@bowlofchalk: In the 17th century, Vauxhall in Lambeth was a vast 'pleasure garden' where Londoners would come to hear concerts, watch acrobats, ride in hot air balloons, get drunk and partake in more dubious forms of entertainment. A guy called Michael Maddox took the concept to Russia in the late 18th century and set up something similar outside St Petersburg, which he also called Vauxhall, but got Russianised to 'Vokzal'. The first railway in Russia ran from the capital to the Vokzal pleasure garden and so they called the station Vokzal and it's been the name for a railway station in Russian ever since. #londonwalkingtours #londontours #londonguide #walkingtour #funfact #funfacts #trivia #london #history #londonhistory #vauxhall #vokzal #railway #station #pleasuregarden #stpetersburg #russia #russian #language #russianlanguage #englishtorussian #theatre #hotairballoon #entertainment #pleasure #lambeth

bowlofchalk
bowlofchalk
Open In TikTok:
Region: GB
Thursday 21 September 2023 08:57:29 GMT
62203
3571
94
657

Music

Download

Comments

janusz037
janusz037 :
it's not pronounced like that at all though btw
2023-09-21 12:46:32
209
alina_rudya
RUDYA :
Vokzal comes from German Volk Saal - meaning „people‘s hall“, basically hall with lots of people🤷🏼‍♀️
2023-09-24 08:37:54
70
53nt1m3nt4l
53nt1m3nt4l :
super interesting, btw вокзал is pronounced ‘vakzahl’ because the stress is on the ‘a’, and in russian, all unstressed ‘o’s are pronounced ‘a’
2023-09-21 14:23:25
64
ostrovshka
ostrovshka :
Cannot possibly be true!
2023-09-21 14:40:27
14
wishbone.strange
Wishbone Strange :
Did not know that. Thank you 👍
2023-09-21 11:21:02
14
im.g_man
im.g_man :
The gardens were in the old Manor called Fox Hall.
2023-09-21 14:56:34
10
craighewitt60
Craig Hewitt 1960 :
I live in Vauxhall, cool story
2023-09-21 12:09:02
7
juliakritski
Julia K :
Вокзал is actually nothing to do with Vauxhall. Two near by Bolshoy theatre streets are called Vokzhalniy in memory, but not all train stations 😂
2023-09-21 15:20:09
4
mrlightnin
MrLightnin :
was it only for the elites? or everyone could go?
2023-09-21 09:59:26
4
alekskozonov
Aleks Kozonov :
интересно
2023-09-22 16:58:15
3
matt_maciek
Matt :
Many Vauxhalls in Europe, it seems: There’s a ‘Foksal’ street in central Warsaw - it was once a garden also named after Vauxhall in the 18th century
2023-09-21 12:51:29
3
zoyzone
Dr Zoyander Street :
So Vokzal is to train stations in Russia what katsu is to curry sauce in the UK
2023-09-21 11:57:55
3
martinballtiktok
Martin Ball883 :
Oh this is excellent information. Top tier chalk bowling.
2023-09-21 10:42:00
3
adalar00
Adalar00 :
very close. vok-zal BTW zal means hall
2023-09-24 09:37:47
2
cmbend
cmbend :
I’m sure I read somewhere that wafer thin ham was invented by/ a speciality at Vauxhall gardens. Wish I could remember useful things instead.
2023-09-23 02:01:14
2
denisz792
Denis 792 :
That’s just not true.
2023-09-22 20:02:28
2
jcmb241
Jude :
Fascinating! It'd be nice if there was a pleasure garden in Vauxhall now, instead of a gigantic building site!😁
2023-09-22 19:15:04
2
oskejansons
Oske 🪳 :
"Vak-zal" where "zal" means hall
2023-09-22 08:16:34
2
dagonish
dagonish :
Вокза́л 😳
2023-09-22 07:55:38
2
nowaknik
user648020948028 :
Ruzzia is a terrorist state
2023-09-21 19:34:21
2
vava369avav
Vava369avaV :
That’s not true though your imagination is great …
2023-09-25 17:28:28
1
jiffafox
Whabruh :
It’s vokzAl. The stress is on the a
2023-09-25 14:24:15
1
genesisfurl
Genesis Furl :
What's the top secret building
2023-09-24 11:54:03
1
userpilvikirsi
The Mad Hatter :
vakzal, not voksoll
2023-09-24 08:58:27
1
authorapp
Author word processor for Mac :
I’m afraid this has been debunked
2023-09-22 22:53:16
1
To see more videos from user @bowlofchalk, please go to the Tikwm homepage.

Other Videos


About