St.m. Park Kultury (Sokolnicheskaya line) July 27th, 2015

"Well, how does it only work out
Something in life got messed up cunningly
To harness you, I leave in the morning
From Sokolniki to Park by metro "

This "song of the old cab" is all the 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. It all started with a small section of the "red" branch 80 years ago. Today we will walk through the Park Kultury metro station.

First, let's dive into archived photos. TTX station.

Initially, when the station opened in 1935, it had two lobbies - one northern, which still exists today, and the southern one, which was dismantled when it became necessary to build a combined lobby for the Sokolnicheskaya and Koltsevaya line stations. The same story happened at the metro station. "Komsomolskaya". It is great that a sufficient number of photographs of the dismantled pavilion have survived. It's a sin not to look.

The pavilion is rectangular in plan, in contrast to the round adjacent one. Above there are huge letters "M" I suppose that this is how Muscovites were called to the subway. The transport was new and unusual. And 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 to 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 photos of the interior of the pavilions and lobbies. Therefore, it is very happy when you find something like that.

From the inside, the ceiling is arched with deep caissons. It resembles the arch of the Kropotkinskaya pavilion. There are also the same railings as at the station. Well, again - steep doors.

Another view. The beauty. It is interesting that there are no railings on the stairs - now this is certainly unacceptable.

This entrance hall has survived. The lamp, pay attention further, is the same as at the station. The floor is made of tiles, of course there is now a stone. In general, it is interesting how over time, as statistics on different 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 come down to us. However, not quite in its original form. For example, you can see lamps and balls between the columns. The columns initially did not have dark plinth trim, and the doors were wooden.

And here is the pavilion in the historical photo of Arkady Shaikhet during the Great Patriotic War.

Lobby. Earlier, there were lamps in round niches on the ceiling. Note again, the same as the lights above the tracks at the station itself. Now the drawing on the ceiling seems strange, there are no lamps now.

As they would say now - 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's the implementation. In principle, almost everything has passed from drawing to life, except perhaps the sockets on the ceiling under the lamps. The floor is asphalted. The edge of the platform is marked with a white line.

Pay attention to the wall decoration. Now the tile is different.

And the decoration of the column capitals. It seems that it is still light, and not like it is now. It's funny, here you can see that a corner has been chipped off at the stone in the finish of the lower part of the column. They did not change it, they just covered the corner with cement. =)

1. Now the station has one ground pavilion of the underground lobby, as well as a combined lobby with the station of the Circle Line.

2. The pavilion is very laconic and small.

3. The pavilions of many stations of the first stage were essentially cover-ups, above the staircases leading to the underground vestibule.

4. There is only a staircase inside the pavilion. On the opposite entrance group wall there is a panel with the image of Gorky. Actually, the station is named in honor of the Park of Culture and Rest. Gorky. Although you still have to walk and walk across the Crimean bridge all the way to the park.

5. On the upper cornice walkways are arranged for access to the windows. At the bottom right, by the way, you can see an opening in the cornice, probably in this place you can put a ladder and climb up.

6. A total of two doors for entry and exit. Apparently, a very small passenger traffic was planned.

7. We go downstairs to the lobby.

8. The original tiles on the floor and relief elements on the ceiling have been preserved. As soon as I took this photo, an employee of the subway approached me and asked me not to take pictures here. I told him that you can shoot anywhere, but he was adamant. I did not argue with this strange man and went on. This is the first such case in all my time filming at the Moscow metro station. By the way, the ceiling looks strange without lamps, the lamps are ugly now, 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. The station has another exit in the combined lobby of the metro station. Park Kultury Sokolnicheskaya and Koltsevaya lines.

11. A small front door in front of the escalators.

12. Authentic lamps have been preserved here - beauty.

13. This escalator takes us to the ground lobby. There is also a transition to the station of the 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 an equally tiny ground pavilion.

15. From above you can watch the arriving trains.

16. The track wall is traditionally tiled. The tile is white, in the form of a "pyramid". The same, for example, at the metro station. (Circle line). But this is not a native finish, take a look at the archival photos. Initially, it was completely different.

17. The main decor of the station is the columns, as on centipedes of the 60s, 70s. The station itself is shallow, with three-span columns. Unfortunately, the original lamps have not survived. Moreover, the lamps above the tracks were also removed, which makes the station seem a little darkish. 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 station lighting scheme changes altogether. And this also affects not in the best way on the perception of the original, authentic architecture, since underground the only source of light is precisely these lamps, there are no windows here. The original fixtures 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 golden as they are now, but light to match the balusters.

