Chistye Prudy is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It is located between the Krasnye Vorota and Lubyanka stations. It is located on the territory of the Basmanny District of the Central Administrative District of Moscow.

The station was opened on May 15, 1935 as part of the first launch section of the Moscow Metro - "Sokolniki" - "Park Kultury" with a branch line "Okhotny Ryad" - "Smolenskaya". Initially, the station did not have a central hall, only two short entrance halls were located at the exits for the transition between the tracks. Only in 1971 the station was reconstructed into a three-vaulted one. Since January 5, 1972, it has been connected by a transfer with the Turgenevskaya station, since January 13, 2008 - with Sretensky Boulevard. It is named after Chistoprudny Boulevard, as well as Chisty Pond, to which its exits lead. Until 1703, the pond was called Pogany, as waste from nearby butcher shops and slaughterhouses was dumped into it. Then it was cleaned up and, accordingly, renamed.

Until November 5, 1990, the station was called "Kirovskaya" after the Kirov Street (now Myasnitskaya) located here, named after the state and party leader of the USSR Sergei Mironovich Kirov (1886-1934).
During the Great Patriotic War, departments of the General Staff and Air Defense of the country were located at the station. In 1947, fluorescent lamps were installed at the station for the first time in the Moscow Metro.

There is a ground vestibule located at the beginning of Chistoprudny Boulevard. Through it you can go, in addition to the boulevard, to the Myasnitsky Gate Square and Myasnitskaya Street.
From the central hall you can get to the transition to the Turgenevskaya station of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line. On January 13, 2008, a transition to the Sretensky Bulvar station of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line was opened. Initially, it was proposed to open this crossing simultaneously with the Sretensky Boulevard station, however, due to the delay in the delivery of escalators from the St. Petersburg plant, Sretensky Boulevard opened with only one transfer, and the launch of the crossing was postponed.

The design of the station is a three-vaulted pylon, deep (laying depth - 35 meters). It was built according to an individual project by a mining method with a monolithic concrete lining. Initially, it had two short anterooms in place of the central hall. It was reconstructed into a three-vaulted building in 1971.

The vaults of the station hall support two rows of massive paired pylons lined with light Ural marble "koelga" and smoky marble "ufalei". The vault supports are hidden by wide cornices, behind which lamps are placed. The floor is paved with gray and pink granite (before 1972, the surface was asphalt). Before the construction of the transition to the Sretensky Bulvar station, near the end wall there was a bronze bust of S. M. Kirov, after whom the station was named for a long time (author - M. G. Manizer). Now the bust is in the transition from the Sretensky Bulvar station to the Turgenevskaya station and has lost contact with the station, which was named after Kirov. The track walls are lined with light gray marble (until the mid-1990s - with white ceramic tiles), from below - with black granite.

The station has a ground vestibule of a cubic shape, the following stations had similar vestibules: "Komsomolskaya" (northern vestibule) and "Smolenskaya" station. However, these vestibules have not been preserved to this day. The vestibule of the Chistye Prudy station is the only vestibule of this type that has survived to this day.

The Chistye Prudy station is part of the Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro. A wonderful and surprisingly beautiful section of the capital - Chistye Prudy: the metro is nearby, a green boulevard, a magnificent pond ...

The station was built and put into operation in 1935, along with the very first section of the Sokolniki metro station - Park Kultury.

Location

This station is located between the "Red Gate" and "Lubyanka". The location of the entrance is the beginning of Chistoprudny Boulevard. The territory belongs to the Basmanny district of the Central District of the capital.

Through this station, you can exit, in addition to the boulevard itself, to Myasnitskaya Street and the square called Myasnitsky Gates.

Chistye Prudy (metro station): description

The ground hall has an original cube shape. The depth of the subway itself is more than 35 meters.

The vaults of the hall support two rows of twin pylons. Their finish is represented by smoky light Ural marble. Large cornices, behind which lighting is arranged, are hidden by vaulted supports.

The walls were faced with black granite (bottom) and gray marble only in the 90s. Previously (until 1997) there was an ordinary white tile. The floors are paved with gray and pink granite.

Passenger traffic daily at the exit is 32,000 people, and at the entrance - 29,000.

