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Avtovo Metro Station – Saint Petersburg, Russia (2019)
Bathed in the glow of Saint Petersburg’s subterranean opulence, the Avtovo Metro Station unfurls a grand spectacle. Like something out of a Romanov fever dream, the chandeliers dare riders to linger just a bit longer before the train calls them back to reality. This metro platform dazzles more like a palace corridor than anything meant for catching a train.
Kirovsky Zavod Metro (Saint Petersburg, Russia – August 2019)
I saw several busts of Lenin when I was in Russia four years ago. This one was at the end of a station platform that fed workers into an armament manufacturing plant. Hence, weapons are shown in the reliefs.
For my prior discussion of the decadent metro stations in Russia, click here.
I had a list of things I wanted to see while in Saint Petersburg, Russia earlier this month. The metro stations wasn’t one of them, but with two days of lousy weather in a row, with the first day already spent at an unplanned stop (The Hermitage Museum), I needed to find something not outdoors that wouldn’t have me standing around in another museum. Turns out there is a museum of sorts, that allows sitting much of the time, that’s deep underground in St. Petersburg. The cost was nice too (45 rubles or about US $.70).
The Soviets really did a number on their metro stations in the 1950s. Each is unique and many are rather decadent. I set out for the “two best” in Saint Petersburg. Along the way I jumped out at several unplanned stops that looked amazing or interesting as well. The Narvskaya Station (На́рвская) was one of those not considered to be one of the best, but wow was it fascinating.