Sokolniki (russian: Соко́льники) 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 unde ...

station in the

Sokolniki District Sokolniki District (russian: райо́н Соко́льники) is a administrative divisions of Moscow, district of the Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Moscow located in the north-east corner of the ...

Eastern Administrative Okrug Eastern Administrative Okrug (russian: Восто́чный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Vostochny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the federal city o ...

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 Sokolnicheskaya Line, between

Krasnoselskaya Krasnoselskaya (russian: Красносе́льская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Krasnoselsky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Komsomolskaya and Sokolniki stations. Krasnoselsk ...

and Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad stations. It is located under Rusakovskaya street at the foot of Sokolnicheskaya Square and was part of the first Metro line. The station is named after the nearby

Sokolniki Park Sokolniki Park, named for the falconry, falcon hunt of the Grand Dukes of Muscovy formerly conducted there, is located in the eponymous Sokolniki District of Moscow. Sokolniki Park is not far from the center of the Moscow, city, near Sokolnich ...

. By 2022, the station will be open as part of the

Bolshaya Koltsevaya line The Bolshaya Koltsevaya line (russian: Большая кольцевая линия), known in English as the Big Circle Line, designated Line 11 and 11A is an under construction rapid transit line of the Moscow Metro. When complete, it will beco ...

with name Sokolniki ().

History

The northeastern end of the line, including Sokolniki, was built using the

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method. The tunnels from Krasnoselskaya to Sokolniki were under construction as early as the summer of 1933, but work did not begin on the station itself until March 1934. The

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shell of the station was completed in just five months, and Sokolniki opened along with the rest of the line on 15 May 1935. The first test run of the Metro took place in 1934 between Sokolniki and Komsomolskaya stations. Sokolniki was the eastern terminus of the line for 30 years until the 1965 extension to Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad was completed. The reversal sidings are still used for maintenance and overnight storage of trains.

Design

The station was designed by architects Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova and features tiled walls and pillars faced with grey-blue Ufaley

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. A model of the station was awarded a Grand Prix at the 1937

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References

{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1935 Sokolnicheskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia