The old brick houses behind the railway line are hidden among tall trees. In summer, you might not even notice them at all. But in autumn or winter, when the leaves fall from the trees, the old brick walls start to attract the eye. I had intended to walk towards these houses several times, but each time something stopped me.
The beginning turned out to be mysterious and enigmatic, but in fact there are no mysteries or riddles here, everything is quite simple. These houses are located near the New Peterhof railway station. I (like millions of other visitors to Peterhof) come to Peterhof by suburban electric train. There are other modes of transport to Peterhof, including motorboats, but I like to take the train. When you get off the train and head towards the park, the old settlement is behind you, you can't see it.
When you return to the railway station after walking through the parks, you walk in the opposite direction. But at this point you are already so tired after your long walk that your main desire is to enter the train carriage and sit down in a soft chair. You humbly agree with the statement that one day to see all the sights of Peterhof is too little. Your legs are too tired to go and check out what's hiding among the trees.
I put off walking around the village behind the railway line time after time, until one morning I woke up in the mood to go and see something new to me. I wasn't expecting anything special from this place, it's not on the lists of places of interest, and I expected to see two or three old houses, no more. The reality turned out to be much more interesting.
Old brick houses lined up in rows along several streets of the settlement. Most of them were apartment blocks, but there were also a few administrative buildings. The door of one of the entrances was open, and I peeked inside to see how the staircase was decorated. Two houses on the edge of the settlement stand empty, windows boarded up, but the rest of the buildings are in pretty good condition.
All these houses were built in the early 20th century. The buildings were built according to a single project for the Caspian Infantry Regiment. But already in 1918 the regiment was disbanded. In the XX century these buildings were handed over to different departments several times. For about 15 years the Suvorov Frontier Military School was stationed here, and in memory of this period of its history the settlement received its modern name - Suvorov Township.
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| Smartphone | Google Pixel 3a |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
This is my entry for the #WednesdayWalk challenge by @tattoodjay.
