Paveletskaya: from the railway station to the churches of Zatsepa
A walk around Paveletsky railway station: metro, museum, estate, and churches
Stories along the route
Павелецкая (станция метро, Кольцевая линия) · 0.0 km
You are standing above a station that hides beneath the buildings just north of Paveletskaya Square, and you hear its name every time a train stop is announced.
Церковь Флора и Лавра на Зацепе · 0.3 km
You are standing before a church known by two names, and both are like keys to different doors of history. Officially it is dedicated to the icon 'Joy of All Who Sorrow', but you've surely heard it called the Church of F…
Музей Московской железной дороги · 1.3 km
Before you stands a building that holds the memory of the most unusual passenger train in Moscow's history. Picture it: January 1924, the country is saying farewell to Lenin, and it is here, at Paveletsky Station, that t…
Павелецкий вокзал · 1.8 km
You are standing in front of one of Moscow's ten railway stations, and this building has had quite an eventful fate.