The sculptural monument to Melnikov on Komsomolskaya Square (Moscow) is dedicated to the Russian mechanical scientist and engineer. Among other things, Pavel Petrovich Melnikov is one of the authors of the project railway Saint Petersburg - Moscow. The monument was erected in the capital on the territory of the Komsomolskaya Square square (metro station - “Komsomolskaya”).

Authors of the monument

Financing the construction of the monument

The monument to Melnikov was made at the expense of the Russian Ministry of Railways at a plant in the town of Zhukovsky near Moscow.

Opening of the monument

The first stone of the future monument was laid in 2002. The monument was opened on August 1, 2003, on the eve of Railwayman's Day. For this event, the square's garden was also landscaped: flowerbeds were laid out, benches and a fountain were installed.

Description of the monument

The monument is a four-meter bronze sculpture. It was installed on a rectangular pedestal made of red granite. On the front part of the pedestal there was an inscription: “Melnikov Pavel Petrovich, the first Minister of Railways of Russia.” Overall height The monument is about ten meters. The authors of the monument depicted the scientist in full growth, in a ministerial uniform with all his orders and awards.

Another sculpture by Melnikov

Another sculpture by Pavel Petrovich Melnikov is part of sculptural composition another monument - "". This monument was also installed on Komsomolskaya Square, nearby, opposite the Tsar’s Tower of the Kazan Station.

In the western part there were buildings of the Sheiny Yard with the Church of the Savior. The temple was built in 1689-1701, and the bell tower in 1885. In 1937, the church was destroyed, and the fence was moved to Novaya Basmannaya Street to the Church of Peter and Paul. Now in its place is School No. 15.

In the 19th century, buildings of three stations began to appear around Komsomolskaya Square one after another - Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky and Kazansky. Therefore, on August 1, 2003, a monument to the Minister of Railways of Russia and one of the creators of the Nikolaev Railway project, Pavel Melnikov, created by Salavat Shcherbakov, was unveiled here. It was cast at a plant in Zhukovsky near Moscow with funds from the Russian Ministry of Railways. At the same time, the sculptor depicted Melnikov in a ceremonial uniform with all orders.

Railway workers from all Russian railways took part in the opening of the monument. On the opening day, they wanted to rename Komsomolskaya Square to the Square of Three Stations. But the official renaming never happened.

Komsomolskaya Square September 21st, 2011

Komsomolskaya Square (until 1933 it was called Kalanchevskaya Square) is a square in Moscow on which three stations are located: Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky and Kazansky. It is also popularly called the Three Stations Square, which they wanted to rename it to in 2003. But the matter did not go further than talk.


