Today I was brought to the village of Metallostroy on business. I left earlier to have a couple of hours to explore the area, which, in general, I did the right thing.
At least I collected a little material for the post.
1. I traveled by train from the Moskovsky station. Since Metallostroy is formally located within the city, the ticket turned out to be cheap, only 36 rubles.
The village is located on the 19th kilometer of the St. Petersburg - Volkhovstroy railway line. The station is listed under the name "Izhora", but for some reason there is another sign on the platform - "19 kilometer". This is very close to the Obukhovo station, where an equally important line to Volkhovstroy, overloaded with freight trains, separates from the main route to Moscow.
2. Crossing Ligovsky Prospekt near Moskovsky Station. The western part of the station complex is visible.
On the right is the new shopping center "Gallery", which with its back wall directly faces the railway tracks of the Moscow station. The huge shopping center was built in 2010 and is not bad, but quite good in terms of external architectural appearance. It was taken into account that this was, after all, the center of St. Petersburg. This is purely my vision, I think not everyone will agree.
You can also see a red brick house, built in 1898 as the office building of the Nikolaevsky station.
3. Western wing of the Moscow station. It was built already in the 20th century and the entrance and exit from the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station is built into it.
4. View of the old office building of the station from the side of the suburban terminal of the Moscow station.
You won't be able to get to the tracks without a ticket, unless you approach the platforms from the locomotive depot. But there is still no point, because the controllers are simply roaming around the train continuously.
5. “Sapsan” arrived from Moscow, and on our suburban part there is an electric train to Tosno station.
6. And here is my train, the final destination of which is the relatively remote Budogoshch station. And I only have to drive it for half an hour.
On the right you can see the back wall of that same Gallery shopping center, and even it is decorated with antique statues. But for some reason the ugly chain-link fence has not been removed.
7. After the Obukhovo station, we separated from the main route to Moscow and crossed the bridge not far from the ring road main move to Moscow, which to Tosno station is a 3-track highway.
8. Here we are. It turns out that in the village of Metallostroy there are many late-Soviet buildings and there are even more modern ones.
But the main highlight is not this development. About her at the end.
9. Izhora station has a 4-track development, which still runs from Rybatskoye.
The movement did not take long to arrive. Freight trains traveled towards St. Petersburg at intervals of about 15 minutes.
10. Near the platform there is an old Soviet sign with the inscription “Leningrad”. So that passengers arriving in the northern capital by train, in the distant 70-80s, it becomes clear that the border of the city of three revolutions has already been crossed somewhere in these places.
Now the village of Metallostroy is administratively part of St. Petersburg. The village itself arose under Soviet rule and was built for workers at factories located nearby the city of Kolpino. Only now Kolpino is already on the Moscow railway line, and this line goes to the side and goes to Volkhovstroy through MGU. Although the distance between these two main railway lines in this place is still no more than 2 kilometers. By the way, the train stop called “Metallostroy” is located on the Moscow line.
11. There are a lot of factories and warehouses around, and there’s even a correctional colony. All these facilities have access roads from Izhora station.
By the way, the depot where the Sapsan and Lastochki are based is also nearby, but it is near the Moscow passage.
12. Electric train towards St. Petersburg.
13. Cargo under VL10 from the Mga side.
14. And one more. Behind it you can see the post of the Izhora station.
15. First of all, I decided to go to the railway bridges over the Izhora River, which are only 2 kilometers from the platform.
The old water tower is visible from all sides and clearly dominates the area of the railway station.
In fact, the building has nothing to do with the railway; it is the former “second water lift station for the Elektrosila Production Association.” Closed in 2000.
16. For some time I walked along a local asphalt road, which runs at some distance from the tracks. The very space between us was an impassable lowland, flooded with melt water.
17. A local showed up private sector, consisting of a variety of houses. From fairly well maintained to completely abandoned.
18. It seems like someone lives here, although the whole yard is littered with all kinds of garbage.
19. Old and half-abandoned passenger building of Izhora station. It was probably built during the construction of this line before the revolution.
21. But the asphalt turns sharply to the left, and straight ahead there is this dirty dirt road, which I did not dare to walk on, so as not to completely get covered in mud.
22. That’s how long it took me to reach the railway bridges across Izhora.
This is exactly the neck of the station, after which Railway at MGU it becomes a 2-way track.
23. Behind the railway tracks you can see the newly built plant "Power Machines - Toshiba. High-voltage transformers." Just in that direction is the city of Kolpino, famous for its enterprises, especially the old Izhora plant.
44. A cargo truck passed from the direction of Mgi. The sun was shining just right.
45. View towards St. Petersburg.
46. Summer residents are also present here.
47. That’s it, I’m returning to the village.
A modern residential complex peeks out from behind the old five-story buildings.
48. The central part of the village of Metallostroy is a workers’ village built in a characteristic post-war style. It's like Avtovo in miniature. The same Stalin buildings, only with fewer floors, most of which have been put in order and look very good.
49. Main square. By the way, there are also plenty of five-story buildings here, and in the last decades another microdistrict has been added to the part of the village that is closer to St. Petersburg, where the number of floors is even higher.
50. These Stalinist houses are in the center of the village.
51. House of Culture named after Mayakovsky.
52. Yards.
53. Renovated five-story building.
55. Kindergarten.
56. Hotel "Izhora".
59. Houses along the railway street.
A little history of the village:
The village was founded in 1931 on the basis of order No. 367 of the Supreme Council of the National Economy of the USSR dated June 16, 1931, and the first permanent residential buildings began to appear in the spring of 1932.
