Метрополитен Петербурга

Znaete li vy, chto podzemnui͡u dorogu v Sankt-Peterburge predpolagalosʹ postroitʹ eshche v 1820-kh godakh i velikiĭ poėt Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin vpolne by mog statʹ passazhirom metropolitena? V 1814 godu angliĭskiĭ izobretatelʹ Mark Izambar Bri͡unelʹ predstavil imperatoru Aleksandru I proekt pervogo v mire prokhodcheskogo shchita dli͡a prokladki tonneleĭ pod Nevoĭ. No postroili s pomoshchʹi͡u ėtogo shchita podvodnyĭ tonnelʹ pod Temzoĭ dli͡a Londonskogo metropolitena, a vot v gorode na Neve pervai͡a podzemnai͡a linii͡a poi͡avilasʹ tolʹko v noi͡abre 1955 goda, khoti͡a otkrytʹ ee sobiralisʹ i v 1925, i v 1942 godakh. V glave, posvi͡ashchennoĭ istorii proektirovanii͡a i stroitelʹstva metropolitena, privodi͡atsi͡a tolʹko nedavno rassekrechennye arkhivnye dokumenty. Chitateli pobyvai͡ut na vsekh stant͡sii͡akh Peterburgskogo metropolitena, uznai͡ut nemalo li͡ubopytnogo iz biografiĭ arkhitektorov, khudozhnikov i skulʹptorov, prinimavshikh uchastie v ikh sozdanii, a zhelai͡ushchim predlagaetsi͡a, vospolʹzovavshisʹ podskazkami, samim otyskatʹ si͡urprizy, "spri͡atannye" masterami v ikh tvorenii͡akh. Vozmozhno, nekotorye fakty okazhutsi͡a neozhidannymi, ne oboshlosʹ bez legend i udivitelʹnykh istoriĭ: vy uznaete, chem zanimalsi͡a na stroitelʹstve metro pisatelʹ Sergeĭ Dovlatov i gde snimalisʹ izvestnye kinofilʹmy, a takzhe smozhete zagli͡anutʹ v budushchee i vyi͡asnitʹ, gde v perspektive poi͡avi͡atsi͡a novye stant͡sii metropolitena i kak oni budut vygli͡adetʹ.

Did you know that the underground road in St. Petersburg was supposed to be built back in the 1820s and the great poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin could have become a passenger of the subway? In 1814, the English inventor Marc Isambard Brunel presented to Emperor Alexander I the project of the world's first tunneling shield for tunneling under the Neva. But with the help of this shield, an underwater tunnel under the Thames was built for the London Underground, but in the city on the Neva the first underground line appeared only in November 1955, although it was going to be opened in 1925 and in 1942. In the chapter devoted to the history of the design and construction of the subway, only recently declassified archival documents are given. Readers will visit all the stations of the St. Petersburg metro, learn a lot of interesting things from the biographies of architects, artists and sculptors who took part in their creation, and those who wish are invited to use the tips to find surprises themselves, "hidden" by the masters in their creations. Perhaps some facts will turn out to be unexpected, not without legends and amazing stories: you will find out what the writer Sergey Dovlatov was doing on the construction of the metro and where famous films were shot, and you will also be able to look into the future and find out where new metro stations will appear in the future and how they will look.