Finland Station

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Finland Station is a railway terminal in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) historically famous as the arrival point of Vladimir Lenin in 1917, where he presented the April Theses that helped spark the Bolshevik Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railway station
railway terminal
alsoKnownAs Finlyandsky Station
Finlyandsky railway station
architect P. S. Kupinsky
associatedWith Bolshevik Party
October Revolution
linked to: Russian Revolution

Vladimir Lenin
cityServed Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
connectsTo Helsinki Central Station
Vyborg railway station
country Russia
culturalSignificance site commemorated in Soviet art and propaganda
hasFeature clock tower
glass facade
large station hall
hasMonument Lenin’s armored car monument
statue of Vladimir Lenin
hasNameInRussian Финля́ндский вокза́л
hasNearbyMetroStation Lenin Square station (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Ploshchad Lenina metro station
hasService Allegro train service
domestic passenger service
international passenger service
suburban commuter service
hasStructure multiple platforms
multiple tracks
station square
terminal station building
hasTransportMode high-speed rail
long-distance rail
rail
suburban rail
heritageStatus important historical site of the Russian Revolution
historicalEventSite Lenin’s April Theses presentation
Russian Revolution of 1917 (Bolshevik Revolution)
linked to: Russian Revolution

arrival of Vladimir Lenin in April 1917
locatedIn Petrograd
linked to: Leningrad

Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, Russia
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Leningrad Oblast
locatedInDistrict Vyborgsky District, Saint Petersburg
locatedInTimePeriod Russian Empire
Russian Federation
linked to: Russia

Soviet Union
locatedNear Neva River
locatedOn Neva River (right bank)
namedAfter Finland
opened 1870
openingDate 1870-09-01
operator Russian Railways
originalOwner Finland Railway
owner Russian Railways
partOf Saint Petersburg railway network
politicalSignificance symbol of the beginning of Bolshevik rule in Russia
railwayLineServed Saint Petersburg–Helsinki railway
Saint Petersburg–Vyborg line
reconstructed 1950s

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April Theses placeOfPresentation Finland Station