The original microtoponymic name of the village is “Sotsgorod”. The name “Metallostroy” appeared a little later, as reflecting the essence of this settlement - the main residents of which were the builders of the Kolpino Metallurgical Plant. On January 20, 1939, the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee issued a resolution according to which the village was included in city limits Ust-Izhora village, Kolpinsky district.
During the war, construction of the residential part of the village was suspended. The post-war years were marked by rapid growth in the construction of the village, which was carried out, among other things, by captured Germans. The streets Tsentralnaya, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Sadovaya, Shkolnaya, and Pionerskaya are clearly marked.
The central building of Metallostroy, the Mayakovsky House of Culture, appeared in the early 50s. At the time of its construction, an alley was planted from the central square to Petrozavodsk Highway along Tsentralnaya Street.
Officially, the name “Metallostroy” was assigned to the village on October 28, 1964 by the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.
58. Typical yard. Clean and cozy, there is a restored sculpture depicting a pioneer reading a book.
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LLC "GARANT"
Activities in the field of law
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, ROAD TO METALLOSTROY, 10 letter B - 2.
LLC "CONSTANTA"
Development software and consulting in this area
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. POLEVAYA, 8, apt. 88 - 3.
LLC "KRONOS-ICE"
Non-specialized wholesale trade food products, including drinks and tobacco products
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 23 - 4.
LLC "LTS"
Maintenance and vehicle repairs
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, ROAD TO METALLOSTROY, 10 letter B - 5.
NKP "METALLOSTROY-2"
Activities of commercial and entrepreneurial organizations
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, ROAD TO METALLOSTROY, 5 letter AA - 6.
LLC "NORTHERN YAGODA"
Production of wooden building structures, including prefabricated wooden buildings, and joinery
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. POLEVAYA, 19, apt. 123 - 7.
JSC "OKIL-HOLDING"
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, ROAD TO METALLOSTROY INDUSTRIAL ZONE METALLOSTROY, 12 letter B - 8.
FKU IK-5 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region
Activities for the management and operation of prisons, correctional colonies and other places of deprivation of liberty, as well as providing rehabilitation assistance to former prisoners
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, 1 pr-d, no. 1 - 9.
LLC "TDK"
Cargo handling and storage
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LLC "SVOE DELO"
Production of construction materials metal structures and products - 11.
PPO MOTORCARRIAGE DEPOT SPB MOSCOW
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, INDUSTRIAL ZONE METALLOSTROY, 1 - 12.
LLC "TIGR"
Production of bread and flour confectionery short-term storage
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. POLEVAYA, 2/30, apt. 97 - 13.
LLC "TRINA"
Retail except trade motor vehicles and motorcycles; repair of household products and personal items
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 13 - 14.
JSC "GUILDIA S"
Production of wooden building structures and joinery products
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LLC "VICTORIA"
Preparing the construction site
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. CENTRAL, 14, room. 9 - 16.
COOP "UNIVERSAL-MONTAZH No. 61"
Construction
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LLC "STROY ELECTRO - S"
Electrical installation work
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. SCHOOL, 16 letter A, room. 1H 3H - 18.
GBDOU KINDERGARTEN 22 KOLPINSKY DISTRICT SPB
Preschool education(preceding primary general education)
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. SCHOOL, 6 letter A - 19.
LLC "APEX AM"
Renting out your own non-residential real estate
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, ROAD TO METALLOSTROY, 5A - 20.
LLC "MARTIN"
Activities of agents in the wholesale trade of paper and paper products
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, ROAD TO METALLOSTROY, 5 letter 2H - 21.
JSC "SPRING"
Providing installation, repair and maintenance services for other equipment general purpose, not included in other groups
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LLC "REMSTROY"
Production of concrete and reinforced concrete works
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. Zheleznodorozhnaya, 11A letter A - 23.
NP "BOARD OF TRUSTEES "INITIATIVE"
Publishing books, brochures, booklets and similar publications, including for the blind
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, ROAD TO METALLOSTROY, 5 letter B, room. 1H - 24.
LLC "VSN"
Activities to ensure the operability of boiler houses
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. POLEVAYA, 2/30, apt. 413 - 25.
OOO "SELEST"
Cleaning and cleaning of vehicles
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. POLEVAYA, 25, apt. 3 - 26.
NPO "ELECTROPHYSICS"
188631, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, AEZ NPO "ELETROFIZIKA" - 27.
LLC "ZMK NIIEFA-ENERGO"
Metal processing and metal coating; processing of metal products using basic technological processes mechanical engineering
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, ROAD TO METALLOSTROY, 3, bldg. 2 - 28.
MA VMO ST. PETERSBURG P. METALLOSTROY
Activities of local government bodies of districts, cities, intra-city areas
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LLC "EVROLINE"
Sawing and planing of wood; wood impregnation
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OOO "SELENA"
Research and development - 31.
OOO "METALLOBAZA-SPB"
Storage and warehousing
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LLC "YOUR CHOICE"
Taxi activities
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PPO CJSC "TREST No. 68"
Activities of trade unions
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"AUTO TOURIST"
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LLC "REAKAR"
Providing personal services
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. SHKOLNAYA, 12 - 36.
LLC "NULEIZE"
Production of optical instruments, photographic and film equipment, except for repairs
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LLC "ECOSTROY"
Holding company management activities
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, 6 pr-d, 4 letter A - 38.
