Mogilev.Railway station.
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Belarus, Mogilev region, Mogilev, Station square, 1.
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13.11.2024
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The pre-revolutionary railway station building has been preserved in Mogilev. Once it was built outside the city a hundred years ago, but now it is already in the city. The building was built in 1902 in the Art Nouveau style. During its existence, the station has been visited by a lot of famous historical figures: Emperor Nicholas II, along with his family and his mother, the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna; the poet S. Yesenin; Generals A. Denikin and L. Kornilov; the ruler of Soviet Belarus A. Chervyakov and many others. In recent years, major repairs have been carried out to the building, which has been restored to its original appearance with a glass dome.
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Latitude: 53.92623597
Longitude: 30.33849939
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1Алег Дзьячкоу
13.11.2024
Mogilev. Railway station
There is a railway station on the central Pervomaiskaya Street in the city of Mogilev, which was built before the revolution and has the status of an architectural monument.
In 1900, the Russian Emperor Nicholas II approved a plan to build a railway through Mogilev on the Vitebsk-Zhlobin line. Initially, 2 options were considered where to build a train station in the city. And it was decided to build a few miles outside the city. Today it is a railway station in the city, but in those days it was a suburb.
Already in December 1902, the station was built and accepted by the commission for operation. According to the old tradition, upon arrival of the train, it was announced by one stroke of the bell that was at the station, and when the train left, the bell sounded twice. Cabs and taxis brought passengers from the city to the station.
During the First World War, when the headquarters of the commander-in-chief of the Russian army was moved to Mogilev, the entire elite of the Russian Empire visited the station: Emperor Nicholas II with the Empress and the royal children with Tsarevich Alexei, the poet Sergei Yesenin, who served as an orderly on an ambulance train, all the ministers and financiers of the then public country.
In the 1920s, the residents of Mogilev met the All-Belarusian headman Alexander Chervyakov here.
During the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet underground operated at the railway station, as reported by a commemorative plaque.
The station building is made of stone, one-storey and rectangular in plan. The main facade highlights the risalite, which houses the entrance to the room. An octagonal light drum dominates the building. Before the revolution, this drum was made of glass, which allowed saving electricity during daylight hours, but in Soviet times, for some reason, the glass was removed. A few years ago, the building was reconstructed and the original appearance of the station was returned.
There is a cafe and a toilet at the station. There is a monument to the railway caretaker with a lantern and a bell.
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