Komsomolskaya Square, Station square in Krasnoselsky District, Russia
Komsomolskaya Square forms a central transport hub in Moscow with three large terminals sharing one plaza. Leningradsky Station stands on the western side, Yaroslavsky Station on the northern side, and Kazansky Station on the southern edge of the open area.
The first railway line between Moscow and Saint Petersburg reached the city in the 1840s and made this site a key arrival point. Over the following decades the two other terminals were built to serve different regions of the expanding Russian empire.
The name honors the Komsomol youth organization that helped build Soviet infrastructure during the early 20th century. Today people use this crossing point to travel north toward Saint Petersburg, east toward Siberia and the Trans-Siberian Railway, or south through Central Asia.
Travelers will find lodging and shopping in the buildings surrounding the plaza, including a large hotel and a department store. The metro station below the square connects all three terminals directly to the city center and other parts of Moscow.
A bronze sculpture unveiled in 2003 shows Pavel Melnikov, the transport minister who led railway planning in Russia during the 19th century. The monument stands near the terminals as a reminder of the man who oversaw the first rail routes across the country.
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