LLC "FORTIS"
other ratailing
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. CENTRAL, 7, apt. 6 - 39.
LLC "MAGISTRAL"
Activities of inland water freight transport
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, TERRITORY OF JSC SILA, bldg. 7 - 40.
LLC "TsO-PETERSBURG"
Production civil works for the construction of buildings
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, ROAD TO METALLOSTROY, 5 letter A - 41.
LLC "STIROBALT"
Production plastic products, used in construction
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Publishing activities
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NPO ELECTROPHYSICS
Maintenance and repair of passenger cars
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OOO "PODRUGA"
Activities of restaurants and cafes
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LLC "DMITRIEVPLODOVOSCHPROM"
Wholesale trade of fruits, vegetables and potatoes
196641, SAINT PETERSBURG, r. METALLOSTROY, st. CENTRAL, 11 - 46.
LLC "STALKOMPLEKT"
Wholesale of non-agricultural intermediate products, waste and scrap
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Primary general education
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Metallostroy is an urban-type settlement, a municipal entity within the Kolpinsky district of St. Petersburg.
In the village there is the Metallostroy station (St. Petersburg-Kolpino) and the 19th kilometer platform, erroneously called “Izhora” (St. Petersburg-Volkhovstroy).
Population
According to the 2002 All-Russian Population Census, 25,675 people lived in Metallostroy, of which 49.6% were men, 50.4% were women.
According to the 2010 All-Russian Population Census, 24,878 people lived in Metallostroy.
Story
The village was founded in 1931 on the basis of order No. 367 of the Supreme Council of the National Economy of the USSR dated June 16, 1931, and the first permanent residential buildings began to appear in the spring of 1932.
The original microtoponymic name of the village is “Sotsgorod”. The name “Metallostroy” appeared a little later, as reflecting the essence of this settlement - the main residents of which were the builders of the Kolpino Metallurgical Plant. On January 20, 1939, the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee issued a resolution according to which the village was included in the city limits of the village of Ust-Izhora, Kolpinsky district.
During the war, construction of the residential part of the village was suspended. The post-war years were marked by rapid growth in the construction of the village, which was carried out, among other things, by captured Germans. The streets Tsentralnaya, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Sadovaya, Shkolnaya, and Pionerskaya are clearly marked.
The central building of Metallostroy - the Mayakovsky House of Culture - appeared in the early 50s. At the time of its construction, an alley was planted from the central square to Petrozavodsk Highway along Tsentralnaya Street.
Officially, the name “Metallostroy” was assigned to the village on October 28, 1964 by the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.
A short story about the history of the development of Metallostroy
The village of Metallostroy arose in the early 30s of the 20th century, when the country was undergoing an intensive process of industrialization. The northwestern region was turning into one of the largest centers of heavy industry in the country.
The largest heavy industry enterprises are concentrated in Leningrad.
In 1931, on the initiative of S. M. Kirov, the construction of the Central Metallurgical Plant "Metallostroy" of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry of the USSR began. According to the original project, there should have been a plant with blast furnaces for processing iron ores, rolling and open-hearth furnaces. The open-hearth furnaces were supposed to process scrap steel accumulating at Leningrad enterprises. The largest steel foundry in Europe was planned here. The Slavyanka River was to be turned into a water canal for delivering ores to blast furnaces.
On November 6, 1933, the steel foundry produced its first melt, and from that time the history of the plant began.
The residential village of Metallostroy is inextricably linked with the construction of an electrical engineering plant. It originally emerged as a settlement for factory builders.
To the south of the plant, behind workshop 24, up to the Popovka River, there was a temporary settlement of barracks. Workers were also located in the village of Ust-Izhora and on the right bank of the Neva in the village of Ovtseno (former German colony).
The construction management was located in Leningrad, (56 Liteiny Ave.). The HR department was located in Ust-Izhora, in the building where the store is now on the 2nd floor. The construction of a village began one and a half kilometers from the plant along the line: the northern railway, the Planovaya road, the Neva River, the current street. Field. It was planned to build an array of stones, mainly 4 storey buildings for factory workers. By the end of 1935, 3 residential stone houses with 48 apartments each and a nursery were built (the current kindergarten No. 3).
The concept of a construction site is based on the name of the village. They began to call it “The Playground”. Teams of builders and carpenters Khromov, Vasily Arsenievich Solovyov’s team, Ivan Maksimovich Krylov’s team and others worked here. In the spring of 1932, when the foundation of house No. 2 was laid (there were no streets, the houses were numbered in order of construction - No. 1, No. 2 - now this is house No. 10 on Tsentralnaya Street). A meeting took place, at which the construction manager, Nikolai Ivanovich Ivanov, gave a speech. He told the workers what the Lenmetallurgstroy plant would be like, that there would be a cable car, a water canal that would connect the plant with the Neva. But these plans, as well as the profile of the plant, were soon changed.
The construction of the workers' settlement continued, but at a slow pace.
By the end of 1939, two more stone houses were built. This is how the center of the modern village was founded, the construction of which was stopped by the war. By Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 715\256 dated November 25, 1947, the construction of the plant and the village was entrusted to the Glavpromstroy department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which carried out the post-war construction. During the period from 1947 to 1955, a new comfortable settlement of Metallostroy was basically built, with a living area of 50 thousand sq.m.
Now, at the turn of the century, when the village existed for almost 70 years, it can safely be called a museum under open air, a model of Soviet urban planning of the 40-50s. 20th century.
