Tsaritsyno () 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

Tsaritsyno District Tsaritsyno ( rus, Царицыно, p=tsɐˈrʲitsɨnə) is a district within the Southern Administrative Okrug of Moscow. Area: 426,2 ha. Its current name is traced back to 1775. Previously, Tsaritsyno was known under several other names: the Ch ...

Southern Administrative Okrug Southern Administrative Okrug, or Yuzhny Administrative Okrug (), is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the federal city of Moscow, Russia.Law #13-47 As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,716 ...

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

. It is on the

Zamoskvoretskaya line The Zamoskvoretskaya line (, ), formerly Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya () (Line 2; Green Line), is a line of the Moscow Metro in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. Opened in 1938, chronologically it became the third line in the metro system despite bei ...

, between Kantemirovskaya and Orekhovo stations. The entrance is located at the intersection of , and ('Luhansk', 'Caspian', and 'Tovarishch' streets). Tsaritsyno opened on 30 December 1984 as part of an extension but was closed the very next day because of flooding. It reopened on 9 February 1985. From its opening until November 1990, the station was named ''Lenino'' for the Lenino-Dachnoye region. The city renamed the station Tsaritsyno for

Tsaritsyno Park Tsaritsyno ( rus, Царицыно, p=tsɐˈrʲitsɨnə, t=Tsarina, Tsaritsa's property) is a palace museum and park reserve in the south of Moscow. It was founded in 1775 as the summer residence of Catherine the Great, Empress Catherine II, b ...

, which houses a palace once owned by

Catherine the Great Catherine II. (born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after overthrowing her husband, Peter I ...

. The stations was closed from 12 November 2022 to May 2023 due to the reconstruction works.

Design

The station was designed by architects V. Cheremin and A. Vigdorov. It has white

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

pillars, walls inlaid with patterns of red, brown, grey and yellow marble and mosaics depicting the achievements of the Soviet science. A mosaic by A. Kuznetsov above the entrance stairs depicts the Moscow skyline.

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References

Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1984 Zamoskvoretskaya Line Southern Administrative Okrug Railway stations located underground in Russia {{Moscow-metro-stub