H2-293

The H2-293 steam locomotive, built in 1900 by the American company Richmond Locomotive Works for the Finnish railways, was acquired by the Finnish State Railways Administration in 1913. It was on this locomotive that Vladimir Lenin returned from Finland to Petrograd on October 7, 1917, with the assistance of the driver Hugo Jalava, and the trick of taking on water was repeated in Beloostrov. By 1964, a glass pavilion designed by architects P. A. Ashastin and E. V. Lokhanova was built to preserve this historical exhibit. Currently, the locomotive is installed at 6 Lenin Square in Saint Petersburg.