It is easy to determine the infrastructure of the city, reflecting the idea of an ideal home of that time: in the center there is a square with the House of Culture, all socially necessary institutions are concentrated around the square: post office, hairdresser, savings bank, etc. The Mayakovsky House of Culture in the village of Metallostroy undoubtedly deserves special attention. The main building of the architectural center of the village has always been the center public life metal workers. The club is a standard building of the House of Culture, designed by order of the Office of Architectural Affairs under the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR in 1950. The author of the project is architect, corresponding member academician L.A. Kornfeld. The explanatory note to the project states that the club building should occupy a prominent place in the development of the city and be important in its architecture. Therefore, the club building has an almost solemn appearance; the building has received a finished form, organized from all sides. The facades of the building, facing in different directions, received different organization. The main façade is the largest and most formal in its form, facing the village square. The deep, shaded, and in the evening, brightly lit loggia, reaching almost to the top of the high pediment, is especially clearly perceived from a great distance. The rear façade was given a special decorative feature as a permanent architectural backdrop for the outdoor scene. The side facades face the square surrounding the club, which is connected with spacious arches and terraces. The square is decorated with a fountain, two rotundas, decorative vases- flower beds.
Thus, the building, with all its gables, is connected with the surrounding space and greenery, which serves as an addition in the summer, resulting in the creation of an integral architectural composition.
The interior of the building was also of great interest. Original architectural solutions facilitate the holding of diverse events. The cultural center is a favorite place for collective celebrations and celebrations. Over the many years of its existence, many famous Soviet cinema and pop artists visited here, filming took place in the area feature film"Someone else's letters."
The Mayakovsky Palace of Culture shares a square and a square with a beautiful linden alley on Tsentralnaya Street. The name of the street indicates not only its location relative to the entire architectural complex, but also carries a semantic meaning - it is the center of all public life. For a long time the village had the unofficial name Sotsgorod or Sotsgorodok. Doesn’t it really remind you of the legendary Academy Town in Siberia?! But this is not surprising.
The toponymy of Metallostroy generally represents interesting material for study. Several years ago, a letter from a Metallostroevskaya schoolchild was heard on Leningrad radio, in which he complained about the cacophony, the uninteresting name of Metallostroy and its streets - Central, Planovaya, Zheleznodorozhnaya - the names of the streets may seem prosaic, with an obvious, simple meaning for those who are not familiar with history of our village.
Metallostroy is a name that explains final goal construction, and gave people a sense of pride in their work.
A wonderful story of the emergence of Sadovaya Street, which is justified in no less than the name of the famous namesake in the center of St. Petersburg. The subsidiary farm of the plant, which was then called p\ya 240, which arose in the spring of 1944, saved the metal construction workers who survived the blockade from starvation. And the field planted with cabbage from the farmstead to the quarries (present-day lakes) fed not only Metallostroy, but also the Bolshevik plant. Later, the plant workers planted a garden on the site of the subsidiary farm, and Sadovaya and Polevaya streets remind of this.
We have already mentioned in our work about the Plan Road, which was called that because it was indicated on the long-term plan of the construction village back in 1931. Planovaya Street was formed along this road in the 60s. The restructuring of Soviet architecture in the mid and late 50s greatly affected the appearance of the development of Planovaya Street. It consisted of identical five storey houses. In general, the buildings are very simple, even unnecessarily stingy in appearance. There are no eaves, the roofs are roofless, with a very low slope, their smooth surfaces are interrupted only by rhythmically placed antennas.
In the 70s, intensive development began on the other outskirts of the village, which began in the mid-60s. The history of the emergence of one of the first streets in the village seemed interesting to us. This is Bogaichuk Street. The territory from the field street to the former quarries, as well as the Petrozavodsk highway and the railway, was allocated for the construction site. A residential area for NIIEFA workers should be located here. Nikolai Grigorievich Filippov was in charge of the distribution of housing, so the territory of the construction site was unofficially called Filippovka. There was a geodesic stone not far from the highway. During the war, anti-aircraft units were located here, guarding the airspace above Metallostroy. The 125th Infantry Division fought here under the command of Major General Bogaichuk.
At the Ust-Izhora memorial cemetery there is a burial place for soldiers of the 125th Infantry Division, among them the grave of division commander Bogaichuk.
The division began its heroic, combat path in Estonia. She was nominated for an award - the Order of the Red Banner. In the area of Lake Peipus, the division was surrounded, and the headquarters was forced to destroy documents. For 15 days, Pavel Petrovich and a group of soldiers made their way through the forests and swamps of Estonia to the location of their units. Having emerged from the encirclement, the division again entered defensive battle near Narva, across the Luga River. At the end of September, the division took up defensive positions near the city of Kolpino. On December 21 at 18.00, during a massive artillery shelling, an enemy shell hit the dugout, and the division commander Pavel Petrovich Bogaichuk was killed along with other headquarters officers. Veterans of the 125th Infantry Division have repeatedly been guests of Metallostroy, they willingly share their memories of their heroic combat youth. In preparation for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Victory, new streets of Leningrad received the names of WWII heroes, and memorial plaques were immediately installed. In 1973, by the decision of a special commission of the Leningrad City Executive Committee (chairman Khodyrev) new street in Metallostroy was named after Bogaichuk. At the same time, a memorial plaque was installed on the first house.
