There’s quite a bit of Soviet legend attached to this station. It was here that Lenin returned from exile in April, 1917, in a sealed carriage drawn by a train that was a gift from Finland. The train is displayed here in a glass pavilion. Out front, there is a majestic statue of Lenin pointing the way to a radiant future. On April 01 2009 vandals used TNT to blow a great big hole through the back of his coat, but he's since been repaired and is back to the good ol' stoic optimism.  At the entrance to the adjacent metro stop there is also an impressive mosaic of Lenin.