Tsaritsyno (russian: Царицыно) is a
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first und ...
station in
Tsaritsyno District,
Southern Administrative Okrug
Southern Administrative Okrug, or Yuzhny Administrative Okrug (russian: link=no, Южный административный округ, ), is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the federal city of Mo ...
,
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
. It is on the
Zamoskvoretskaya line
The Zamoskvoretskaya line (russian: link=no, Замоскворе́цкая ли́ния, ), formerly Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya () (Line 2), is a line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1938, chronologically it became the third line. There are 24 ...
, 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, which houses a palace once owned by
Catherine the Great.
The stations has been closed since 12 November 2022 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 composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the term ''marble'' refers to metamorpho ...
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.
Notes
References
Moscow Metro stations
Railway stations in Russia opened in 1984
Zamoskvoretskaya Line
Southern Administrative Okrug
Railway stations located underground in Russia
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