18. Staircase railings - classic railings, as if taken from some palace or manor.

19. Staircase at the end of the station. By the way, although the lamps are not authentic, they are in themselves of an original form.

20. Under the stairs. There is nothing interesting here, some kind of door to the service room.

21. There is no illumination above the paths, there is only illumination in the central hall. The ceiling seems boring, obviously the fixtures need to be returned.

22. Take another look at the station and the ladders.

23. ... and below. The stations of the first stage have some subtle charm and style. There is no pompousness of the stations of the Circle Line built later, and the simplicity of stations built on the wave of the struggle against architectural excesses. I would like, for example, the same "Park Kultury" to be restored, brought to its original form. We fixed the tiles on the track wall, returned the native lighting. And maybe they would remove from the lobby all these stalls with seals, inspection devices and other junk that spoils the overall historical appearance.

P.S.
All archived photos were found on a wonderful site

Culture "(Ring Line) is located in the very center of Moscow. Both among the 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 went into operation together with the Circle Line.

The symbol of its time

The name for the station was chosen from several options, such as "Bridge" and "Chudovka". But the determining factor was located on the opposite bank of the culture. The metro is located at a considerable distance from it, but it was believed that the main flow of passengers would be directed to this object. For a long time, the station was called “Gorky Park of Culture.” Fundamental changes in the metro scheme took place in 1950, with the commissioning of the Metro Circle Line, one of the stations of which is Park Kultury. The Park Kultury station became an interchange station, connecting the Koltsevaya and Sokolnicheskaya metro lines.

In architectural terms, the station is an excellent example of its era and stands in the same stylistic row with other stations of the Circle Line. It was precisely this spectacular imperial splendor, according to Stalin's plan, that Moscow should have distinguished itself. Metro "Park Kultury" gives a very clear idea of ​​this style. This is a deep pylon three-vaulted station. The combination of two stations of different lines, radial and circular, was quite successfully solved. They do not contradict each other, despite the 15 years separating them. The decoration uses contrasting grades of marble and sculptural marble bas-reliefs in the style of recreation of workers in the park.

It is interesting to note that both the complete denial of this style and the ridiculous attempts to imitate it were unsuccessful. There is a lot of evidence of this in the Moscow metro, especially in its peripheral part. Apparently, the era cannot be repeated.

On the surface of the earth

The Park Kultury metro station has long and organically blended into Moscow's 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 the lobbies and passages, and on the surface of the earth. An endless flow of passengers is directed to different points of the city through the transfer 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 fulfills the task for which it was built in the thirties of the last century.

Three-aisle shallow station with one island platform.

"Park of Culture"
Sokolnicheskaya line
Moscow subway
District	Khamovniki
County	CAD
opening date	May 15 of the year
Project title	Crimean, Crimean area
Former names	Gorky Park of Culture (until the 1960s)
Renaming projects	Ostozhenka (), Crimean bridge ()
Type of	Column three-span shallow
Depth of laying, 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. Collie and S. G. Andrievsky; southern (up to a year, not preserved): G. T. Krutikov, V. S. Popov
The station was erected	Distance number 8 Mosmetrostroy (head S. Fradkin)
Station transitions	05 Culture Park
Exit to the streets	Ostozhenka, Komsomolsky prospect, Zubovsky boulevard
Land transport	TB: 28,: A, B, M, T10, T79, S1
Working hours	5:30-1:00
Station code	013, PC
Neighboring stations	Frunzenskaya and Kropotkinskaya
Media files at Wikimedia Commons

History and origin of the name

The project names of the station - "Krymskaya" and "Krymskaya Ploschad" - are associated with the construction of a new highway, planned in the General Plan for the reconstruction of Moscow - "Vostochnaya Ray", 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 Vostochny Ray with the Garden Ring, however, for the launch of the first line, only two pavilions were built at the diagonal corners.

In 1991, the station was proposed to be renamed Ostozhenka

Lobbies and transfers

There are two ground lobbies. Through the northern (architects N.Ya. Kolli and S.G. Andrievsky), decorated with a mosaic panel depicting Maxim Gorky, you can go to Ostozhenka Street, through the southern (common with the station of the same name of the Ring Line) - to Komsomolsky Prospekt and Zubovsky Boulevard.

