Culture "(Koltsevaya line) is located in the very center of Moscow. Both among native Muscovites and among people who visit the capital occasionally, it is difficult to find those who are not familiar with it. This is not surprising, since we are talking about one of the oldest stations of the Moscow Metro , which came into operation along with the Circle Line. But we should not forget that it began with the Park Kultury station. It opened back in 1935 as the final station
Symbol of its time
The name for the station was chosen from several options, such as the bridge "and" Chudovka ". But the determining factor was the location on the opposite bank of culture. The metro is located at a considerable distance from it, but it was believed that it was to this object that the main flow of passengers would be directed. For a long time the station was called "Gorky Park of Culture". Fundamental changes in the subway scheme took place in 1950, with the commissioning of the Circle Line of the subway, one of the stations of which is "Park Kultury". The metro received a whole network of interchange nodes located along of the entire Garden Ring. And the Park Kultury station became a transfer station, connecting the Koltsevaya and Sokolnicheskaya metro lines. Now there are many complaints about such a scheme, its irrationality, but at that time such a decision was fully justified.
In architectural terms, the station is an excellent example of its era and is on the same stylistic level as other stations on the Circle Line. It was precisely such spectacular imperial splendor, according to Stalin's plan, that Moscow should have been distinguished. Metro "Park Kultury" gives a very visual representation of this style. This is a three-vaulted pylon station of deep laying. The combination of two stations of different lines, radial and ring, was very successfully solved. They do not contradict one another, despite the 15 years separating them. Contrasting grades of marble and sculptural marble bas-reliefs in the style of workers' recreation in the park are used in the decoration.
It is interesting to note that both the complete rejection of this style and the absurd attempts to imitate it were not successful. In the Moscow metro, especially in its peripheral part, there is a lot of evidence of this. Apparently, the era cannot be repeated.
On the surface of the earth
The metro station "Park Kultury" has long and organically blended into Moscow reality. Its lobbies will lead us to Krymskaya Square and Zubovsky Boulevard, nearby is the old Ostozhenka Street with the most expensive real estate in the center of Moscow. This place is always crowded, both in lobbies and passages, and on the surface of the earth. An endless flow of passengers is sent to different parts of the city through the interchange station and to the city center along Ostozhenka. A lot of people move across the Crimean bridge to the historical Park of Culture. The metro performs the task for which it was built in the thirties of the last century.
Three-span shallow station with one island platform.
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Sokolnicheskaya line |
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| Area | Khamovniki |
| county | CAO |
| opening date | May 15 |
| Project name | Crimean, Crimean area |
| Former names | Gorky Park of Culture (until the 1960s) |
| Renaming projects | Ostozhenka (), Crimean bridge () |
| Type | Column three-span shallow |
| Depth, m | 10,5 |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| platform type | insular |
| platform shape | straight |
| Architects | G. T. Krutikov, V. S. Popov |
| lobby architects | northern: N. Ya. Colli and S. G. Andrievsky; southern (up to a year, not preserved): G. T. Krutikov, V. S. Popov |
| The station was built | Distance No. 8 of Mosmetrostroy (headed by S. Fradkin) |
| Station transitions | 05 Culture Park |
| Out to the streets | Ostozhenka, Komsomolsky prospect, Zubovsky boulevard |
| Ground transport | Tb : 28, : A, B, M, T10, T79, S1 |
| Working mode | 5:30-1:00 |
| Station code | 013, PC |
| Nearby stations | Frunzenskaya And Kropotkinskaya |
| Media files at Wikimedia Commons | |
History and origin of the name
The design names of the station - Krymskaya and Krymskaya Ploshchad - are associated with the laying of a new highway planned in the General Plan for the Reconstruction of Moscow - the Vostochny Luch, which runs from the Palace of Soviets along the Ostozhenka line to the southwestern outskirts of the city and forms at the intersection with Sadovoye ring a large area with a working title Crimean. Initially, four exits were planned from the station - at all corners of the intersection of the East Beam with the Garden Ring, however, by the start of the first line, only two pavilions were built at diagonal corners.
In 1991, the station was proposed to be renamed Ostozhenka.
Vestibules and transfers
There are two ground vestibules. Through the north (architects N. Ya. Kolli and S. G. Andrievsky), decorated with a mosaic panel depicting Maxim Gorky, you can go to Ostozhenka Street, through the south (common with the station of the same name on the Circle Line) - to Komsomolsky Prospekt and Zubovsky Boulevard.
