The Perlovskaya Platform is a passenger platform on the Yaroslavl line of the Moscow Railroad in Mytishchi. It is located in the city district of the same name in the Moscow Region. This platform became the first stop on this direction outside Moscow. The station is located near houses of the former dacha (summer house) community Perlovka that is now a district of Mytishchi.
In the mid-19th century, railways were actively built all across Russia. Two most influential merchants and businessmen Ivan Mamontov and Vasily Kokorev, who made their fortune on wine tax-farming, decided to invest in a railroad from Moscow to Sergiyev Posad. The intense flow of pilgrims to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius inspired hope in the success of this enterprise. And their calculations proved correct. In 1858, they drafted a project. In 1859, the tsar issues the supreme order approving the Charter of the ‘Society of Moscow-Yaroslavl Railway’.
The Perlovskaya Platform was opened in 1898 for the Perlovka dacha community. The community was founded around 1864 by the honorary citizen coming from a famous dynasty of tea merchants Vasily Perlov. After Vasily Perlov passed away, his brothers Nikolai and Ivan inherited the estate.
Cars were separated into three classes. Third-class cars were for the masses and composed the major part of all railway cars in Russia. These cars were attached at the rear of the train. A first-class ticket cost two rubles, a second-class ticket was 1.5 rubles, and a third-class ticket was available fot 80 kopecks. Back in the days, it wasn’t cheap at all. Third-class Mytishchi was the first station on the way from Moscow. Later, other stations followed.
Perlovka was situated 12 versts (or 12.8 kilometers) away from Moscow. Typically, residents of Perlovka who lived there did not use seats in the railcars, instead savoring the picturesque vistas of their community from the vestibules. In 1897, a report in a newspaper decribed his trip on a train to Perlovka like this:
In the mid-19th century, railways were actively built all across Russia. Two most influential merchants and businessmen Ivan Mamontov and Vasily Kokorev, who made their fortune on wine tax-farming, decided to invest in a railroad from Moscow to Sergiyev Posad. The intense flow of pilgrims to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius inspired hope in the success of this enterprise. And their calculations proved correct. In 1858, they drafted a project. In 1859, the tsar issues the supreme order approving the Charter of the ‘Society of Moscow-Yaroslavl Railway’.
The Perlovskaya Platform was opened in 1898 for the Perlovka dacha community. The community was founded around 1864 by the honorary citizen coming from a famous dynasty of tea merchants Vasily Perlov. After Vasily Perlov passed away, his brothers Nikolai and Ivan inherited the estate.
Cars were separated into three classes. Third-class cars were for the masses and composed the major part of all railway cars in Russia. These cars were attached at the rear of the train. A first-class ticket cost two rubles, a second-class ticket was 1.5 rubles, and a third-class ticket was available fot 80 kopecks. Back in the days, it wasn’t cheap at all. Third-class Mytishchi was the first station on the way from Moscow. Later, other stations followed.
Perlovka was situated 12 versts (or 12.8 kilometers) away from Moscow. Typically, residents of Perlovka who lived there did not use seats in the railcars, instead savoring the picturesque vistas of their community from the vestibules. In 1897, a report in a newspaper decribed his trip on a train to Perlovka like this:
