Vosstaniya Square neznaiko wrote in January 20th, 2014

Probably every second person who comes to St. Petersburg leaves the Moskovsky Station on Vosstaniya Square. The first thing the guest sees is Ligovsky Prospekt, always stuck in traffic jams, on the square itself there is the victory obelisk and the building of the Oktyabrskaya Hotel with the inscription on the facade “Hero City Leningrad”.

Vosstaniya Square, present day

The square has a very interesting history. Also here you can notice the visual deception of the obelisk, and it has its own, no less interesting, history.

In 1765, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna ordered the construction of a church at the intersection of Nevsky Prospekt. In those days, this was the border of that first St. Petersburg. On the site of the Smolny Cathedral there was a village; instead of Ligovsky Prospekt there was a water canal originating in the Liga River. In 1794, instead of a church, a stone temple was laid, and in 1804 the construction was completed.
The Znamenskaya Church is named after the attached chapel. The main chapel was consecrated in the name of the Lord's entry into Jerusalem, the side chapels - in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Sign of the Mother of God.
The Znamenskaya Church was dismantled at the beginning of 1941. (The date 1936 is erroneous - the church was still active in the first half of 1937).

Znamenskaya Square, between 1890 and 1905

Znamenskaya Square, view from the Ligovsky Canal (now Prospekt), 1860s

The square itself was formed in the 1840s in connection with the construction of the St. Petersburg - Moscow railway. A little later, the Nikolaevsky (now Moskovsky) station building was built.

The building of the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railway station, between 1855-1862

Vosstaniya Square, photographed from an aircraft, 1931.

It was built in the mid-19th century. The hotel was then called “Severnaya”, “Bolshaya Severnaya”, and after the revolution it became “Oktyabrskaya”. In the 1920s, a city hostel for the proletariat was organized in the hotel, where all Petrograd street children were taken. In short, the hostel was called GOP, and its young inhabitants were called gopniks.

In 1909, a monument to Alexander III was erected in the center of the square. In October 1937, the monument was dismantled and moved to the courtyard of the Russian Museum. In 1994, the monument was erected in the courtyard of the Marble Palace.

Opening of the monument to Alexander III on May 23, 1909

Vosstaniya Square, monument to Alexander III

On November 17, 1918, the square where large-scale events and manifestations of the February Revolution took place in 1917 was renamed Vosstaniya Square.
At the end of the 1930s, work began on the construction of the metro, which was frozen at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and the blockade of the city.
During the war, Vosstaniya Square was an active operating point - the station worked (evacuation of residents of the besieged city), pillboxes were placed.

A bunker (long-term firing point) on Vosstaniya Square, 1944

Square on the site of the Church of the Sign, 1948

In the post-war period, in 1952, the square was reconstructed, a front square was laid out, in the center of which it was planned to erect a monument in memory of the historical events of the city.

View of Vosstaniya Square from Goncharnaya Street, the square in the center, 1970s.

In 1955, the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station was opened.

Opening of Art. m. "Ploshchad Vosstaniya", November 15, 1955

View of Nevsky Prospekt and the lobby of the station. m. "Ploshchad Vosstaniya", between 1960-1970

The obelisk to the “Hero City of Leningrad” was erected in 1985.

Obelisk "Hero City Leningrad", view from Ligovsky Prospekt, 2000s.

Obelisk "Hero City Leningrad", view from Nevsky Prospekt, 2000s.

Interestingly: on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, two high-rise dominants - the City Duma Tower and the Obelisk to the "Hero City of Leningrad" - are regular pentagons in plan.
This creates a favorable effect from all vantage points and fits well into the urban landscape, which is why many citizens traditionally believe that both of these structures are square in plan.

Back in the 17th century, the Novgorod Highway ran through the territory now called Vosstaniya Square, which ran along a sandy ridge washed up by the ancient Littorina Sea. The natural elevation protected the area from flooding. In 1710, construction began on the Great Perspective Road (the future Nevsky Prospekt), which two years later connected the Admiralty with the Novgorod Highway. The resulting intersection later became Vosstaniya Square. From 1712, for six years, a road was built here from the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. It connected with the Novgorod tract just north of the Bolshaya Perspektivnaya Road, which predetermined the only break in Nevsky Prospekt.

