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Varshavsky Railway Station
Varshavsky Railway Station
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City Services/Transportation/Railway Stations, Railway Transport
VARSHAVSKY RAILWAY STATION (located at 188 Obvodny Canal Embankment), was built in 1853 by architect K.A. Skarzhinsky. Traffic on the first section of the railway 44.6 km long, between St. Petersburg and the imperial residence in Gatchina was opened in November 1853. In 1859 the railway was extended to Pskov, and in 1862 to Warsaw. A separate spur was laid to the Prussian border in Verzhbolovo, connecting St. Petersburg with many European capitals. Architect P.O. Salmanovich built a new building of Varshavsky Railway Station and two stone houses for personnel in 1855-60 (one of the buildings survives to present day). Architects N.P. Vysotsky, A.R. Geschwend, F.I. Schuster and others participated in the construction of the railway station complex, which included a storehouse, car sheds, workshops, etc. During the reconstruction of Varshavsky Railway Station in 1949 a monument to Lenin (sculptor N.V. Tomsky, architects N.F. Khomutetsky, B.V. Muravyev) was installed in a niche of the main facade. International trains departing from Varshavsky Railway Station connected Leningrad with Warsaw, Berlin, Budapest, Prague, Paris, and Sofia. In 2001, the Museum of Railway Equipment was opened near Varshavsky Railway Station storage tracks. The long distance train was moved to Vitebsky Railway Station, while suburban electric trains were moved to Baltiysky Railway Station. Since December 2002 trains to Ivangorod, Kingisepp and Gdov depart from Varshavsky Railway Station. There is Baltiyskaya metro station near Varshavsky Railway Station. Varshavsky Railway Station gives the name to the neighbouring passage and bridge over Obvodny Canal. Reference: Богданов И. А. Варшавский вокзал // Новый журн. 2002. № 4. С. 62-77. I. A. Bogdanov.
Persons
Geschwend Alexander Romanovich
Khomutetsky Nikolay Fedorovich
Muravyev Boris Viktorovich
Salmonovich (Salmanovich) Peter Onufrievich
Schuster Franzisk Ivanovich
Skarzhinsky Xavery Aloizievich
Vysotsky Nikolay Pavlovich
Addresses
Obvodny Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 118
Bibliographies
Богданов И. А. Варшавский вокзал // Новый журн., 2002
The subject Index
Railroad Equipment Museum
Vitebsky Railway Station
Baltiysky Railway Station
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Admiralteisky District
ADMIRALTEISKY DISTRICT, (Admiralty) an administrative territorial unit of St. Petersburg (Its territory administration is located at 10 Izmailovsky Avenue), is one of the central districts of the city
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Obvodny Canal
OBVODNY CANAL flows from the Neva River in the area of Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Ekaterinhofka River (8.08 km long, 21.3 meters wide and 42.6 meters wide in its eastern part)
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October Revolution (October Armed Revolt) of 1917
OCTOBER REVOLUTION (OCTOBER ARMED REVOLT) of 1917, the name accepted in Soviet historical literature of the events in Petrograd of 24 -26 October (6 -8 November) 1917
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Railroad Equipment Museum
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT MUSEUM situated at 118 Obvodny Canal Embankment, one of the largest railway museums in Europe. It was opened as a branch of the Central Oktyabrskaya Railroad Museum at Varshavsky (Warsaw) Terminal in August 2001
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Railway Stations (entry)
RAILWAY STATIONS (Russian 'vokzal', from English 'vauxhall', after the name of J. Vaux, owner of an amusement hall near London in the 18th century). In Russian the word 'vokzal' traditionally refers to the terminal station of the first Russian
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Subway
SUBWAY. First subway projects in St. Petersburg date back to the late 19th century. In 1889 the Administrative Committee of the Baltic Railway came up with a project of a subway line connecting Baltiysky and Finlyandsky Railway Stations
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Tomsky N.V., (1900-1984), sculptor
TOMSKY Nikolay Vasilievich (1900-1984), sculptor, People's Artist of the USSR (1960), member (1949) and President (1968-83) of Academy of Arts of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labour (1970)
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Warsaw Bridge
WARSAW BRIDGE, across the Obvodny Canal, parallel to Izmailovsky Avenue by the Warsaw Railway Station (hence the name). Built in 1869-70 on the location of the wooden beam bridge
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