It’s easy to get to the square, and many probably know about it, but pass by. You can reach it from the underground pedestrian crossing, leading from the Komsomolskaya metro station of the same name on the Sokolnicheskaya or Circle Line.
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A gray, dull building with the inscription “Russian Railways” on the roof is the information and computing center of the Moscow railway. It was built in 1980 according to the design of architect V.A. Nesterov and engineer A.L. Velkin.
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Two memorial plaques are installed near the fountain.
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One of them with a diagram of the main routes of the railway network Russian Federation.
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And the other shows the first railway line from Moscow to St. Petersburg in the mid-19th century.
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From the square you can see several high-rise buildings in Moscow at once: the closest is the former Leningradskaya hotel (now it is the Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya), behind it is the RVM Megapolis business center (formerly Domnikov, built in 2009), and also further away is the Stalinist high-rise building at the Red Gate.
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On August 2, 2003, a monument to the first Minister of Railways P.P. Melnikov (author - S. Shcherbakov) was unveiled on the square.
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Near the square there is also the administrative complex of Russian Railways OJSC, consisting of three adjacent and interconnected multi-storey buildings. The most high building has 28 floors.
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Let's take another look at the fountain, opened in 2003.
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Let's look at the three stations that are located around Komsomolskaya Square. The oldest is, of course, Leningradsky Station. The building was built in 1844-1849 according to the design of the architect K.A. Ton. From 1855 to 1923 it was called Nikolaevsky Station.
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Modern building The Kazan station was built in 1913-1940. Before that it was called Ryazan Station.
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Clock with zodiac signs at the Kazansky railway station:
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Building Yaroslavsky railway station was also rebuilt. The modern building was built in 1902-1904 (architect - F.O. Shekhtel). The station changed its name several times: from its opening in 1862 until 1870 it was called Trinity Station, in 1870-1922 - Yaroslavsky, in 1922-1955 - Northern Station and from 1955 - Yaroslavsky again.
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Between the Leningradsky and Yaroslavsky railway stations there is the ground lobby of the Komsomolskaya metro station, opened in 1952.
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Taking another look at the square from the monument to P.P. Melnikov, we will go to the new fountain, which is located behind the above-ground metro vestibule.
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The fountain was opened quite recently - on September 4, 2011, on City Day. Previously there were trading tents here. Now, in my opinion, it has become much cleaner and more pleasant.
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In the center of the fountain there is a sculpture depicting the coat of arms of Moscow - St. George the Victorious. Author - S. Shcherbakov.
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Around the fountain are laid out these slabs with the names of all Moscow stations.
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Strictly speaking, the Square of Three Stations is not on the map of Moscow, but there is Komsomolskaya Square - however, this is precisely the case when the name of a place is de facto born “from below” and exists regardless of whether it is approved de iure “from above” or not. The area of ​​the three stations appeared as a result of the reconquest of land from local reservoirs: until the 1860s (the building of the Nikolaevsky station already stood) there was an undrained swamp, the Olkhovets River flowed and, finally, there was a large Red Pond, on which in 1697 Peter the Great celebrated the capture of Azov with fireworks. The swamp was drained, the river was drained into an underground pipe; As for the lake, it was drained only at the beginning of the 20th century, in the interval between the construction of the new Yaroslavl and new Kazan stations - the last two “dominants” of this unusual place.

The area of ​​the three stations is a unique transport and communication “hub”, which can only be partly compared with a similar transport and communication “crossroads” of four different metro lines underground in the area of ​​the Biblioteka station. Lenin. Residents from the northwestern, northern and numerous eastern regions of Russia flock here every day. Sooner or later, this huge passage yard, which grew up in a swamp, had to be designed as a place involved in history. The simplest and most effective way is to install monuments.

PHOTO 1. Once upon a time, here, on the western side of the Yaroslavl station, there was a dense sector of trading tents. In September 2011 (just in time for the city day), a fountain was opened in the cleared space, and a dynamic statue of St. George the Victorious was installed above it - with a spear, on a horse and a defeated serpent under it. This saint became the main character of the coat of arms of Moscow under Ivan III (1462-1505), at the same time when the “double-headed eagle” became the coat of arms of the entire Moscow state. By the way, if you look closely, you can see the main state emblem on the rider’s chest. The work of sculptor S.A. Shcherbakova seems truly realistic: every muscle of the horse is “written out,” and in Georgy himself, not so much holiness is emphasized as physical strength. you can look at a very worthy iconographic original.

PHOTO 2. Granite monument to V.I. Lenin is the oldest sculptural image on the Square of Three Stations. Installed with east side Yaroslavl station in 1967. Sculptor A.P. Kibalnikov (1912-1987) depicted the Leader of the world proletariat in a completely canonical “oratorical” pose for him: his left hand holds his lapel, and his right hand is about to fly forward - in a characteristic “Leninist” gesture.

PHOTO 3. The Trans-Siberian Railway monument with the symbolic 0th kilometer was installed near the tracks long distance Yaroslavsky railway station in 2001 - in honor of the 100th anniversary of the longest railway in Russia. On the reverse side of the “cube” the distance to Vladivostok is indicated - 2298 km.

