Vitebsky Railway Station


Categories / City Services/Transportation/Railway Stations, Railway Transport

VITEBSKY RAILWAY STATION (formerly St. Petersburg, Tsarskoselsky, Moskovsko-Vindavo-Rybinsky Line, and Detskoselsky Railway Station) (52 Zagorodny Ave). The wooden building of Tsarskoselskaya Railway Station was constructed in August-September 1837 by architect K.A. Ton, near the crossing of Zagorodny Avenue and Vvedensky Canal. The first Russian train left the station on October 30,1837. In 1849-51 a stone railway station building was built in its place by architect Ton, in the 1870s it was reconstructed, and in the early 20th century the building was taken apart). The present day the two-storeyed building of Vitebsky Railway Station was constructed in 1901-04 by architects S.A. Brzhozovsky and S.I. Minash in early Art Nouveau style with a dome, a horologium, large Romanesque windows and decorative bas-reliefs on the pediment. One of the station’s halls is decorated with wall paintings by artists N.S. Samokish and E.P. Samokish-Sudkovskaya, which show the history of Tsarskoselskaya Railway Station. In 1987, a model of the train with Provorny locomotive, which made the first railway trip in Russia from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoe Selo in 1837, was installed in a specially built glass pavilion on one of Vitebsky Railway Station platforms. Vitebsky Railway Station serves destinations in the Russian south. Pushkinskaya metro station is located near Vitebsky Railway Station.

Reference: Богданов И. А. Витебский вокзал и Царскосельская железная дорога // Новый журн. 2002. № 2. С. 157-192.

I. A. Bogdanov.

Persons
Brzhovsky Stanislav Antonovich
Minash Sima Isaakovich (Semen Isaevich)
Samokish Nikolay Semenovich
Samokish-Sudkovskaya Elena Petrovna
Ton Konstantin Andreevich

Addresses
Zagorodny Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city, house 52

Bibliographies
Богданов И. А. Витебский вокзал и Царскосельская железная дорога // Новый журн., 2002

The subject Index
Tsarskoselskaya Railway


1900

The palm hothouse designed by the architect A. Bach was constructed behind the Manege building and later it was transferring into Saint Petersburg, near the Taurida Palace. Architect A
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1909

4 March. On N.S. Gumilyov's initiative I.F. Annensky was acquainted with the critic S.K. Makovsky and the poet M.A. Voloshin in the flat of I.F. Annensky in Sophia Town
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1914

17 January. In the Alexander Palace, Crown Prince of Serbia Alexander was received. 3 February. In the Alexander Palace, Nicholas II received Maurice Paleologue, the new French ambassador, and all members of the French Embassy. 24 June
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1953

The suburban electic trains began to go from the main-line Vitebsk Railway Station to Poselok
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

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