Orsha railway station

Orsha railway station. The first railway station at Orsha station was built in 1871 with the introduction of the Moscow-Brest railway line. The station building was wooden. In 1912 a new station building was built. Concrete two-storey rectangular building on the west and east side had two 4-sided columns with a jagged parapet.

In the mid-30s of the XX century, passenger traffic through Orsha increased significantly, there was a need to expand the station. A project for the completion of the station was developed, and during the three pre-war years some work on the interior planning and decoration, as well as the external arrangement, was carried out. During the Great Patriotic War, the station building was partially destroyed. In 1944, the restoration of the station building in accordance with the original project began. At the end of 1947 the station was completely restored.

According to the plan of the architect N. I. Tumanskaya, significant changes were made to its architectural and artistic design, a monument to K. S. Zaslonov was erected on the project of A. I. Azgur.

In 1953, the station building was completed, the second floor was built on the western and eastern sides. In the western part of the Orsha station in 1973, a glazed room was built, in which the announcer's office was located.

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