I am sure that Vladivostok is famous for many things. But the one thing that really strikes me is that Vladivostok is the far eastern terminus of the Trans Siberian Railway.
For all (and more) than you will ever want to know about the Trans Siberian Railway let's check out Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway
Here we go with a few photos of the Vladivostok Railway Station which serves far more trains than the Trans Siberian Express.
The railway station is directly across the street from Lenin's Monument.
I took the first three photos below facing the railway station with Lenin's Monument behind me.
In Russian you have the Railway Station (top word) and Vladivostok (bottom word in red). These words are in 'modern' Russian Cyrillic and I don't care much for it.
Do all of you see the Russian Orthodox CHURCH OF THE INTERCESSION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD across from the railway station?
In case you missed it, below is a link to my Post showing photos I took of the church.
https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-7-19-vladivostok-three-churches.html
A few exterior views of the railway station.
The time has come to take look at the interior of the railway station.
In the below photo I believe we are looking at Tsar Alexander III.
All in all it is a rather small railway station when I compare it with others in Russian Siberia that I've been in and traveled through. Novosibirsk and Irkutsk are two that come to mind.
I really am pleased that I was able to visit the Vladivostok terminus of the Trans Siberian Express.
For all (and more) than you will ever want to know about the Trans Siberian Railway let's check out Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway
Here we go with a few photos of the Vladivostok Railway Station which serves far more trains than the Trans Siberian Express.
The railway station is directly across the street from Lenin's Monument.
I took the first three photos below facing the railway station with Lenin's Monument behind me.
In Russian you have the Railway Station (top word) and Vladivostok (bottom word in red). These words are in 'modern' Russian Cyrillic and I don't care much for it.
Do all of you see the Russian Orthodox CHURCH OF THE INTERCESSION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD across from the railway station?
In case you missed it, below is a link to my Post showing photos I took of the church.
https://bobbacaps.blogspot.com/2019/09/sep-7-19-vladivostok-three-churches.html
A few exterior views of the railway station.
The time has come to take look at the interior of the railway station.
In the below photo I believe we are looking at Tsar Alexander III.
All in all it is a rather small railway station when I compare it with others in Russian Siberia that I've been in and traveled through. Novosibirsk and Irkutsk are two that come to mind.
I really am pleased that I was able to visit the Vladivostok terminus of the Trans Siberian Express.
The railroad station looks fairly big to me, but, as you say, not as big as Irkutsk. Smiles Patti
ReplyDeleteMy Oh My what a beautiful day it was that sunny Saturday. It is not a small venue but did not seem to be a large as some of the others. Of course Novosibirsk is a much larger city. Irkutsk is only nominally larger that Vladivostok but its railway station seems much larger. Smiling .. Cap
DeleteYou have to love Russian train stations and subway stations. This one with its vaulted ceiling an fresco is delightful. If you want to see extraordinary subway stations, a visit to Moscow will do it!
ReplyDeleteDid you get to Vladivostok Gullible? I didn't pick up on that in your Russian Journals if indeed you did. Smiles and Thanks .. Cap
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