In the process of building the Nikolaev Railway, they began laying the road from St. Petersburg to Warsaw with the construction of the Warsaw Station. The station building was erected by the project of the architect Skarzhinsky K.A.
Historical reference
The Crimean War temporarily suspended all construction work. But after some 5 years, by 1857, everything had resumed. The work was led by new people. In light of this, the originally conceived appearance and layout of the station were changed. The architect Salmanovich P.O. turned it into a large complex. Now the building could accommodate employees, even provided rooms for living. For equestrian crews built platforms. The project of the Warsaw Station did not provide for any exquisite decorations, but was supposed to be simple and concise, which in the end was achieved. The station (one of the complex's facilities) was opened in 1853.
The construction of the railway continued in 1856, trains from St. Petersburg ran to Gatchina, and from 1858 they reached Pskov. Trains started to go to Warsaw only in 1862. A few years later, from the station it was already possible to get to Berlin, Vienna and Brussels. Accordingly, the passenger flow and the volume of luggage carried increased, and the station no longer met modern requirements, so they began to rebuild it. A train depot appeared.
At the beginning of the last century, a paid entrance for mourners was made on the platform of the station, and it amounted to 10 kopecks. A few years later it was abolished due to strong dissatisfaction of citizens.
Warsaw Station itself is a “witness” of many historical events. Literally a stone's throw from the building, Minister V. Pleve was killed, and during the revolution the Bolsheviks were hiding in the building. In military blockade times, due to the fact that the Germans came almost close to the station, it was badly damaged. At the end of hostilities, some of the premises of the building were rebuilt.
Post-Soviet time
For many years, the Warsaw Station in St. Petersburg was exactly the place where passengers coming from Europe came out.
The period of perestroika and the collapse of the USSR adversely affected the activities of the station, it almost stopped accepting trains. Indeed, passenger traffic towards the Baltic countries has practically disappeared. The remaining routes, both suburban and long-distance, were transferred to other stations, and the building itself was planned to be destroyed for some time.
Museum
After many years of oblivion, in 2006, a museum of railway equipment opens in the depot building and on the rails of the old station. Locomotives and wagons created in different periods, and even a rocket launcher - one of the first high-speed wagons in Russia were put on public display.
The Museum at the Warsaw Station in November 2017 received a new building and is now located on Library Lane 4. The nearest metro station is Baltiyskaya.
Broadcasting Company
From 2003 to 2006 the building was completely renovated. The project was handled by Giovanni Bartoli. Upon completion of the work, the Warsaw Station turned into a shopping and entertainment center called the Warsaw Express. Now it is 32 thousand square meters, with shops and entertainment facilities, including a casino and a cinema.
In the process of reconstruction, the monument to V.I. Lenin was removed from the square in front of the building.
Church of the Resurrection of Christ
When it comes to the Bypass Canal, I remember not only the Warsaw Station, but also the temple. This is an Orthodox church, part of the Admiralty Deanery District.
Initially, a wooden church was built, back in 1894. Two years later, a three-story building was erected near it and a hut-reading room and a school were opened in it.
With the advent of priest Alexander Rozhdestvensky, the Society of Sobriety opens at the church (1898). Surprisingly, the Society is becoming very popular, and by 1904 several branches across the country had already been opened. In the year the Company was founded, fundraising for the construction of a stone temple begins.
Already in 1904, the first stone of the new Church of the Resurrection of Christ was laid at the Warsaw Station. A huge contribution to the collection of money is made by the well-known philanthropist Dmitry Parfenov, for whom, one can say. construction becomes his life’s business. Despite the troubled times, the war, the project manages to be completed on time, that is, a year after the start of construction.
The parish is designed for 4 thousand people. In 1086, in honor of Father Alexander, the founder of the company, who died a year earlier, a 100-pound bell was installed.
By 1914, the facade decoration was completely completed. Internal work is still ongoing, oil painting is done by Perminov V.T., artist.
Like most temples, in the 30th year of the last century the temple was closed; instead of services, employees of the tram depot work here.
Believers returned their shrines only in 1989, services begin only in 1990. Restoration work is being carried out gradually, in 2008 a new cross is being installed on the main dome. And on the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty, a monument to Nicholas II (2013) is erected on the western side of the church. Now it is not only a holy place, but also an architectural monument of the city, which tourists come to see.