In 1718-1725, the Ligovsky Canal was dug along the Novgorod tract to supply water to the fountains of the Summer Garden. There was a wooden bridge across the canal here.

There is often a version in guidebooks that Peter I initially wanted to build a road from the Admiralty to the monastery in a straight line. But two teams of construction workers made a mistake and brought two sections of the highway here, which allegedly resulted in the only turn on Nevsky Prospekt. To make it even more convincing, the narrators supplement this story with the fact that Peter I ordered the builders to be flogged at the turning point. This story has nothing to do with reality.

Under Empress Anna Ioannovna in the 1730s, an attempt was made to bring Nevsky Prospekt to the dome of the Holy Trinity Cathedral. A new one was laid parallel to the Nevskaya Perspective Road, thus creating the routes of modern Goncharnaya and Telezhnaya streets. But later this idea was abandoned, returning the old road to its former name - Nevsky Prospekt.

In the middle of the 18th century, between Vosstaniya and Mayakovsky streets there was a royal poultry yard, and opposite, across the prospect, there were stables and a dog yard. Vosstaniya Square at that time was a huge wasteland. From 1744 to 1778, to the north of the wasteland, the Elephant Yard was located - one of the first menageries in Russia. Its territory was surrounded by a fence, and a sign was hung at the gate with the inscription “Her Majesty’s Elephant Hunt.” Next to the menagerie, various foodstuffs were traded from carts.

At the same time, this place was still sparsely populated. According to the historian P.N. Stolpyansky, here once " at 9 o'clock in the evening... a wolf appeared, ran at the fireman who was inspecting the lanterns, knocked him down and, tearing his left cheek with his teeth, began to run...". [Quoted from: 2, p. 11]

At the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Ligovsky Canal in 1765-1767, by order of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, a wooden church was built in the Name of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, which became popularly known as Znamenskaya. The temple acquired this name from one of its chapels - the Sign of the Most Holy Theotokos, consecrated in 1765.

After the closure of the Elephant Yard, carriage sheds grew up in its place, next to which there were wooden residential buildings. They stood mostly in the depths of the plots, exposing only fences to the future square.

This place remained outside St. Petersburg for a long time. In bad weather, the wasteland turned into a swamp. To allow vehicles to pass along it, logs were laid, on top of which wheel tracks (two rows of boards) were installed. In 1772, temporary sidewalks were installed along the roadway, which appeared by order of Catherine II for access to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. Cobblestone streets appeared here only at the end of the 18th century.

The architectural dominant of the square in 1794-1804 was the new stone Church of the Sign, built according to the design of F.I. Demertsov. In 1809, the temple was surrounded by a cast-iron fence with two chapels in the corners.

The atmosphere of this place in the 1840s was described by the famous lawyer A.F. Koni: " Znamenskaya Square is vast and deserted... Two-story and one-story houses frame it, and past... a river flows, along the steep banks of which grass grows. The water is muddy and dirty, and rough wooden railings stretch along the shore". [Quoted from: 2, p. 13]

Since 1849, this place has been referred to as the square to the Znamensky Bridge. Since 1857 - Znamenskaya Square, after the nearby Znamenskaya Church.

In the first third of the 19th century, the eastern side of the square was marked by the wooden house of merchant A. Timofeev, on the site of which a three-story stone building was built in 1835. Behind it, in 1846-1850, the architect Z. F. Krasnopevkov rebuilt the carriage house (Nevsky Prospekt 91). The tower of the moving house was clearly visible from Znamenskaya Square; it was a noticeable part of the appearance of this place.