The southern vestibule by G. T. Krutikov and V. S. Popov, which has not survived to this day, was rebuilt in 1998, white and gray marble, polished oak were used in its decoration. The pavilion was designed in the same style as the underground hall, designed by the same architects. In its place, a common lobby was built with the Park Kultury station of the Circle Line, through which you can transfer to it.
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Technical specifications
The design of the station is a shallow three-span column (laying depth - 10.5 meters). The station has two rows of 23 columns with a step of 7 meters. Behind the station there are turnaround dead ends, sometimes used (in addition to the main purpose) for maintenance and overnight stay of trains.
Decor
The design of the hall was designed by architects G. T. Krutikov and V. S. Popov according to the design scheme set by the project of N. A. Bykova and I. G. Taranov at the Sokolniki station - the main difference was in the decoration, which was carried out more "warm" in shade materials.
The square columns are covered with Crimean yellow-brown marble-like limestone. The floor is paved with black granite (originally the coating was asphalt). The track walls are lined with white ceramic tiles. White and gray marble, red metlakh tiles were also used in the decoration. The station is illuminated by fluorescent lamps located in the center of the hall (until the 1960s, there were original chandeliers in place of the current lamps, and semicircular lamps were located above the tracks, which disappeared along with the chandeliers).
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Station in numbers
| By even numbers | Weekdays days |
Weekend days |
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| By odd numbers | ||
| towards the station "Kropotkinskaya" |
05:52:00 | 05:52:00 |
| 05:52:00 | 05:52:00 | |
| towards the station "Frunzenskaya" |
05:46:00 | 05:46:00 |
| 05:46:00 | 05:46:00 |
2010 terrorist attack
see also
Notes
- Architecture of Moscow 1933-1941 / Author-comp. N. N. Bronovitskaya. - M. : Art-XXI century, 2015. - S. 237. - 320 p. - (Architectural monuments of Moscow). - 2500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-98051-121-0.
St.m. Park Kultury (Sokolnicheskaya line) July 27th, 2015
"Well, how does it work?
Something in life is messed up cunningly
To harness you I'm leaving in the morning
From Sokolniki to the Park by metro"
In this "song of the old cabman" is the whole essence of the arrival of a new type of transport in Moscow. Today, the metro in Moscow is one of the fastest ways to travel around the city. And it all started with a small section of the "red" branch 80 years ago. Today we will walk along the metro station "Park Kultury".
First, let's dive into archival photos. TTX of the station.
Initially, when the station opened in 1935, it had two vestibules - one northern, which still exists, and the southern one, which was dismantled when it became necessary to build a combined vestibule for the Sokolnicheskaya and Koltsevaya line stations. The same story happened at the metro station. Komsomolskaya. It's great that a sufficient number of photographs of the dismantled pavilion have been preserved. It's a sin not to look.
The pavilion is rectangular in plan, unlike the round one next to it. There are huge letters "M" at the top. I assume that this is how Muscovites were touted in the subway. The transport was new and unusual. And the big letters can be seen from afar. Indirect confirmation of this is that later these large letters were removed everywhere. A huge letter and there on the right. Maybe this is a shooting from the opening of the first stage?
And I am also pleased with the doors with wooden layouts - very cool.
Pavilion inside. Surprisingly, there are very few photographs of the insides of pavilions and lobbies. Therefore, it is very pleasing when you find something like that.
From the inside, the ceiling is arched with deep caissons. It reminds me of the arch of the Kropotkinskaya pavilion. Still here are the same as at the station balusters of the fence. Well, once again - cool doors.
Another view. Beauty. It is interesting that there are no railings on the stairs - now this is of course unacceptable.
This vestibule has been preserved. The lamp, pay attention further, is the same as at the station. The floor is made of tiles, of course, now there is stone. In general, it is interesting how over time, as statistics on various finishing materials accumulated, some materials were replaced by others. So the tile was completely ousted from the stations over time. From the floors in the first place, and then from the track walls.
The second pavilion has reached us. However, not quite in its original form. For example, here you can see lamps balls between the columns. The columns originally did not have a dark plinth finish, and the doors were wooden.
And here is the pavilion in the historical photo of Arkady Shaikhet during the Great Patriotic War.