The further fate of this monument is connected with the amazing woman Maria Alekseevna Astakhova, who for many years, sparing no effort and time, devotes herself to a great and important cause - the patriotic and labor education of the younger generation. She was the initiator of the creation of the “Memory of Generations” park. Having visited military graves in Czechoslovakia, Maria Alekseevna got the idea to place a portrait of General Bogaichuk on the memorial plaque. Having obtained his photograph, she contacted a specialized workshop, but they only produced photographs of one shape and size for ordinary tombstones. The masters agreed to make a portrait not according to the standard, but their equipment did not allow it to be baked in a special way. And then Maria Alekseevna turned to the “teapot factory” - an enterprise for the production of enamelware. There they met him halfway, and the portrait was made. Now it needed to be mounted on a memorial plaque. To do this, she was removed and transported to NIIEFA. But it turned out that a special technology was needed that would guarantee the safety of both marble and enamel. And again Maria Alekseevna solves the problem. She negotiates with the masters of the Piskarevsky cemetery, who also advised her to cover the black letters with gold leaf. The institute allocates funds to veterans, and the board is sent to Piskarevka. At the very beginning of the 90s, hooligans damaged the portrait and then barbarously broke the board, the fasteners of which were made of non-ferrous metal to avoid rust. This was probably the reason for the vandalism. Maria Alekseevna made a statement to the police, and the veterans again began to bother. Mikhail Semenovich Karaev showed especially much initiative and perseverance. Thanks to his perseverance, with the help of the Council of Veterans of the Kolpino District, a new memorial plaque was installed for the 50th anniversary of the Victory, to which flowers are laid annually.
On October 14, 1977, the “Relay of Generations” square was laid between Bogaichuk and Polevaya streets. On the day of the 60th anniversary October revolution representatives of 3 generations planted 60 birch trees and instructed pioneer schoolchildren to preserve and grow the grove. In May 1980, the “Memory of Generations” square was founded in honor of the 35th anniversary of the Victory. On the day of the foundation of the square, sacred soil was brought here from the fiery defense lines of the city of Leningrad: from the Nevsky Pyatochka, Pulkovo Heights, from the Izhora lines, from the battlefields of the 125th Infantry Division. The “Memory of Generations” square has become a traditional venue for the Victory Day. Every year on this day they launched Balloons with a pennant “Glory to the defenders of the city of Leningrad” and flower seeds, letters. Planting material was purchased mainly from public principles. At various club meetings, they addressed the institute’s staff and schoolchildren’s parents with the call “let’s make our village a blooming garden” and received numerous responses.
On February 22, 1982, an exhibition of park projects opened at the Scientists Club. The winner of the competition was an employee of the institute, V.V. Kurakin. The project is a flower garden with decorative elements. The second prize was received by V. Ryabushkin and A. Goldin for the project “Three Books”. Third prize – O. Pariysky for the project “Life”.
Veterans of the 125th division took part in all events dedicated to perpetuating the memory of General Bogaichuk.
The Council of Veterans of the village of Metallostroy happily responds to requests from young researchers of the region; veterans provide personal archives for their memories. The village of Metallostroy has existed for almost 76 years. It is located on the legendary Izhora land in a picturesque place, has interesting story, associated with names famous people. The administration of the municipal formation of Metallostroy sets the task of giving the village the status of a city - we’ll wait and see. There is no doubt that our region deserves the attention of local historians and is ready to reveal many more interesting pages of history.
Microtoponyms
- “Chinese Wall” is a house on Polevaya 2/30 (Polevaya 2/Bogaychuka 30), distinguished by its dimensions.
- "Ozerki" are two lakes separated by the Petrozavodsk highway.
- "Three pencils" - three 16-storey buildings on Polevaya/Bogaychuk.
- "Drunk Yard" - the courtyard of houses No. 15-19 on Zheleznodorozhnaya Street.
- "Nine" - former store No. 9 (later - a cafe, slot machines etc.), st. Central, 6
- "Finnish village" (obsolete) - microdistrict of Khvoinaya (no longer exists), Polevaya, Zelenaya (no longer exists) and Sadovaya streets
- "Metalka" - Correctional Colony No. 5
Educational institutions
There are 2 medium-sized ones in the village comprehensive schools, 1 Primary School and 1 lyceum. There are no vocational schools/technical schools in the village. There are also 5 kindergartens in the village, 1 night school, 1 driving school and 1 music school.
Culture and sports (in development)
Library
NIIEFA Library
House of Culture
House of Scientists
Stadium on Polevaya
Stadium on Pushkinskaya
Periodicals
In 1997-1998, the newspaper “Metallostroy-fact” was published - the first printed organ of municipal districts in St. Petersburg
Religious institutions
In 2011, it is planned to begin construction of an Orthodox church on Bogaichuk Street.
On the territory of Institution US 20/5 there is an Orthodox chapel.
Monuments of the village
- memorial plaque on the street Bogaichuka, 2
- memorial plaque on the street Central, 24 (2nd floor)
- anchor at the house on the street. Polevaya, 5 (In memory of the Baltic infantry sailors. September, 1941)
- monument (memorial sign) in the park "Memory of Generations" on the corner of the street. Bogaychuk and st. Field
Trade and services
Metallostroy is not fully saturated with social and commercial infrastructure. There are few stores in the village of large retail chains, which are represented by the Pyaterochka, 7th Family and Polushka stores.
The village is included in the zone of reliable coverage by all cellular operators of St. Petersburg - Beeline, MegaFon, MTS, SkyLink and Tele2.
Internet providers such as Ethernet ( local networks), and ADSL - MSNet, RNet, TTK, TKT (Your Internet/Your TV) and Avangard-DSL, with 99% coverage of the village.
