folks and cityscapes at the train station

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Greetings, Hiveans! My pleasure to invite you for a little walk across the St.Petersburg railway. I went to meet a friend, the weather was nice and I took the chance to point camera at the life going on.

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During the Tsarist era, the station was known as the Nikolayevsky Station (from 1855 to 1924); the railway line connecting the old imperial capital with the even older capital—Moscow—was certainly not built by the Bolsheviks, and it fittingly bore the name of Emperor Nicholas I. For many tourists today, it represents the face of the city—the first thing they see upon arriving by land.

При царях вокзал назывался Николаевским (с 1855 по 1924 год) - железная дорога, соединившая старую имперскую столицу с еще более старой, Москвой, была построена отнюдь не большевиками, и носила имя Николая I заслуженно. Для многих туристов сегодня это лицо города, первое что они видят когда прибывают в город по земле.

And since the city bears Peter the Great’s name, it is his statue that greets you inside the train station. There are very few monuments to Nicholas I in the city; he is remembered not as particularly popular ruler. Alas.

Ну и поскольку это город носит имя Петра, то именно его статуй и встретит вас в здании вокзала. В городе вообще очень мало памятников, посвященных Николаю I, его не очень-то любят. А жаль...

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location: St.Petersburg, Russia August 2026 natural light
camera/lens: Canon 5dm3 Sigma 50mm raw-conv
t 1/640 f/3.2 ISO 250

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