History of the station: features

The Chistye Prudy metro station was built according to an individual project. Monolithic reinforced concrete blocks were used here. At first, the station had two entrance halls on the site of the current central one.

The shape of the station's structure is a three-vaulted pylon (reconstructed in 1971).

It is also interesting that the floors at the station until 1972 were asphalt. Later they were lined with granite.

Before the construction of the transition to the neighboring Sretensky Bulvar station, and, accordingly, to another line, a bust (bronze) of S. M. Kirov (sculptor M. G. Manizer) stood at the end of the Chistye Prudy metro hall near the wall. Previously, the station was also called "Kirovskaya" in his honor. Now this statue is located at the crossing between Sretensky Boulevard and Turgenevskaya and has lost its former connection with the Chistye Prudy station.

Vestibule (hall), transfers, transitions

"Chistye Prudy" is a metro station that has a single, moreover, ground lobby. From the central hall itself there is a transition to Turgenevskaya (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line).

In 2008, the completed transition to the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line through Sretensky Bulvar was opened at the station. To access this transitional gallery, you must use the escalator located at the end of the station hall.

In the very original version, it was proposed to open this crossing together with the Sretensky Bulvar station, but there was a delay in the delivery of escalators from the factory in St. Petersburg, and only one transfer was opened. The launch of the crossing from Chistye Prudy was postponed.

There is a passage to the Turgenevskaya station, to which stairs rise from the very center of the hall.

origin of name

The station "Chistye Prudy" (Moscow, metro) is so named due to the proximity to it of Chistoprudny Boulevard, as well as Chistye Prudy. The exit leads to them.

It is curious that until 1703 the pond itself was called Pogany, due to the fact that waste from slaughterhouses and shops located in these places was dumped into it. It was subsequently cleared and renamed.

The current Myasnitskaya Street used to be called Kirovskaya (until 1990), so the station had the same name (in honor of the politician S. M. Kirov).

Finally, some interesting facts

• Metro "Chistye Prudy", as already noted, has a cubic-shaped ground lobby. Previously, there were similar vestibules at the Komsomolskaya (northern) and Smolenskaya stations. To date, only one has survived, at Chistye Prudy.
• This is one of the few stations with the old "METRO" sign on the lobby.
• During the Second World War, the halls of the Chistye Prudy metro station housed the departments of the General Staff and the country's air defense.
• The first fluorescent lamps illuminated this particular station of the Moscow Metro, starting in 1947.

• The area of ​​Chistye Prudy gathers a huge number of people from all over Moscow: lovers of various styles of music, non-formal people, etc. Many people gather at the monument to A. Griboedov, at the fountain of Chistoprudny Boulevard, sit on benches, clearings. One of the simple names of this cozy place of rest is Clean.
• Rallies, flash mobs and holidays are often held here. This is truly a cult place. And the Chistye Prudy station makes its contribution to these curious large-scale actions.

Metro "Chistye Prudy" is located in the Basmanny district of the Central Administrative District of Moscow between the stations of the Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro "Lubyanka" and "Krasnye Vorota".

Station history

One of the first stations of the Moscow Metro. The opening of the station took place on May 15, 1935. Initially, the Chistye Prudy station did not have a central hall, and two small entrance halls located at the entrances were used to move between the platforms. In 1971, the station was reconstructed into a three-vaulted one. In 1972, the station organized a transition to the Turgenevskaya station of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line, and in 2008 Chistye Prudy received a transition to the Sretensky Bulvar station of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line.

Name history

The station got its name from the nearby Chistoprudny Boulevard and Chisty Pond. Interestingly, until 1703, butcher shops and slaughterhouses located on the banks of the pond dumped their waste into the pond, and the pond was called Pogany. After the pond was cleared, it began to be called Pure, and this name stuck. True, the station received the name "Chistye Prudy" not immediately, but only in 1990. Prior to that, it was called "Kirov". Kirovskaya Street was also renamed. Today it is known as Myasnitskaya.

Station Description

The vaults of the station rest on two rows of paired pylons finished with smoky marble "ufaley" and light marble of Ural origin "koelga". Ceiling supports are covered with cornices, behind which lamps are mounted. Until 1972, the floor of the station was asphalt. Then it was laid out with red and gray granite slabs. Until 1990, the station's track walls were lined with white ceramic tiles. Today the walls are finished with light gray marble and black granite.

