Ploshchad Lenina

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Ploshchad Lenina (Russian: Пло́щадь Ле́нина, Lenin Square) is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, located between Chernyshevskaya and Vyborgskaya. The station was opened on June 1, 1958, on the second line of the metro between Ploshchad Vosstaniya and Ploshchad Lenina. The name comes from the placement of the surface vestibule at Lenin Square. The project name was "Finland Station."

1 Surface vestibules
2 Architecture and decoration
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Surface vestibules

The surface vestibule of the station was completed by project of the architect A.K. Andreev, and are located on the square of the same name, Lenin Square. The surface vestibule is built into the building of Finland Station. The wall of the entrance hall is decorated with a panoramic mosaic dedicated to the appearance of Lenin before the workers and sodiers of Petrograd on April 3, 1917. It is the work of the artists A.I. Mylnikov and A.L. Korolyov.

In 1962, a project of the same architects with the participation of Yu.N. Kozlov and the engineer Ye.A. Erganov completed a second entrance from Botkinskoy street. Both exits are served by three escalators.

[edit] Architecture and decoration

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Ploshchad Lenina

Ploshchad Lenina is a deep underground pylon station at 71 m depth. The underground hall was completed as a project of the architect A.K. Andreev.

The theme of the station is the return of V. I. Lenin from Finland to Petrograd in June, 1917. Like the station Chernyshevskaya, completed in the period of struggle against architectural excesses, this station gives the impression of monumental facelessness and inexpressiveness. The decoration of the station is composed of contrasting red and white tones. The platform hall is faced with marble. On the platform walls are decorative grilles with the inscription "1958," the year the station was opened. In 2006 the lighting of the station was redone, with mercury lamps replaced by sodium lamps. On one hand, the station gained a brighter look, but on the other hand the color palette was entirely changed.