This place played a special role when it was decided to build the final station of the railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow on its southern outskirts. In connection with this, the architect N. E. Efimov in 1844 developed a plan for the layout of Znamenskaya Square. It was approved by the highest on February 8, 1845. The plan was implemented as part of the construction in 1847-1851 of the Nikolaevsky (now Moskovsky) station according to the design of K. A. Ton (Nevsky Prospekt 85). With its opening, Znamenskaya Square became the main “gateway” to St. Petersburg.

Since 1843, “calibers” (they were also called “guitars”) - droshky with a narrow seat for two people - began to carry passengers from Znamenskaya Square to the Admiralty. With the opening of railway traffic from St. Petersburg to Kolpino in 1847, omnibuses began to travel from here - covered carriages for 20 people. St. Petersburg residents nicknamed them “I’ll embrace” or “the forty martyrs.”

They knew about the construction of a railway station in the city in advance. Therefore, land in the district quickly rose in price and began to be bought up by business people for the construction of hotels and apartment buildings. The plot on the northern border of the square was given free of charge by Nicholas I to the merchant Ponamarev “and his comrades” for the construction of a hotel here. The merchant was obliged to begin construction in 1845 and complete it three years later. But Ponamarev did not fulfill his obligation. The site was given to Count Stenbock-Fermor. By 1851, that is, by the opening of the railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow, the northern side of Znamenskaya Square was decorated with the building of the Stenbock-Fermor hotel (Nevsky Prospekt 118).

Since August 1863, a ring of horse-drawn railways ("horses") was located on Znamenskaya Square. The carriages were supposed to run every 10 minutes every day from 9 am. However, the schedule was almost never respected, since the carriages stood at the final stop until they were fully occupied by passengers.

Until the mid-19th century, Znamenskaya Square and its surroundings were illuminated by oil lanterns. Their rectangular pillars were painted with black and white stripes, and on each of them hung four burners. They shone weakly, giving light only a few steps away from them. In the second half of the 19th century, they were replaced by gas lamps.

Order on Znamenskaya Square was maintained by a security guard, whose black and white booth stood at the wide Znamensky Bridge. He was dressed in a gray uniform of coarse cloth and armed with a halberd. The guard had an impressive shako on his head. The duty was carried out in two shifts. One of the guards was resting in the booth, and the second was keeping order. They were helped by an occasional assistant. The order of the St. Petersburg Chief of Police in 1866 prescribed:

“The guards from the Anichkin Bridge... should be strengthened at night to suppress robberies, and in addition, sometimes... should go around Znamenskaya Square one by one throughout the night” [Quoted from: 2, p. 13].

In 1867, the house of the merchant A. Timofeev, by order of the new owner, furniture manufacturer K. A. Tur, was built on and rebuilt by the architect G. M. Barch (Nevsky Prospekt 87). Another year later, a building was built on the opposite side of Nevsky Prospect - a four-story house of the Chesnokov merchants (Nevsky Prospekt 120). The Ligovsky Canal in the Znamenskaya Square area was taken into a pipe and filled in in 1892. It was replaced by Ligovskaya Street, now an avenue. The Znamensky Bridge was dismantled as unnecessary.

The first St. Petersburg taxi began carrying passengers in 1897 from Znamenskaya Square to the Admiralty. Ten years later, the tram and bus that replaced the horse-drawn tram began running here. The newspaper “Petersburg Leaf” wrote about the latter on October 5, 1907: “ Yesterday... members of the partnership made... a test flight on the only motor omnibus in St. Petersburg. The omnibus completed the entire trip from Nikolaevsky Station to Alexandrovsky Garden in 9 minutes, overtaking 5 horse-drawn carriages". [Quoted from: 2, p. 40]

In 1909, the center of the square was decorated with an equestrian monument to Emperor Alexander III by sculptor P. P. Trubetskoy.

Since 1910, when Nevsky Prospekt was covered with ends to Fontanka to Znamenskaya Square, one of the first traffic lights worked here. Then it was a circle painted in three colors with an arrow moved by a traffic controller.

In February and June 1917, crowded demonstrations and rallies and clashes between the rebels and the police took place on Znamenskaya Square. In memory of the revolutionary events in October 1918, this place became known as Vosstaniya Square.

Regular bus routes from Vosstaniya Square appeared in December 1926. From here the bus went to Vitebsky Station and further to Palace Square. There were initially five cars on the line.

In the early 1930s, the Znamenskaya Church was going to be closed. But then the world famous scientist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov had influence on the city government. According to one legend, Pavlov got married in this church. It is also known that the scientist was a deeply religious person and often visited here. Immediately after his death, the temple was demolished in 1936; the area it occupied remained for a long time surrounded by a fence, behind which the first station of the Leningrad metro was built.

In 1937, the monument to Alexander III was moved to the courtyard of the Mikhailovsky Palace.

The Great Patriotic War stopped the turbulent life of Vosstaniya Square. The last train left the Moscow station on August 29, 1941. The tram did not work in winter, but the following spring Leningraders managed to get it working again. On March 20, 1944, the first post-blockade train to the capital departed from the Moscow station. On this occasion, a ceremonial farewell ceremony for the train took place on the square.

In 1950-1952, the facades of all buildings on Vosstaniya Square were restored. In 1952, its center was occupied by a square, in which a foundation stone was installed. In its place it was planned to erect a monument to V.I. Lenin. By this time, the tram ring had been removed from the square, and the tram stopped running along Nevsky Prospekt. The roadway of the square was filled with asphalt concrete.

The place of the Znamenskaya Church was taken by the pavilion of the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station, built according to the design of I. I. Fomin, B. N. Zhuravlev and V. V. Gankevich, opened on November 5, 1955. This metro station was one of the first eight to open in Leningrad.

The obelisk "Hero City Leningrad" was opened in the center of Vosstaniya Square on May 8, 1985, on the 40th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

In the 1980s, projects began to be created to create a two-level interchange on Vosstaniya Square, thanks to which the already heavily congested transport hub would have been decoupled. Ligovsky Prospekt, according to the plans of Soviet engineers, was supposed to pass under Nevsky. However, due to the high cost, the project was not implemented by the 1990s, and then, due to a change in the economic system, it was completely forgotten. In the 2000s, the project of creating a new shopping center under Vosstaniya Square was widely discussed. But due to the fact that underground work can negatively affect the condition of neighboring historical buildings, modern architects treat this project with great caution. Its implementation is also expensive for a modern capitalist economy. At the same time, there are still proposals to replace the obelisk with a monument to Alexander III.

Landing platforms

Small escalators

Pedestrian tunnel

Development prospects

"Vosstaniya Square"- St. Petersburg metro station. It is part of the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya line, located between the Vladimirskaya and Chernyshevskaya stations.

The station was opened on November 15, 1955 as part of the first stage of the Avtovo metro - Ploshchad Vosstaniya. The name is due to its location on Vosstaniya Square (formerly Znamenskaya Square).

On December 15, 2011, the Council for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage included the station in the unified state register of cultural heritage sites of regional significance.

Ground structures

The pavilion of the northern exit of the station was designed by architects V.V. Gankevich, B.N. Zhuravlev, I.I. Fomin, engineer E.A. Erganov and is located at the intersection of Nevsky and Ligovsky prospects and Vosstaniya Street, on the site of the demolished Znamenskaya Church.

The pavilion is decorated in a classical style - a round building with risalits attached to the sides. The building, which is one of the symbols of the St. Petersburg metro, is completed by a rotunda with a spire, which since its construction has been crowned with a star in a laurel wreath. A month before the opening of the monument erected on Vosstaniya Square, also crowned with a star, the star on the spire of the metro station was replaced by the letter “M” (that is, “Metro”). The letter was later lost.

On August 13, 1960, a second lobby was opened at the Moskovsky Station with exits to the Moskovsky Station and Ligovsky Prospekt. Architects - A. S. Getskin and V. P. Shuvalova. In 2004, the lobby was reconstructed, and the original burgundy panels of the escalator balustrades were replaced with metal ones along the inclined course.