PHOTO 4. This group monument, dedicated to the “creators of Russian railways,” was opened next to the Kazansky railway station on August 1, 2013 - Railwayman’s Day. As “creators” the sculptor S.A. Shcherbakov (see above) introduced six different people who lived throughout almost 150 years of Russian history: the inventors of the Russian steam locomotive Efim Cherepanov (1774-1842) and his son Miron Cherepanov (1803-1849), the builder of the Tsarskoye Selo railway Franz-Anton von Gerstner (1796-1840), Minister of Transport under Alexander II Pavel Melnikov (1804-1880), Minister of Transport under Alexander III Sergei Witte (1849-1915), Minister of Transport under Nicholas II Mikhail Khilkov (1834-1909). Finally, there is a seventh character here, albeit in the form of a bust - Nicholas I. His presence in this company is justified by the following inscription at the base of the monument: “On February 12, 1842, the All-Russian Emperor Nicholas I signed a decree on the construction of the Moscow - St. Petersburg Railway.” .

PHOTO 5. The bust of the chief architect of the new Kazan station, Alexei Viktorovich Shchusev (1873-1949), stands next to his brainchild, facing Komsomolskaya Square. The construction of the majestic building, the central part of which resembles the Syuyumbike Tower in Kazan, began before World War I, but lasted for decades: 1913-1940.

PHOTO 6. The bust of the chief architect of the Nikolaevsky (now Leningradsky) station, Konstantin Andreevich Ton (1794-1881), is also installed next to his creation. The building was built in 1849 and has never been rebuilt since then.

PHOTO 7. Bust of the chief architect of the new Yaroslavl station, Fyodor Osipovich Shekhtel (1859-1926). Another talented “Russian German” on whom the Russian Empire rested. The modern building of the Yaroslavl station in the neo-Russian style with elements of “northern modernism” was built in 1904.

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In Moscow, on Komsomolskaya Square on Friday, a monument to the first Minister of Railways of Russia Pavel Melnikov was unveiled in a solemn ceremony. Engineer-general, professor of applied mathematics, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the State Council, Chief Manager of Railways and public buildings, Minister of Railways from 1865 to 1869, Pavel Petrovich Melnikov became one of the authors of the project for the construction of the St. Petersburg-Moscow railway and convinced the emperor Nicholas the First to begin its construction. During his management of the Department of Communications (which he renamed from the Main Directorate of Communications in 1865), the network of Russian railways increased by more than 7 thousand km. Considering Melnikov’s exceptional services to Russia, the Ministry of Railways appealed to the Moscow mayor’s office and the Moscow City Duma with a proposal to erect a monument to this outstanding person on Komsomolskaya Square. The design of the monument was developed by a team of authors consisting of Salavat and Sergei...

MOSCOW, August 1. /Corr. RIA Novosti AnnayuKamelina/. In Moscow, on Komsomolskaya Square on Friday, a monument to the first Minister of Railways of Russia Pavel Melnikov was unveiled in a solemn ceremony.

Engineer-general, professor of applied mathematics, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the State Council, Chief Manager of Railways and public buildings, Minister of Railways from 1865 to 1869, Pavel Petrovich Melnikov became one of the authors of the project for the construction of the St. Petersburg-Moscow railway and convinced the emperor Nicholas the First to begin its construction. During his management of the Department of Communications (which he renamed from the Main Directorate of Communications in 1865), the network of Russian railways increased by more than 7 thousand km.

Considering Melnikov’s exceptional services to Russia, the Ministry of Railways appealed to the Moscow mayor’s office and the Moscow City Duma with a proposal to erect a monument to this outstanding person on Komsomolskaya Square. The monument project was developed by a team of authors consisting of Salavat and Sergei Shcherbakov, Viktor Pasenko and Sergei Gerasimov. Its opening was timed to coincide with the celebration of Railway Worker's Day, which will take place on August 3.

The ceremony was attended by the Minister of Railways Gennady Fadeev, Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, and other officials who congratulated all railway workers and veterans on their professional holiday.

The mayor of the capital said that “on this significant day we honor the memory of our predecessors.” He also called the problem of railways “of paramount importance,” since it is “the circulatory system of the entire state.” Therefore, Luzhkov believes, special attention should be paid to “becoming one of the main components of our economy and national economy.”