Architectural features of Nikolsk-Ussuriysky station at the end of the XIX – first quarter of the XX century

The article is part of a study of the architecture of the railways of the Far East and is devoted to the history of one of the most important junction stations of the Trans-Siberian Railway, a class III station in the city of Nikolsk-Ussuriysky, modern Ussuriysk in Primorsky Krai. The subject of the study is the architectural and urban planning features of the development within the boundaries of the railway exclusion zone at the station, adopted in the late XIX – early XX century. The author pays special attention to the urban planning structure of the station settlement and the analysis of projects and buildings of residential buildings for railway workers. Graphic reconstructions of residential buildings were carried out, plans for the location of tracks and buildings at the station of various periods were analyzed: from the beginning of the construction of the Trans-Siberian railway in 1891 to the first years of Soviet power. The research methods adopted in the work are based on classical general scientific methods, such as the historical method, methods of architectural analysis and graphic reconstruction. The materials used are the results of archival surveys and field surveys of the Ussuriysk railway station area conducted by the author in 2018-2024. The presented analysis is not exhaustive, due to the extremely heterogeneous nature of the available materials, however, consideration of drawings of plans for the location of tracks and buildings at the station, which were not previously published and of a utilitarian nature, allowed Ussuriysk to take a fresh look at the layout and development of the Ussuriysk, highlight the area of the railway station and note the architectural and urban planning techniques used, characteristic of other stations in the Far East the direction. A compact section of the city adjacent to the railway tracks, known as the Railway Slobodka, is considered, on the territory of which a number of objects built in the late XIX – early XX century have been preserved. The author's contribution to the research of the topic is the introduction of new materials into scientific circulation that can be used by other specialists in their scientific work.

architecture, architectural heritage, railway terminal, urban planning, The Far East, typical architecture, railway architecture, living environment, CER, The Ussuri Railway