The Moscow Metro was founded in Soviet times, and at present it is the fifth most used. Ahead only the metro of Seoul, Beijing, Tokyo and Shanghai. In the USSR, the metro performed several functions at once - the potential protection of the population in critical situations, and also served as an example of the art of the time of socialist realism.
Start of the subway construction
The first section of the Moscow metro opened on May 15, 1935. It became a section of the Sokolnicheskaya (red) line - from the Sokolniki metro station itself to the Park Kultury station. Also on this site were the stations Krasnoselskaya, Komsomolskaya, Krasnye Vorota, Chistye Prudy, Okhotny Ryad and the Lenin Library. Then the metro was not yet named after V.I. Lenin, and was named after L.M. Kaganovich.
"Culture Park" is not only one of the oldest metro stations in Moscow, but also the deepest. The depth of its laying is 10.5 meters.
Station "Culture Park" got its name due to its proximity to the Gorky Park of Culture and Rest. A shorter “name” for this metro station was given in 1980, and the design names were “Crimean” and “Crimean Square”. Built "Culture Park" employees of the Distance №8 Mosmetrostroy. The main architects of the project were G.T. Krutikov and V.S. Popov.
The name "Sokolniki" is consistent with the historical district of Moscow - Sokolnicheskaya Sloboda. The depth of the bookmark of this station is 9 meters. Design work was performed by architects I.G. Taranov and N.A. Bulls. The construction was entrusted to employees of the Distance No. 4 of Mosmetrostroy.
The decision to build a subway was made as an adequate alternative to tram transport, which was heavily overloaded in the 30s of the last century. The route from the “Culture Park” to the Sokolniki station repeated the main route following the busiest tram line. Construction work on the first stations started in November 1931 as part of a small site on Rusakovskaya Street. They were built in an open way.
The official opening of the first section of the Moscow metro was accompanied by large-scale celebrations, which brought together many Muscovites and prominent Soviet party leaders.