Interesting facts about Metallostroy
1. one of the schools (453) is located on the street of the same name (Shkolnaya)
2. two schools are located in houses with the same numbers - 451st (Pushkinskaya, 8) and 453rd (Shkolnaya, 8)
3. one of the schools has a number that is not unique within St. Petersburg - the 453rd school is in the Vyborg district of St. Petersburg
Public transport
You can get to Metallostroy both from the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg, from the Lomonosovskaya, Proletarskaya and Rybatskoye metro stations, and from other settlements St. Petersburg and Leningrad region - there is a direct connection with the village. Petro-Slavyanka, Pontonny, Saperny, Pavlovo, with the cities of Kolpino, Otradnoe, Kirovsk, Shlisselburg.
The following routes go to/through Metallostroy:
buses
115 - (m) Proletarskaya - st. Central, through the Field and industrial zone
115a - (m) Proletarskaya - st. Central, via Polevaya
189 - (m) Proletarskaya - village. Saperny, through Metallostroy passes along the Petrozavodsk highway, where it makes 2 stops - Polevaya and Central streets + 1 more on the border of Metallostroy and Ust-Izhora on the street. Planned
327 - (m) Proletarskaya - Kolpino, through Metallostroy it passes along the Petrozavodsk highway, where it makes 2 stops - Polevaya and Central streets + 1 more on the border of Metallostroy and Ust-Izhora on the street. Planned
328 - (m) Proletarskaya - Kolpino, through Metallostroy it passes along the Petrozavodsk highway, where it makes 2 stops - Polevaya and Central streets + 1 more on the border of Metallostroy and Ust-Izhora on the street. Planned
335 - Metallostroy - Ust-Izhora - Pontoon - Kolpino (railway station)
337 - Metallostroy - Ust-Izhora - Kolpino
396 - Metallostroy - Petro-Slavyanka
396a - Metallostroy (industrial zone) - Petro-Slavyanka - Rybatskoye
440 - (m) Proletarskaya - Shlisselburg, passes through Metallostroy along the Petrozavodsk highway, where it makes 1 stop + 1 more on the border of Metallostroy and Ust-Izhora
trams and trolleybuses
It is planned to build a transit tram line from (m) Rybatskoye to the Kolpino railway station, passing through Metallostroy along Petrozavodskoye Highway.
metro
The nearest station (Rybatskoye) is located ~5 kilometers from Metallostroy, in the Nevsky district
minibuses
220 - (m) Rybatskoye - Kolpino, passes through Metallostroy along Petrozavodskoye Highway - stops "on demand"
220a - Metallostroy - Kolpino, through Metallostroy passes along Petrozavodskoye Highway, Polevaya, Zheleznodorozhnaya and Central streets
220b - (m) Lomonosovskaya - Kolpino, passes through Metallostroy along Petrozavodskoye Highway - stops "on demand"
272 - (m) Rybatskoye - Metallostroy, via Polevaya, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Central (back Pionerskaya, Sadovaya)
275 - (m) Rybatskoye - Metallostroy, via Polevaya, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Central, M. Gorky, Planovaya
682 - (m) Rybatskoye - Metallostroy - Ust-Izhora - Pontoonny - Saperny - Otradnoe (5 corners) - Nikolskoye, passes through Metallostroy along Petrozavodsk Highway - stops "on demand"
commuter rail transport
Today I was brought to the village of Metallostroy on business. I left earlier to have a couple of hours to explore the area, which, in general, I did the right thing.
At least I collected a little material for the post.
1. I traveled by train from the Moskovsky station. Since Metallostroy is formally located within the city, the ticket turned out to be cheap, only 36 rubles.
The village is located on the 19th kilometer of the St. Petersburg - Volkhovstroy railway line. The station is listed under the name "Izhora", but for some reason there is another sign on the platform - "19 kilometer". This is very close to the Obukhovo station, where an equally important line to Volkhovstroy, overloaded with freight trains, separates from the main route to Moscow.
2. Crossing Ligovsky Prospekt near Moskovsky Station. The western part of the station complex is visible.
On the right is the new shopping center "Gallery", which with its back wall directly faces the railway tracks of the Moscow station. The huge shopping center was built in 2010 and is not bad, but quite good in terms of external architectural appearance. It was taken into account that this was, after all, the center of St. Petersburg. This is purely my vision, I think not everyone will agree.
You can also see a red brick house, built in 1898 as the office building of the Nikolaevsky station.
3. Western wing of the Moscow station. It was built already in the 20th century and the entrance and exit from the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station is built into it.
4. View of the old office building of the station from the side of the suburban terminal of the Moscow station.
You won't be able to get to the tracks without a ticket, unless you approach the platforms from the locomotive depot. But there is still no point, because the controllers are simply roaming around the train continuously.
5. “Sapsan” arrived from Moscow, and on our suburban part there is an electric train to Tosno station.
6. And here is my train, the final destination of which is the relatively remote Budogoshch station. And I only have to drive it for half an hour.
On the right you can see the back wall of that same Gallery shopping center, and even it is decorated with antique statues. But for some reason the ugly chain-link fence has not been removed.
7. After the Obukhovo station, we separated from the main route to Moscow and not far from the ring road we cross the main route to Moscow via a bridge, which until the Tosno station is a 3-track highway.
8. Here we are. It turns out that in the village of Metallostroy there are many late-Soviet buildings and there are even more modern ones.
But the main highlight is not this development. About her at the end.
