Sokolniki () 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 in the

Sokolniki District Sokolniki District () is a district of the Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow located in the north-east corner of the city. Population: Etymology Sokolniki derives its name from the word "" (''sokol'', meaning "falcon") ...

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. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Krasnoselskaya and

Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad (, ) is a Moscow Metro station in the Preobrazhenskoye District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Sokolniki (Moscow Metro), Sokolniki and Cherkizovskaya stations. Name It ...

stations. It is located under Rusakovskaya street at the foot of Sokolnicheskaya Square and was part of the first Metro line. The station is named after the nearby

Sokolniki Park Sokolniki Park, named for the falconry, falcon hunt of the grand princes of Principality of Moscow, Moscow formerly conducted there, is located in the eponymous Sokolniki District of Moscow. Sokolniki Park is not far from the center of the Mo ...

. It has a transfer at its

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on the

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History

The northeastern end of the line, including Sokolniki, was built using the

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method. The tunnels from Krasnoselskaya to Sokolniki were under construction as early as the summer of 1933, but work did not begin on the station itself until March 1934. The

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shell of the station was completed in just five months, and Sokolniki opened along with the rest of the line on 15 May 1935. The first test run of the Metro took place in 1934 between Sokolniki and Komsomolskaya stations. Sokolniki was the eastern terminus of the line for 30 years until the 1965 extension to

was completed. The reversal sidings are still used for maintenance and overnight storage of trains.

Design

The station was designed by architects Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova and features tiled walls and pillars faced with grey-blue Ufaley

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. A model of the station was awarded a Grand Prix at the 1937

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References

{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1935 Sokolnicheskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia