VDNKh ( ) is a
Moscow Metro station in
Ostankinsky District,
North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It is located on the
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between
Alekseyevskaya and
Botanichesky Sad stations. VDNKh was opened on 1 May 1958. The name stands for
Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (abbreviated VDNKh).
VDNKh is one of the deepest Metro stations being situated below ground. It is also one of the busiest stations, serving 107,377 passengers a day in 2009.
Originally, this station was planned to be opulently decorated in the manner of the other stations built in the 1950s, with
mosaic
A mosaic () is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/Mortar (masonry), mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and ...
s by venerable artist
Vladimir Favorsky along the insides of the arches between the pylons. However, in the wake of
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Premier of the Soviet Union, Chai ...
's attack on decorative "excessions", the place for mosaics, including existing mosaics as well, were crudely coated with incongruous thick green paint.
It was the deepest
station in
Moscow Metro from 1958 until 1979.
Transfers
Though not directly connected to VDNKh,
Moscow Monorail station
Vystavochny Tsentr is located within walking distance.
Станция метро ВДНХ, Москва - VDNKH metro station, Moscow.jpg, North vestibule
VDNKh (ВДНХ) (4685630407).jpg, Station platform
VDNKh (ВДНХ) (4686266110).jpg, Station lighting (similar to Kiyevskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line)
In popular culture
VDNKh is featured as the home of Artyom, the main protagonist in the novel and video game ''
Metro 2033''.
References
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Moscow Metro stations
Railway stations in Russia opened in 1958
Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
Railway stations located underground in Russia