Before the transition to the Sretensky Bulvar station was built at the station, at the end of the station there was a bust of S. M. Kirov, made of bronze. Now the bust stands in the transition from Turgenevskaya station to Sretensky Boulevard, although it is in no way associated with either of them.

Specifications

Chistye Prudy is a three-vaulted, deep-laid pylon station located at a depth of 36 meters. The station was built according to an individual project using monolithic reinforced concrete.

Vestibules and transfers

At the beginning of Chistoprudny Boulevard, there is a station ground lobby, from which you can get not only to the boulevard, but also to Myasnitskaya Street and Myasnitsky Gate Square. The lobby is in the shape of a cube. The Smolenskaya and Komsomolskaya stations had the same vestibules, but they have not survived to this day, and the vestibule of the Chistye Prudy station has remained the only one of its kind.

In the center of the main hall there is a transition to the station of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line "Turgenevskaya".

Ground infrastructure

Near the station there are a large number of institutions associated with the theatrical and concert life of the capital, including the Creative Association "VIP Concert", the Children's Theater "Impromptu" and many others, but the most outstanding is the Sovremennik Theater.

The only museum located near the station is the Museum of the History of the Moscow Police. But there are plenty of nightclubs and shows - almost a dozen. Restaurants, cafes and shops are no less widely represented. A good selection of all kinds of sports and fitness centers. Higher education institutions include the Institute of the English Language and the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

Useful facts

The station opens for passenger entry at 5:27 and closes at 1:00.

During the Great Patriotic War, the station housed the General Staff and air defense departments.

Chistye Prudy became the first Moscow metro station to have fluorescent lighting installed in 1947.

Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow metro.
Opened May 15, 1935
Station code: 008.
Transfer to the stations "Turgenevskaya" and "Sretensky Bulvar".

Named after Chistoprudny Blvd. , as well as along Chisty Pond, to which it goes.
Until November 5, 1990, it was called Kirovskaya, according to the street located here. Kirov (now - Myasnitskaya).

There is a ground lobby with access to the city on Chistoprudny Boulevard, pl. Butcher's Gate and Myasnitskaya Street.

Since January 5, 1972, small transfer escalators to the Turgenevskaya station have been opened in the center of the platform. On January 13, 2008, a transfer to the Sretensky Bulvar station was opened at the northern end of the central hall.

The design of the station is a pylon three-vaulted deep (35 m) foundation. It was built according to an individual project by a mining method with a monolithic concrete lining. Initially, it had two short anterooms in place of the central hall. It was reconstructed into a three-vaulted building in 1971.
Architects N.Ya. Colley and L.P. Shukharev.
Reconstruction architects L.N. Popov and A.F. Fokin.
Design engineer A.F. Denishchenko.
The station was built by Mine No. 18-19 SMU-7 of Mosmetrostroy under the leadership of I. Pugach and A. Tankilevich and Mine No. 29-30 of Mosmetrostroy under the direction of F. Kuzmin.
Reconstruction in 1971 led SMU-5 "Mosmetrostroy" under the leadership of N. Fedorov.

The vaults of the station hall support two rows of massive paired pylons lined with light Ural marble "koelga" and smoky marble "ufal". The vault supports are hidden by wide cornices, behind which lamps are placed. The floor is paved with gray and pink granite. Before the construction of the transition to the Sretensky Bulvar station, a bronze bust of S.M. Kirov, after whom the station was named for a long time (author - M.G. Manizer). Now the bust is in the transition from the Sretensky Bulvar station to the Turgenevskaya station. The track walls are lined with light gray marble, with black granite underneath.

During the Great Patriotic War, the station housed departments of the General Staff, the country's air defense and the headquarters of the Supreme Commander with an underground office. Stalin, however, never used it. At the beginning of the last century, there was a pub on the site of the station, famous for the fact that Sergei Yesenin, who was noisily walking around, was once arrested in it. By order of the city government, the Chistye Prudy metro station was included in the list of historical and cultural monuments of local importance.

In the project, the station was named "Myasnitskaya" and "Butcher's Gate".

Previous station on the Red Gate line.
The next station on the Lubyanka line.

Station information.