In both lobbies there are three-belt escalator flights with escalators of the LT-1 type. The height of the rise in the northern vestibule is ≈ 57 m, in the southern ≈ 54 m.

Underground structures

“Ploshchad Vosstaniya” is a deep pylon station (depth ≈ 58 m). The underground hall was built according to the design of architects V.V. Gankevich, B.N. Zhuravlev, I.I. Fomin and engineer E.A. Erganov.

During the construction of the station, groundwater penetrated into the Leningrad metro.

Central Hall

The design theme of the underground hall is the October armed uprising of 1917. When designing the underground part of the station, the architects used classical methods of shaping, which corresponded to the tradition that prevailed in Soviet architecture of the 1950s

The architects preserved the configuration of the tunnel, trying to get as close as possible to the dimensions of the structure and use the space of the hall with maximum efficiency. Having decided to preserve this outline of the station, the architects subordinated everything to this plan:

• The base, lined with red Ural marble, rises to a height of only ~1.05 meters, and is limited on top by a stucco cornice. This base is the lowest among the St. Petersburg metro stations.
• The vault of the central hall is crossed by white stucco arches with light arcs built into them. The rich decorative decoration uses elements of classical architecture.
• On the side of the central hall, the pylons are decorated with decorative grilles in round ventilation holes and bas-relief medallions.

Between the interchange escalator and the exit to the Moskovsky railway station, four bas-reliefs are placed on the pylons of the central underground hall:

• “Speech by V. I. Lenin at the Tauride Palace.” Sculptor A. I. Dalinenko (contains an image of I. V. Stalin preserved in St. Petersburg)
• "IN. I. Lenin at a hut in Razliv.” Sculptor V. B. Pinchuk
• "Aurora Shot." Sculptor A. V. Razumovsky
• "Storm of the Winter Palace." Sculptor V. I. Tatarovich

The end wall of the central underground hall was decorated with a bas-relief portrait of V. I. Lenin by sculptors A. G. Pliskin and V. I. Sychev. It was dismantled during the construction of the second exit to the surface.

The floor of the central hall is paved with red granite; near the pylons there are strips of black labradorite, on the side of the central hall, decorated with regularly spaced decorative teeth, delimited by a white stripe.

Landing platforms

The track walls are decorated with the same red marble and decorative molded cornice as the rest of the station. At the bottom of the walls there is a strip of black tiles, just like at the other stations of the first stage. On the doors of the track walls there are decorative grilles with the inscription “1955”, according to the year the station opened. The landing platforms are illuminated by richly decorated chandeliers, the design of which uses a hammer and sickle, as well as five-pointed stars.

The platform towards the Avtovo station is significantly narrowed at the location of the escalator slope located above the platform. On the opposite platform in the middle of the station, the ceiling is supported by beams, also dividing the volume of the platform into two parts.

In 1993, the floors on the platforms were replaced from asphalt to granite, and the granite on the two different platforms is different - the platform towards Chernyshevskaya is lined with gray granite, and the platform towards Vladimirskaya is lined with red.

Transfer

The station is a transfer hub for trains on the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya line, to the Mayakovskaya station.

Significant passenger traffic during the transfer has led to the fact that two transfer directions are used at the station.

Unlike the Gostiny Dvor ←→ Nevsky Prospekt interchange hub, passenger flows during the transfer are two-way, but for transfers from the Mayakovskaya side, station attendants recommend using the pedestrian tunnel.

There were cases when, due to congestion at the exit to the Moskovsky Station, passengers, on the contrary, were urged to use the escalator passage in both directions.

Small escalators

Link the middle of the station "Vosstaniya Square" and the eastern end of Mayakovskaya. The initial project included three escalator belts; after reconstruction in 1992-1993, the number of escalators was increased to four.

The escalator slope is designed in a simplified manner, repeating the original decoration of the station. The walls and ceiling are plastered, the lighting below is eaves, and fluorescent lamps are recessed at the top along the perimeter of the vault. The tunnels of the third line protrude significantly from the ceiling of the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station.

