How to get to Oktyabrsky Railway Station

Belarusian, Kazan, Yaroslavl, Paveletsky,Kursk, Kiev, Riga, Savelovsky and Leningrad - nine railway stations in Moscow. But how to get to Oktyabrsky railway station? And to Nikolayevsky? What, you never even heard of such? It's time to reveal the secret ... It's about one of the already named stations - Leningrad.

In 1844 by the decree of Nicholas I beganThe construction of a station for trains on Kalanchevskaya Square in Moscow. Just on the spot demolished because of the ruin of the Italian theater, as it was then called, the "station" - the vocal hall (Vauxhall). Not surprisingly, the locals decided that a new theater was under construction.

And although they were wrong, the stations for trains are stillpores are called train stations. And by the spectacle and striking events, the Nikolaevsky Railway Station surpassed the most bold expectations. And if the people were going to the frivolous theater on the outskirts of the city reluctantly, the railroad launched in 1851 became the center of people's attraction.

Arrival of each train, and thisthe action of the natural theater of life, although it was rare, became a colorful spectacle. Kalachev Square gained fame, and the ceremonial structure of the station with columns and the famous tower with three hours - turned out to be the center of meetings, partings and forward news brought from the northern capital. By the way, the building of the Nikolaevsky railway station is a copy, almost halved, of the Petersburg railway station.

Nikolaevsky will soon change his name toOktyabrsky railway station. In revolutionary times, he staunchly maintained defense and was devoted to monarchical foundations until the seventeenth year. But even then the station had not yet been renamed, even despite the monument erected there to Lenin. In 1923, in memory of the rebellious past, Moscow called the Oktyabrskaya Station - in honor of the complete revolution.

In 1933, the Kalanchevskaya square becameKomsomolskaya, and in 1934 the Oktyabrsky railway station was reconstructed. The passengers had a telegraph, a help desk, a post office and a savings bank, new ticket offices, a mother and child room, and a rest room for those passing by. In 1937, the Moscow Oktyabrsky Railway Station was renamed Leningrad. The metro station, opened here in 1952, was named Komsomolskaya, as well as the square on which the station is located.

Leningrad station is still called, althoughalready, Leningrad changed its name. But that old railway station is still remembered by the old residents even today, despite the fact that only the facade has been preserved from it. The demands of time take their toll. The historic building, being reformed, preserves the destination. Last changes the station underwent in 1977, when the newest pavilions and halls were built at that time.

Today passenger trains from LeningradThe train station of the city of Moscow is followed not only in the direction of St. Petersburg, but also in Veliky Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, Murmansk, Tallinn, Helsinki ... Suburban trains can reach Klin, Solnechnogorsk, Zelenograd, Konakovo, Bologoye, Klin.

Leningrad (Nikolayevsky, as well as -October) station - a pioneer of Moscow stations, opened in Russia the way to a systematic railway communication. Will be at the station, swipe your hand over rough walls, they remember a lot, they are a piece of history.