The station was opened on 15 November 1955, as a part of the first stage of Saint Petersburg Metro from Avtovo to Ploschad Vosstania.

The station has one concourse, located at Ploshchad Stachek, at the corner of Staro-Peterhofskiy Prospekt and Ivan Chernyh Street.

The wall of the vestibule was planned to be decorated with the engraving of the following quote of Stalin: —Joseph StalinOver the escalator run there is a relief reading "Glory to Work!"

The underground hall of the pylon station was built under the direction of architects Alexander Vasilev, David Goldgor, Sergey Speransky, and engineer O. V. Ivanova.

Fluorescent lamps on consecutive arches of the ceiling illuminate the central hall, merging in the distance to create the impression of a continuous shiny surface.

Sidewalls of the pylons of the central underground hall are decorated with high reliefs depicting people of different professions: The 2.5-kilometre (1.6 mi) run between Narvskaya and Kirovsky Zavod stations is the longest on the initial stage of the Saint Petersburg Metro.

[citation needed] The first stage of Saint Petersburg Metro was laid practically on an existing branch of a tram.

In 2007, the Administration of the underground announced the full closure of close the station on 2010 due to reparations and replacement of escalators.

[citation needed] On summer 2009, informations of the project approval were published and plans specified the middle of 2010 as the beginning of work.