This is one of the first sights you see tourists arriving in St. Petersburg by train. Before the October Revolution it bore the name of Znamenskoye, in honor of the church, which stood on the site of today’s metro hall. It was dismantled in 1941 and now only a label reminiscent of bygone days hanging on the building. The church was the first building constructed on even the nascent area, and only later came the railway station and the four-storey hotel with the same name, now the ” October ”. It was here originally placed a statue of Alexander III, but she did not like the Emperor that he decided to take her away, to the Marble Palace. Today, there are many projects to redevelop the area and surrounding areas, from an underground shopping center and ending Elevated Express, but how it will look menyat area, all the ideas are so far only on paper.