Lobby. Previously, there were lamps in round niches on the ceiling. Pay attention again, the same as the lamps above the tracks at the station itself. Now the pattern on the ceiling seems strange, there are no lamps now.
As they would say now - a render. Architectural drawing. Quite wonderful lamps in the middle. On the side, the lamps are simpler in octagonal rosettes, echoing the shape of the caissons of the lost pavilion.
And here is the implementation. In principle, almost everything has passed from drawing to life, except perhaps for sockets on the ceiling for lamps. The floor is asphalted. The edge of the platform is marked with a white line.
Pay attention to the decoration of the walls. Now the tiles are different.
And the decoration of the capitals of the columns. It seems that she is still light, and not like now. It's funny, here you can see that the corner of the stone in the decoration of the lower part of the column is chipped off. They didn’t change it, they just covered the corner with cement. =)
1. Now the station has one ground pavilion of the underground vestibule, as well as a combined vestibule with the station of the Circle Line.
2. The pavilion is very concise and small.
3. The pavilions of many stations of the first stage were essentially covers, above the stairs leading to the underground vestibule.
4. Inside the pavilion there is only a staircase down. On the wall opposite the entrance group there is a panel depicting Gorky. Actually, the station is named after the Park of Culture and Recreation. Gorky. Although you still have to go to the park itself and go through the Crimean bridge.
5. Walkers are arranged along the upper cornice to access the windows. At the bottom right, by the way, an opening is visible in the cornice, probably in this place you can put a ladder and climb up.
6. Only two doors for entry and exit. Apparently planned quite a small passenger flow.
7. We go down to the lobby.
8. The original tiles on the floor and relief elements on the ceiling have been preserved here. As soon as I took this photo, a subway employee approached me and asked me not to shoot here. I told him that you can shoot anywhere, but he was adamant. I did not argue with this strange man and moved on. This is the first such case for all my time filming at the Moscow metro station. By the way, the ceiling without lamps looks strange, the lamps are now ugly, they are placed around the perimeter.
9. We pass through the validators further, stairs with a fence with real classic balusters lead to the station.
10. There is one more exit at the station in the combined lobby of the metro station. Park of Culture Sokolnicheskaya and Koltsevaya lines.
11. A small anteroom in front of the escalators.
12. Authentic lamps have been preserved here - beauty.
13. On this escalator we get to the ground lobby. There is also a transition to the station "" Circle Line.
14. Another staircase in the center of the hall, there is a passage to the exit to the pavilion. This is apparently done so that passenger flows do not meet. Although all the same, everyone ends up in one tiny underground lobby and the same tiny ground pavilion.
15. From above you can watch the arriving trains.
16. The track wall is traditionally tiled. The tile is white, pyramid-shaped. The same, for example, at st.m. (Circle line). But this is not a native finish, look at archival photos. Initially, it was completely different.
17. The main decor of the station is the columns, as on the centipedes of the 60s and 70s. The station itself is shallow, columned three-span. Unfortunately, the original lamps have not been preserved. Moreover, the lamps above the tracks were also removed, which makes the station seem somewhat dark. It is strange that the desire to preserve the original architectural appearance of classic metro stations often does not extend to the preservation of the lamps originally laid by the architects, and sometimes the lighting scheme of the station changes altogether. And this also affects, and not in the best way, the perception of the original, authentic architecture, since under the ground the only source of light, just the same, are these same lamps, there are no windows here. The original lamps were lost in the 60s. Also, judging by the archival photos (it’s a pity that they are black and white), it seems that the capitals of the columns were not, as they are now, golden in color, but light in tone with the balusters.
18. Stair railing - classic railing, as if taken from some palace or estate.
19. Staircase at the end of the station. By the way, although the lamps are not authentic, they are in their original form.
20. Under the stairs. There is nothing interesting here, some kind of door to the office.
21. There is no illumination above the paths, there is illumination only in the central hall. The ceiling seems boring, obviously the lamps need to be returned.
22. Let's take another look at the station and ladders.
23. ...and below. There is some kind of elusive charm and style in the stations of the first stage. There is no pomposity of the stations of the Circle Line built later, and the simplicity of the stations built on the wave of the struggle against architectural excesses. I would like, for example, the same "Park of Culture" to be restored, brought to its original form. The tile on the track wall was corrected, the native lighting was returned. And maybe they would remove from the lobby all these kiosks with a seal, screening devices and other rubbish that spoils the overall historical appearance.
