Dinamo () is a

Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a rapid transit system in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one l ...

station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line. It opened on 11 September 1938 as part of the second stage of the system. It was named for the former Dinamo Stadium, the home stadium of

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. Passengers may transfer directly to the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line via

Petrovsky Park Petrovsky Park () is a station on the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line of the Moscow Metro. It served the eastern terminus of the line until 30 December 2018, when the extension of Bolshaya Koltsevaya to Savyolovskaya opened. It opened on 26 February ...

station. It was the deepest

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from 1938 until 1944.

Location

Dinamo is under Leningradsky Avenue in the Aeroport District of Moscow near Petrovsky Park and the

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. The VTB Arena was built on the same site and Dinamo Stadium adjacent to the station.

Design and layout

The station is situated at a depth of and follows a tri-vaulted deep-level pylon design. Designed by Yakov Lichtenberg ( ru) and Yury Revkovsky, the station features a sport-themed decoration with

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designed by Ye. Yason-Manzer depicting sportsmen in various practices in the vestibules and the central hall. The pylons, faced with red tagilian

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and

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have

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medallions also showing sportsmen. The walls are faced with onyx, white and grey marble, neatly tiled together. The floor is revetted with black marble, although the platforms were initially covered with asphalt. There are two identical vestibules, each on the northern side of the Leningradsky Avenue, and the architect for the vestibules was

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. There is an underground walkway between Dinamo and Petrovsky Park stations that eased transfers between the stations. That walkway opened on 29 December 2020.

Scientific use

In 1940, physicists

Georgy Flyorov Georgii Nikolayevich Flyorov (also spelled Flerov, rus, Гео́ргий Никола́евич Флёров, p=gʲɪˈorgʲɪj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈflʲɵrəf; 2 March 1913 – 19 November 1990) was a Soviet physicist who is known for h ...

and Konstantin Petrzhak used the station for their observations of the decay of

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. The depth of the station reduced the potential effect of cosmic rays in their work. Working at night, the pair discovered

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Gallery

File:Dinamo 2.jpg, Pylon view File:Dinamo 1.jpg, Platform view

References

{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1938 Zamoskvoretskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia Dynamo Moscow