page_title: Narvskaya
section_title: Architectural appearance of the underground hall
hierarchical_section_title: Narvskaya / Architectural appearance of the underground hall
caption_attribution_description: Нижний эскалаторный зал станции Нарвская
context_page_description: Narvskaya 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.
context_section_description: Three lines of escalators deliver passengers to the underground hall, which is located at a depth of 52 metres (171 ft). These escalators are illuminated by highly-artistic fixtures - cylinders topped with a bronze colour metal crown. Fixtures and the housing of the escalator motors are made of steel and aluminium.
  Below the escalators small rooms are located closed off the main area. The main hall is illuminated gracefully with fixtures located on the walls in groups of three.
  The underground hall of the pylon station was built under the direction of architects Alexander Vasilev, David Goldgor, Sergey Speransky, and engineer O. V. Ivanova. The subjects of the station reflect "the valour of labour of the Soviet people", and many elements and decorations represent Soviet-era symbols: hammer and sickles, red stars, and images of red flags.
  On walls opposite the platforms, there are decorative lattices with the inscription «1955», the year when the station was opened.
  Fluorescent lamps on consecutive arches of the ceiling illuminate the central hall, merging in the distance to create the impression of a continuous shiny surface.
  Originally there was a large mosaic panel "Stalin on a tribune" Russian: Сталин на трибуне, romanized: Stalin na tribune located on a prominent wall of the central underground hall. This mosaic was constructed by the director of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union, Aleksandr Gerasimov. Stalin's bust was planned to be displayed on a colourful background; however, in 1961, after the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the panel was covered by a false wall of marble, with a photo of the original panel included in the book dedicated to the line's opening.
  There was a boardroom in an enclosed space. Later this premise was used as the linear point for machinists of the Depot "Avtovo" which is still there. According to machinists, the wall with a mosaic is still displayed and staff-only premises have been expanded to the following pair of columns, but during the organization of the Museum of Saint-Petersburg Metro a museum of underground this mosaic has not been displayed, and its location and condition are not known.
  Sidewalls of the pylons of the central underground hall are decorated with high reliefs depicting people of different professions:
caption: Down escalator hall of Narvskaya
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