Station "Paveletskaya" - the metro, which is unique in its kind

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06

Everyone who has visited Moscow at least once in their life knows that Paveletskaya station is a unique metro station. First of all, this originality, of course, can be traced in the architecture and the nuances of construction, but at the same time, one should not forget about history.

General description of the object

Paveletskaya station is a subway that serves as an excellent road junction of a modern metropolis. Located between Avtozavodskaya and Novokuznetskaya, it daily receives a huge flow of Muscovites and guests of the capital who are always in a hurry.

In principle, the name of each subway station is usually considered separately. In this case, everything is extremely simple. Art. Metro Paveletskaya got its name in honor of the railway station of the same name located on the surface of the capital of the Russian Federation. In general, if you delve even more into history, you can find out that in the harsh post-war years, Paveletsky Station was named after the modest village of Pavelets, located in the Ryazan region.

Today, Paveletskaya station is a metro station that is actuallyin fact, it can be considered a masterpiece of architecture. Both the walls and the columns are finished with snow-white marble. The pylons, although made of the same material, have a pronounced light pink tint. The floor is finished with gray granite. Lamps mounted in the caissons of the vaults brightly illuminate the main hall of the station.

Artwork tells visitors about the facts of the history of the armed forces of the former USSR. In the central room, among other things, you can also admire the bronze medallions by the sculptor Yefimov and the original stucco ornamentation.

Paveletskaya station - metro with its own history

During the opening of this transport hub, the city was going through difficult times. In 1943, along with the whole country, Moscow also experienced the horrors of wartime. Metro Paveletskaya was put into operation on November 20.

The station was opened on the already existing route between Sverdlov Square and Zavod im. Stalin", that is, in terms of modern names, we note that this happened on the site "Teatralnaya" - "Avtozavodskaya".

After the war, of course, the station had to be reconstructed. However, the architects made a very wise decision to stick with the original design. As a result, "Paveletskaya", although it turned into a column, but outwardly changed slightly.

But in 1953, construction work did not end. Again, and again forcedly, they had to start in the spring of 1987. The reason for this was a fire that broke out in the cabin of the train at the station. Finishing the souththe end of the underground room was almost completely destroyed.

Station features

First of all, we note that the depth of the station is quite impressive - 33.5 meters. This is what makes this structure one of the deepest in the capital. But that's not all. Few people know that Paveletskaya was once built according to an individual project, so it has no analogues in Moscow in its structure.

Now the station can boast of having two vestibules at once: the northern one, equipped with a modern escalator, and the southern one, located inside the Paveletsky railway station. The sights located on the surface clearly indicate that among its regular visitors there will be both locals and tourists. The theater museum, Funeral Passage, a college, an academy, many schools, grocery stores and several hotels at once make Paveletskaya one of the most sought after in Moscow.

And finally, it should be noted that the tunnel connecting the Koltsevaya and Zamoskvoretskaya lines is the longest interstation crossing of the Moscow metro.