9. Izhora station has a 4-track development, which still runs from Rybatskoye.
The movement did not take long to arrive. Freight trains traveled towards St. Petersburg at intervals of about 15 minutes.
10. Near the platform there is an old Soviet sign with the inscription “Leningrad”. So that passengers arriving in the northern capital by train, in the distant 70-80s, it becomes clear that the border of the city of three revolutions has already been crossed somewhere in these places.
Now the village of Metallostroy is administratively part of St. Petersburg. The village itself arose under Soviet rule and was built for workers at factories located nearby the city of Kolpino. Only now Kolpino is already on the Moscow railway line, and this line goes to the side and goes to Volkhovstroy through MGU. Although the distance between these two main railway lines in this place is still no more than 2 kilometers. By the way, the train stop called “Metallostroy” is located on the Moscow line.
11. There are a lot of factories and warehouses around, and there’s even a correctional colony. All these facilities have access roads from Izhora station.
By the way, the depot where the Sapsan and Lastochki are based is also nearby, but it is near the Moscow passage.
12. Electric train towards St. Petersburg.
13. Cargo under VL10 from the Mga side.
14. And one more. Behind it you can see the post of the Izhora station.
15. First of all, I decided to go to the railway bridges over the Izhora River, which are only 2 kilometers from the platform.
The old water tower is visible from all sides and clearly dominates the area of the railway station.
In fact, the building has nothing to do with the railway; it is the former “second water lift station for the Elektrosila Production Association.” Closed in 2000.
16. For some time I walked along a local asphalt road, which runs at some distance from the tracks. The very space between us was an impassable lowland, flooded with melt water.
17. The local private sector appeared, consisting of a variety of houses. From fairly well maintained to completely abandoned.
18. It seems like someone lives here, although the whole yard is littered with all kinds of garbage.
19. Old and half-abandoned passenger building of Izhora station. It was probably built during the construction of this line before the revolution.
21. But the asphalt turns sharply to the left, and straight ahead there is this dirty dirt road, which I did not dare to walk on, so as not to completely get covered in mud.
22. That’s how long it took me to reach the railway bridges across Izhora.
This is exactly the neck of the station, after which the railway to Mga becomes a 2-track.
23. Behind the railway tracks you can see the newly built plant "Power Machines - Toshiba. High-voltage transformers." Just in that direction is the city of Kolpino, famous for its enterprises, especially the old Izhora plant.
44. A cargo truck passed from the direction of Mgi. The sun was shining just right.
45. View towards St. Petersburg.
46. Summer residents are also present here.
47. That’s it, I’m returning to the village.
A modern residential complex peeks out from behind the old five-story buildings.
48. The central part of the village of Metallostroy is a workers’ village built in a characteristic post-war style. It's like Avtovo in miniature. The same Stalin buildings, only with fewer floors, most of which have been put in order and look very good.
49. Main square. By the way, there are also plenty of five-story buildings here, and in the last decades another microdistrict has been added to the part of the village that is closer to St. Petersburg, where the number of floors is even higher.
50. These Stalinist houses are in the center of the village.
51. House of Culture named after Mayakovsky.
52. Yards.
53. Renovated five-story building.
55. Kindergarten.
56. Hotel "Izhora".
59. Houses along the railway street.
A little history of the village:
The village was founded in 1931 on the basis of order No. 367 of the Supreme Council of the National Economy of the USSR dated June 16, 1931, and the first permanent residential buildings began to appear in the spring of 1932.
The original microtoponymic name of the village is “Sotsgorod”. The name “Metallostroy” appeared a little later, as reflecting the essence of this settlement - the main residents of which were the builders of the Kolpino Metallurgical Plant. On January 20, 1939, the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee issued a resolution according to which the village was included in the city limits of the village of Ust-Izhora, Kolpinsky district.
During the war, construction of the residential part of the village was suspended. The post-war years were marked by rapid growth in the construction of the village, which was carried out, among other things, by captured Germans. The streets Tsentralnaya, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Sadovaya, Shkolnaya, and Pionerskaya are clearly marked.
The central building of Metallostroy, the Mayakovsky House of Culture, appeared in the early 50s. At the time of its construction, an alley was planted from the central square to Petrozavodsk Highway along Tsentralnaya Street.
Officially, the name “Metallostroy” was assigned to the village on October 28, 1964 by the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.
58. Typical yard. Clean and cozy, there is a restored sculpture depicting a pioneer reading a book.
Today I was brought to the village of Metallostroy on business. I left earlier to have a couple of hours to explore the area, which, in general, I did the right thing.
At least I collected a little material for the post.
1. I traveled by train from the Moskovsky station. Since Metallostroy is formally located within the city, the ticket turned out to be cheap, only 36 rubles.
The village is located on the 19th kilometer of the St. Petersburg - Volkhovstroy railway line. The station is listed under the name "Izhora", but for some reason there is another sign on the platform - "19 kilometer". This is very close to the Obukhovo station, where an equally important line to Volkhovstroy, overloaded with freight trains, separates from the main route to Moscow.
2. Crossing Ligovsky Prospekt near Moskovsky Station. The western part of the station complex is visible.
On the right is the new shopping center "Gallery", which with its back wall directly faces the railway tracks of the Moscow station. The huge shopping center was built in 2010 and is not bad, but quite good in terms of external architectural appearance. It was taken into account that this was, after all, the center of St. Petersburg. This is purely my vision, I think not everyone will agree.
You can also see a red brick house, built in 1898 as the office building of the Nikolaevsky station.
