Chernyshevskaya () is a station on the
Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of
Saint Petersburg Metro
The Saint Petersburg Metro () is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to World War II and the subsequent Siege of Leningrad, during which the constructed stations were used a ...
, opened on September 1, 1958. It is a deep underground
pylon station at depth with a short central hall. The station is named after Chernyshevsky Prospekt, which is in turn named after Russian materialist philosopher and writer
Nikolai Chernyshevsky
Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky ( – ) was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher, often identified as a utopian socialist and leading theoretician of Russian nihilism and the N ...
. This station was part of the second stretch of the Saint Petersburg Metro built. While construction was about to start, a rule was created that no more stations should be ornately decorated, such as the stations between
Avtovo and
Ploshchad Vosstaniya (the first stretch built).
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Saint Petersburg Metro stations
Railway stations in Russia opened in 1958
Railway stations located underground in Russia
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