The wall opposite the escalator slope is decorated with marble. On it hung the text of the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on naming the metro after V.I. Lenin.

During the reconstruction of the passage to Mayakovskaya in 1992-1993, this decree was lifted. As of the summer of 2007, traces of leaks are visible on the marble decoration of the wall, and most of the wall is covered with advertising posters. On the station floor, the white pattern at the intersection of the crossing has been replaced with a straight stripe.

Pedestrian tunnel

The tunnel leads from the stairs at the southern end of the platform of the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station, where passenger flows of the station and the escalator lift to Moskovsky Station converge, to the staircase descents in the center of Mayakovskaya.

The finishing of the tunnel is simple; tiles of two colors are used. The design of the tunnel with the proportions of a low base and the red color echoes the design of the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station. The lighting is made in the form of two strips of fluorescent lamps placed on metal substrates. There is a first aid station and traffic control service in the tunnel.

Under the station tunnel of the Mayakovskaya station, the pedestrian tunnel is divided in two by a wall; under the staircase descent from the station there is an original metal sign.

Features of the project and station

• The length of the stretch “Vladimirskaya” - “Vosstaniya Square” is 720 meters. This is the shortest route in the St. Petersburg metro.
• Behind the station in the tunnel towards the Chernyshevskaya station there is a reversible dead end, which is also a service connecting branch (SSV) leading to the Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya line.

Linking public transport

The following urban public transport routes pass near the station:

• Bus social routes: No. 1M, 1Mb, 3, 3M, 3Mb, 4M, 4Mb, 7, 15, 22, 24, 26, 27, 54, 65, 74, 76, 91, 105, 141, 181, 191.
• Trolleybus routes: No. 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 22.

Development prospects

From the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station there will be a transfer to the planned Znamenskaya station.

It is also planned to build a three- or four-level shopping complex under the square, from which an entrance to the metro will be made - either to “Ploshchad Vosstaniya” or to the planned “Znamenskaya”.

Vosstaniya Square (until 1918 it was called Znamenskaya Square) is located at the intersection of Nevsky and Ligovsky Avenues. Even before the founding of St. Petersburg, the Novgorod highway passed through here. In 1718 - 1721, the Ligovsky Canal was built from the Liga River, water from which flowed through pipes to the fountains of the Summer Garden. This canal crossed the Nevskaya prospect, and a wooden bridge was erected at its intersection. In the 40s of the 18th century, the Elephant Yard was located in the area of ​​the future square. After he moved to Tsarskoe Selo, carriage sheds took his place.

In 1765, on the corner of what is now Vosstaniya Square, the wooden Church of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was replaced by a stone one with a ceremonial portico and five domes. The church soon gave its name to the square, the neighboring street and the bridge over the Ligovsky Canal. In connection with the construction of the St. Petersburg – Moscow railway by architect N.E. Efimov developed a plan for the development of the square in 1844.

The plan included a station and a stone building opposite it, on the other side of the square. This four-story building was built by architect A.M. Hemilian for Count Stenbock-Fermor. There were hotel rooms, a winter garden, and balls and concerts were held here. The building was called the “Znamensky Station”, and later – the “Znamenskaya”, “Severnaya” hotel, etc.

At the beginning of the 20th century, architect A.S. Khrenov for merchant V.I. Solovyov (it was he who then owned the building) rebuilt the hotel. It became six stories high, with a domed roof in the center, while the number of rooms increased to 150, and a restaurant with 500 seats was added. The hotel changed its name to “Big Northern”. In the 20th century, the hotel was rebuilt several more times. Nowadays it is called the Oktyabrskaya Hotel.

As for the station, it was built in 1844 - 1851 according to the design of the architect K.A. Tones. The construction work was directly supervised by engineer R.A. Zhelyazevich. The station was named Nikolaevsky. It has a U-shaped plan and consists of a main two-story building and two side rooms. The central building is topped with a two-tier clock tower. In the 20th century, the station building was rebuilt several times, but the architectural appearance of its main facade remained unchanged.

