Anyone who at least once in his life happened to be inMoscow, they know that the Paveletskaya station is a unique metro station. First of all, this originality, of course, can be traced in the architecture and nuances of construction, but at the same time you should not forget about history.
General description of the object
Station "Paveletskaya" - Metro, performing the rolemagnificent road junction of the modern metropolis. Located between Avtozavodskaya and Novokuznetsk, it daily receives a huge stream of constantly hurrying Muscovites and guests of the capital.
In principle, the name of each metro stationtaken separately. In this case, everything is extremely simple. Art. Paveletskaya metro station got its name after the capital of the Russian Federation, located on the surface of the railway station of the same name. In general, if you delve into the history even more, you can learn that the Paveletsky railway station in the harsh post-war years was called so in the modest village of Pavelets, located in the Ryazan region.
To date, the station "Paveletskaya" - subwaywhich can actually be considered a masterpiece of architecture. Both walls and columns are decorated with white marble. Pylons, though made of the same material, have a pronounced light pink tint. The floor is trimmed with gray granite. Luminaires mounted in the caissons of the arches, brightly illuminate the main hall of the station.
The decoration tellsvisitors 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.
Station "Paveletskaya" - the metro with its history
During the opening of this transport hubThe city experienced difficult times. In 1943, the horrors of wartime, along with the whole country, experienced Moscow. The Paveletskaya metro was commissioned on November 20.
The station was opened on the existing leg between"Sverdlov Square" and "Plant them. Stalin ”, i.e., using modern names, we note that this happened on the site“ Teatralnaya ”-“ Avtozavodskaya ”.
After the war, of course, the station had toto reconstruct. However, the architects made a very wise decision to stick to the original project. As a result, "Paveletskaya", although it turned into a column, but outwardly changed slightly.
But in 1953 construction work was not over.Again, and again forcedly, they had to start in the spring of 1987. The reason for this was the fire that broke out in the cabin of a train at the station. The decoration of the southern end of the underground space was almost completely destroyed.
Characteristics of the station
Прежде всего отметим, что глубина заложения 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 the "Paveletskaya" was once built on an individual project, therefore it has no analogues in Moscow in its structure.
Now the station can boast of having immediatelytwo lobbies: the north, equipped with a modern escalator, and the south, located inside the Paveletsky station. Attractions located on the surface clearly indicate that among its regular visitors will be both locals and tourists. The Theater Museum, Mourning Passage, a college, an academy, many schools, food shops and several hotels at once make the Paveletskaya one of the most popular in Moscow.
And finally, it should be noted that the tunnel connecting the Ring and Zamoskvoretskaya lines is the longest inter-station crossing of the Moscow metro.
