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Narvskaya
Summary
Narvskaya (На́рвская) is a subway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line between the stations Baltiyskaya and Kirovsky Zavod.
The station was opened on 15 November 1955, as a part of the first stage of Saint Petersburg Metro from Avtovo to Ploschad Vosstania.
When the construction of the station began, it was named after the Ploshchad Stachek (Площад Стачек), but several years before it has been opened, the name was changed to "Stalinskaya" after Joseph Stalin. When the Soviet leader died in 1953 and de-Stalinization under Nikita Khrushchev began, the station was renamed "Narvskaya" after the Narva Triumphal Gate, located opposite of the entrance to the station. The name indicates that once there was a gate of the road to Narva.
Despite the name change, it still contains a large number of decorative elements related to Stalin and his cult of personality.
The irregular-shaped pavilion is built in the neoclassical style with a dome at one end. The station is lined in white marble with many bronze inserts. The walls of the vestibule are painted red and balustrades of escalators are decorated with red plastic. There is a decorative strip of red stone on the upper section of the walls in the underground hall, and the centre of the station's platform is constructed with red granite.
The station has one concourse, located at Ploshchad Stachek, at the corner of Staro-Peterhofskiy Prospekt and Ivan Chernyh Street. The vestibule of the station was designed by architects I. V. Vasilyev, D. S. Goldgor, S. B. Speransky and engineer O. V. Ivanova.
The wall of the vestibule was planned to be decorated with the engraving of the following quote of Stalin:
Over the escalator run there is a relief reading "Glory to Work!" (Слава труду!), sculpted by G. V. Kosov, A. G. Ovsyannikov, V. G. Stamov, and A. P. Timchenko. This area had been planned to contain an engraving of Stalin.
In recent years, the station has struggled under the large volume of passenger traffic.
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