P.S.
All archive photos found on a wonderful site
There is a cultural park over the river,
I walk in it and spit only in the bins I,
But you, of course, do not understand, there, behind the stove,
Because you are uncultured darkness.
V. Vysotsky 1966
TsPKiO them. Gorky or simply Gorky Park (in anti-Soviet “Park of Culture named after Rest”) is a very famous place in Moscow. Although it is located near the city center, the search query “how to get to Gorky Park” is very common in Yandex. To meet the needs of inexperienced tourists, we offer a detailed photo guide with instructions on how to find the treasured park not on the plan, but on the ground in Moscow. At the same time, we attach maps and reveal several ways to reach point B (Gorky Park) from various points A.
Method 1. How to get to Gorky Park by car
The option is quite possible. The address should be put in the navigator - Krymsky Val, 9. This method is good on a weekday.
On weekends and holidays, the parking lot in front of Gorky Park is full of cars, it is very difficult to find a free place there. Unless you arrive early in the morning.
Method 2. How to get to Gorky Park by metro
There are options here.
Option a.
The most convenient and shortest way to get to Gorky Park: from the metro station Oktyabrskaya ring road.
Leaving the train car, we focus on the sign: “exit to the city to Kaluga Square and to Leninsky Prospekt”. The street Shabolovka mentioned on the index does not interest us.
We go up the escalator, go out into the street and see the lively Kaluga Square with a monument to Lenin.
Immediately turn left and after a few steps left again. The sign tells you to go straight ahead. But not 600 meters, to the entrance to the park - 250 meters.
Option b.
You can get to Gorky Park from the station metro station Oktyabrskaya radial.
I would advise you to immediately go to the ring line and go into the city from the ring line, go closer from there.
But just in case, I’ll tell you how to get from the radial to the desired point B, that is, to Gorky Park. We leave the city at the sign "Kaluga Square and Bolshaya Yakimanka Street."
We go upstairs, we go out to Bolshaya Yakimanka street.
We need to cross Yakimanka through the underpass. Turn left and after a few steps you will see an underground passage.
You need to exit it to the left. As soon as you go up, there will be a Japanese restaurant on your right.
You will reach the corner of the restaurant, look to the right into the distance. You will see the fence of Gorky Park.
You need to cross the wide street (Garden Ring). Focus on the brown building MISiS (Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys).
At the ground crossing, after waiting for the green signal of the traffic light, cross the road.
When you cross the street, immediately turn right.
It is already very close to Gorky Park, now you only need to go straight ahead.
Option c.
How to get to Gorky Park from the metro station Park of culture roundabout.
There is only one exit to the city at this station. We follow the sign "exit to the city".
Having risen on the escalator upward, we find ourselves in the ground vestibule of the station.
Here we will stop and wait for those who used the red line and got off at the Radial Park Kultury station.
Option g.
Walk to Gorky Park from the metro station Park Kultury radial.
We focus on the sign ""transition to the ring line".
You need to climb up the stairs in the center of the hall.
And go down the narrow corridor.
Climb up the escalator.
And you will find yourself in the ground lobby of the station.
Here we are already waiting for those who came along the circle line.
Together we leave the doors to the light of God. In front of us is Zubovsky Boulevard, on its opposite side there are low gray old buildings. These are former grocery stores, but we only need them as a guide.
There is a trolleybus stop on our side of the boulevard. You can wait for trolleybus B or 10 and drive one stop across the Crimean bridge. But I promised to take you on foot. Therefore, we turn right. In front of us is an overpass.
You need to go under it and cross the road at THREE traffic lights. First one.
Then the second.
Once you have crossed the road at the second traffic light, turn left immediately. Look on the opposite side of the road for a traffic light. (Landmark - Katkov Lyceum Diplomatic Academy). The zebra crossing is NOT marked, there is a road sign “crossing” and a traffic light. While waiting, the traffic light is red.
Now you can, the green light is on.
We crossed the road and immediately turn right, onto the Crimean bridge.
Now everything is simple - just straight. You will see from the bridge.
As an option for a walk from the center, we suggest going to Gorky Park from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. I can’t orient myself in time, Zlydsky Google drew complete nonsense. Here is a homegrown diagram.
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