3. Western wing of the Moscow station. It was built already in the 20th century and the entrance and exit from the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station is built into it.
4. View of the old office building of the station from the side of the suburban terminal of the Moscow station.
You won't be able to get to the tracks without a ticket, unless you approach the platforms from the locomotive depot. But there is still no point, because the controllers are simply roaming around the train continuously.
5. “Sapsan” arrived from Moscow, and on our suburban part there is an electric train to Tosno station.
6. And here is my train, the final destination of which is the relatively remote Budogoshch station. And I only have to drive it for half an hour.
On the right you can see the back wall of that same Gallery shopping center, and even it is decorated with antique statues. But for some reason the ugly chain-link fence has not been removed.
7. After the Obukhovo station, we separated from the main route to Moscow and not far from the ring road we cross the main route to Moscow via a bridge, which until the Tosno station is a 3-track highway.
8. Here we are. It turns out that in the village of Metallostroy there are many late-Soviet buildings and there are even more modern ones.
But the main highlight is not this development. About her at the end.
9. Izhora station has a 4-track development, which still runs from Rybatskoye.
The movement did not take long to arrive. Freight trains traveled towards St. Petersburg at intervals of about 15 minutes.
10. Near the platform there is an old Soviet sign with the inscription “Leningrad”. So that passengers arriving in the northern capital by train, in the distant 70-80s, it becomes clear that the border of the city of three revolutions has already been crossed somewhere in these places.
Now the village of Metallostroy is administratively part of St. Petersburg. The village itself arose under Soviet rule and was built for workers at factories located nearby the city of Kolpino. Only now Kolpino is already on the Moscow railway line, and this line goes to the side and goes to Volkhovstroy through MGU. Although the distance between these two main railway lines in this place is still no more than 2 kilometers. By the way, the train stop called “Metallostroy” is located on the Moscow line.
11. There are a lot of factories and warehouses around, and there’s even a correctional colony. All these facilities have access roads from Izhora station.
By the way, the depot where the Sapsan and Lastochki are based is also nearby, but it is near the Moscow passage.
12. Electric train towards St. Petersburg.
13. Cargo under VL10 from the Mga side.
14. And one more. Behind it you can see the post of the Izhora station.
15. First of all, I decided to go to the railway bridges over the Izhora River, which are only 2 kilometers from the platform.
The old water tower is visible from all sides and clearly dominates the area of the railway station.
In fact, the building has nothing to do with the railway; it is the former “second water lift station for the Elektrosila Production Association.” Closed in 2000.
16. For some time I walked along a local asphalt road, which runs at some distance from the tracks. The very space between us was an impassable lowland, flooded with melt water.
17. The local private sector appeared, consisting of a variety of houses. From fairly well maintained to completely abandoned.
18. It seems like someone lives here, although the whole yard is littered with all kinds of garbage.
19. Old and half-abandoned passenger building of Izhora station. It was probably built during the construction of this line before the revolution.
21. But the asphalt turns sharply to the left, and straight ahead there is this dirty dirt road, which I did not dare to walk on, so as not to completely get covered in mud.
22. That’s how long it took me to reach the railway bridges across Izhora.
This is exactly the neck of the station, after which the railway to Mga becomes a 2-track.
23. Behind the railway tracks you can see the newly built plant "Power Machines - Toshiba. High-voltage transformers." Just in that direction is the city of Kolpino, famous for its enterprises, especially the old Izhora plant.
44. A cargo truck passed from the direction of Mgi. The sun was shining just right.
45. View towards St. Petersburg.
46. Summer residents are also present here.
47. That’s it, I’m returning to the village.
A modern residential complex peeks out from behind the old five-story buildings.
48. The central part of the village of Metallostroy is a workers’ village built in a characteristic post-war style. It's like Avtovo in miniature. The same Stalin buildings, only with fewer floors, most of which have been put in order and look very good.
49. Main square. By the way, there are also plenty of five-story buildings here, and in the last decades another microdistrict has been added to the part of the village that is closer to St. Petersburg, where the number of floors is even higher.
50. These Stalinist houses are in the center of the village.
51. House of Culture named after Mayakovsky.
52. Yards.
53. Renovated five-story building.
55. Kindergarten.
56. Hotel "Izhora".
59. Houses along the railway street.
A little history of the village:
The village was founded in 1931 on the basis of order No. 367 of the Supreme Council of the National Economy of the USSR dated June 16, 1931, and the first permanent residential buildings began to appear in the spring of 1932.
The original microtoponymic name of the village is “Sotsgorod”. The name “Metallostroy” appeared a little later, as reflecting the essence of this settlement - the main residents of which were the builders of the Kolpino Metallurgical Plant. On January 20, 1939, the Leningrad Oblast Executive Committee issued a resolution according to which the village was included in the city limits of the village of Ust-Izhora, Kolpinsky district.
During the war, construction of the residential part of the village was suspended. The post-war years were marked by rapid growth in the construction of the village, which was carried out, among other things, by captured Germans. The streets Tsentralnaya, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Sadovaya, Shkolnaya, and Pionerskaya are clearly marked.
The central building of Metallostroy, the Mayakovsky House of Culture, appeared in the early 50s. At the time of its construction, an alley was planted from the central square to Petrozavodsk Highway along Tsentralnaya Street.
Officially, the name “Metallostroy” was assigned to the village on October 28, 1964 by the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.
58. Typical yard. Clean and cozy, there is a restored sculpture depicting a pioneer reading a book.