Since 1924 it has been called the Moscow Station. Today Moskovsky Station is the main station of St. Petersburg. At the end of the 19th century, the Ligovsky Canal was filled in (the wooden Znamensky Bridge was also dismantled), and in its place a wide Ligovskaya Street appeared. At the beginning of the 20th century, several apartment buildings, hotels and restaurants were located near the square. So, for example, in a corner house on Nevsky Prospekt there was the Hermitage Hotel, a grocery store, a bakery, a Fruit store, and the Ger Trading House. Brahman and K”, etc. And in the house opposite there were tea and fruit shops, a pharmacy, a dye shop, a grocery store and a store “Watches, cufflinks, silver. Nikolai Linden."

In 1907, a permanent tram line appeared from the station along Nevsky Prospekt to the Admiralty. And two years later, a bronze equestrian monument to Emperor Alexander III by sculptor P.P. was installed on Znamenskaya Square. Trubetskoy. The author worked on the monument for eight years and prepared 14 different versions, two of them life-size. On the pedestal of the monument, by order of Nicholas II, an inscription was made: “Loving son to beloved father.” In 1937, the monument was moved from the square to the courtyard of the State Russian Museum (now it is located at the entrance to the Marble Palace). In 1940, the Church of the Sign was demolished, and in its place in 1955, the ground pavilion of the Ploshchad Vosstaniya station was built. For the 40th anniversary of the Victory over Nazi Germany in 1985, an obelisk to the “Hero City of Leningrad” was installed in the center of the square.

This is a very expressive and characteristic place for Moscow. Many people have loved it since childhood, associated with pleasant memories. At least about the magnificent Moscow Zoo located in close proximity to it with all its numerous inhabitants. People remember about Vosstaniya Square for many years, having visited it at least once. This applies to both native Muscovites and numerous guests of the capital.

On the Garden Ring

Familiar to several generations of citizens, Vosstaniya Square is today called “Kudrinskaya”. In 1992, its historical name was returned to it.

The square in its approximate current outline took shape on this site around the end of the eighteenth century. The village of Kudrino was located here, the patrimony of the Serpukhov prince Vladimir the Brave, he became famous at the Battle of Kulikovo. But this place found itself at the center of historical events in other times. In 1905, there was a serious military clash between the rebel workers of Krasnaya Presnya and the Cossacks and government troops. Those events were later immortalized in its name “Uprising Square”. It acquired its current appearance mainly during the twentieth century. Construction was carried out systematically in accordance with the master plan for the development of Moscow. And there are absolute architectural masterpieces here, reflecting the historical era in which they were erected. Many people around the world know Vosstaniya Square thanks to its grandiose structure alone. This is the so-called Stalinist high-rise building, one of seven.

House on Kudrinskaya

That's what it's called now. And previously it was widely known as the “House on Vosstaniya Square”. This is an absolute masterpiece of Stalinist architecture, its classic with all the characteristic features of the style. The construction of this 24-story building was completed in 1954. There are 450 luxury apartments in three large buildings, built on a common base. They were inhabited mainly by employees of the Ministry of Aviation Industry, test pilots and nomenklatura functionaries of the CPSU Central Committee. To this day, most Muscovites associate the historical name “Vosstaniya Square” with this grandiose and luxurious building. This is a visual image of a bygone era. Today it is simply impossible to imagine Moscow without the House on Kudrinskaya and other similar high-rise buildings. This is a kind of “Great Moscow style”, and in this place in Moscow it looks especially bright and impressive. Attempts to imitate this at the beginning of the twenty-first century look unconvincing.

Vosstaniya Square, Moscow. How to find her

Naturally, you will have to look for Kudrinskaya Square. And the easiest way to get here is by metro.

Vosstaniya Square is located right at the intersection of the Koltsevaya and Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya lines of the Moscow metro. There are two metro stations on the square: Barrikadnaya and Krasnopresnenskaya. Their luxurious lobbies are located on different sides - choose which one you like best. Even these above-ground entrances to the metro are made in the same style and organically correspond to the general architectural appearance of the entire area.