The southern vestibule, which has not survived to this day, by G. T. Krutikov and V. S. Popov, was rebuilt in a year, 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 station "Park Kultury" of the Circle Line, through which you can transfer to it.

Technical specifications

The design of the station is a shallow three-span column (the depth of the station is 10.5 meters). There are two rows of 23 columns at the station 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 stays of trains.

Registration

The decoration of the hall was made according to the project of architects G. T. Krutikov and V. S. Popov according to the constructive scheme given by the project of N. A. Bykova and I. G. Taranov at the station "Sokolniki" - the main difference was in the decoration, which was carried out more Materials "warm" in shade.

The square columns are covered with Crimean yellow-brown marbled limestone. The floor is paved with black granite (originally the surface was asphalt). The track walls are faced with white ceramic tiles. White and gray marble, red metlakh tiles are also used in the decoration. The station is illuminated by fluorescent lamps located in the center of the hall (until the 1960s, original chandeliers were in place of the current lamps, and semicircular lamps were located above the paths, which disappeared along with the chandeliers).

Station in numbers

Even numbers	Weekdays days	Weekends days
On 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

Terrorist attack of 2010

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Notes (edit)

1. Moscow architecture 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.

There is a cultural park over the river,
I walk in it and spit only in the urns,
But, of course, you won't understand, there, behind the stove,
Therefore, you are an uncultured darkness.
V. Vysotsky 1966

TsPKiO them. Gorky or simply Gorky Park (anti-Soviet “recreation park”) is a very famous place in Moscow. Although it is located not far from the city center, the search query “how to get to Gorky Park” is very common in Yandex. Going towards inexperienced tourists, we offer a detailed photo guide with instructions on how to find the coveted park not on the plan, but on the ground in Moscow. 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 packed to overflowing with cars; it is very difficult to find an empty spot there. If you only 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 carriage, we are guided by the sign: “exit to the city on Kaluzhskaya square and to Leninsky prospect”. Shabolovka street mentioned on the sign does not interest us.

We go up the escalator, go out into the street and see the lively Kaluzhskaya square with a monument to Lenin.

We immediately turn left and after a few steps left again. The sign tells you to go straight. But not 600 meters, to the entrance to the park - 250 meters.

Option b.

You can get to Gorky Park from the station metro Oktyabrskaya radial.

I would advise you to immediately go to the circular line and leave the city from the circular 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 go out into the city following the sign “to Kaluzhskaya square and Bolshaya Yakimanka street”.

We go upstairs, go out to Bolshaya Yakimanka Street.

We need to cross Yakimanka through an underpass. Turn left and after a few steps you will see an underground passage.

You need to leave 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 into the distance to the right. 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).

On the ground crossing, after waiting for the green traffic light, cross the road.

After crossing the street, immediately turn right.

Gorky Park is already very close, now you only need to go straight.

Option c.

How to get to Gorky Park from the metro station Ring culture park.

There is only one exit to the city at this station. We follow the sign “exit to the city”.

Climbing up the escalator, we find ourselves in the station's ground lobby.

Here we will stop and wait for those who took the red line and got off at the Park Kultury radial station.

Option d.

Walk to Gorky Park from the metro station Park Kultury radial.

We are guided by the pointer "" transition to the circular line ".

You need to go up the stairs in the center of the hall.

And walk down the narrow corridor.

Climb up the escalator.

And you will find yourself in the station ground lobby.

Those who arrived along the circular line are already waiting for us.

All together we leave the door into the light of God. In front of us is Zubovsky Boulevard, on its opposite side there are low gray old buildings. These are former Provision 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 walk you. Therefore, we turn right. Before us is an overpass.

You need to go under it and cross the road at THREE traffic lights. First one.

Then the second one.

As soon as you cross the road at the second traffic light, immediately turn left. Look on the opposite side of the road at a traffic light. (Landmark - Katkovskiy Lyceum Diplomatic Academy). The zebra crossing is NOT marked, there is a “pedestrian crossing” road sign and a traffic light. While we wait, there is a red light at the traffic light.

Now you can, the green light turns 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 of walking from the center, we suggest going to Gorky Park from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. I can't tell you the time, the evil Google was drawing complete nonsense. Here's a homebrew diagram.

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