Kosmonavtlar ("Cosmonauts", formerly known as Проспект Космонавтов, Prospekt Kosmonavtov) is a space-programme-themed station of the Tashkent Metro.[1] It honors Soviet cosmonauts such as Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and woman in space.[2] The station was opened on 8 December 1984 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Alisher Navoiy and Toshkent.[3]
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| Tashkent Metro | |||||||||||
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| Location | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°18′18″N 69°15′55″E / 41.305022°N 69.265344°E | ||||||||||
| Platforms | island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 December 1984 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Kosmonavtlar Prospekti | ||||||||||
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Until 2018 it was illegal to photograph the Tashkent metro, because it also worked as a nuclear bomb shelter.[4][5]
Design
editThe architectural decoration of the station is on the theme of space. The metro stop is decorated in bright-colored anodized aluminium. The interior is decorated with blue ceramic medallions with images of Ulugbek, Icarus, Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin, Vyacheslav Volkov and Vladimir Dzhanibekov and a mural runs the full length of the loading platform, depicting major space-related events and icons such as Galileo, Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin.[6] The ceiling resembles the Milky Way, which shows glass stars.[7] The project of the metro station was developed by Sergo Sutyagin.[8][9][10]
References
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- ^ Herfort, Frank (September 2021). CCCP Underground Metro Stations of the Soviet Era. ISBN 978-3-7165-1863-2. OCLC 1164114012.
- ^ Villasana, Danielle; Hiltner, Stephen (2019-11-20). "Peer Inside Tashkent's Art-Filled (and Long-Shrouded) Subway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Tashkent". urbanrail.
- ^ Chapple/RFE/RL, Amos (2018-08-24). "Uzbekistan's secret underground – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ "See photos of beautiful underground train stations in Tashkent, Uzbekistan". Travel. 2018-10-02. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ^ Mayhew, Bradley; Clammer, Paul; Kohn, Michael (2004). Central Asia. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-86450-296-1.
- ^ Details of the Tashkent subway
- ^ "The unseen treasures of Uzbekistan's silk road". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ^ "Arxitektor Sergo Sutyagin vafot etdi". uza.uz- National Information Agency of Uzbekistan. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
- ^ "Arxitektor Sergo Sutyagin vafot etdi". www.gazeta.uz. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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