Cheryomushki DistrictCheryomushki District (Russian: райо́н Черёмушки, derived from "черёмуха", meaning "bird cherry tree"), formerly Brezhnevsky District, is a district of South-Western Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 102,619 (2010 census); 89,264 (2002 census). The district is delimited by Nakhimovsky Prospekt avenue (north), (south), (east), Profsoyuznaya Street, and (west).Oktyabrskaya (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line)KaluzhskayaBelyayevoKonkovoTyoply StanYasenevoNovoyasenevskayaThis diagram: Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Октя́брьская, lit.'October'pronunciation) is a Moscow Metro station in the Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line, between Shabolovskaya and Tretyakovskaya stations.
Moscow MetroThe Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system in the Moscow metropolitan area of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union.Prospekt Mira (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line)KaluzhskayaBelyayevoKonkovoTyoply StanYasenevoNovoyasenevskayaThis diagram: Prospekt Mira (Russian: Проспект Мираpronunciation) is a station on the Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It was designed by V. Lebedev and P. Shteller and opened on 1 May 1958. The station features flared pylons faced with white marble and trimmed with sharp-edged metal cornices. The walls are faced with off-white ceramic tile with horizontal black stripes.
Koltsevaya lineThe Koltsevaya line (Russian: Кольцева́я ли́ния, Ring line, IPA: [kəlʲtsɨˈvajə ˈlʲinʲɪjə]) (Line 5; Brown Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro system in Moscow, Russia. The line was built in 1950–1954 as a circle route orbiting central Moscow, and became crucial to the transfer patterns of passengers. The stations on the line were built at the height of Stalinist architecture, and include Komsomolskaya, Novoslobodskaya and Kiyevskaya.
Stalinist architectureStalinist architecture (Russian: Сталинская архитектура), mostly known in the former Eastern Bloc as Stalinist style or socialist classicism, is a leading movement in architecture, monumental, and decorative art in the USSR and other countries of the socialist bloc from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s. The style developed under the conditions of a totalitarian state as a visual embodiment of the triumph of the socialist system, combining elements of classicism, baroque, Napoleonic Empire style, and art deco.
Tunnel boring machineA tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a "mole", is a machine used to excavate tunnels. TBMs are an alternative to drilling and blasting methods and "hand mining", allowing more rapid excavation through hard rock, wet or dry soil, or sand (although each requires specialized TBM technologies). TBM-bored tunnel cross-sections extend up to 17.6 meters (58 ft) (through June 2023). TBM tunnels are typically circular in cross-section.
Moscow Rizhsky railway stationRizhsky station (Russian: Рижский вокзал, Rizhsky vokzal, Riga station) is one of the ten main railway stations in Moscow, Russia. It was built in 1901 and as well as being an active station, it is also home to the Moscow Railway Museum. The station is operated by the Moscow Railway. It is located at , at the crossing of Mira Avenue and , connected to the Rizhskaya metro station. HistoryThe construction of the railway between Moscow and Vindava started in 1897.
Nikita KhrushchevNikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1894 – 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. As leader of the Soviet Union, he shocked the world by denouncing his predecessor Joseph Stalin, embarking on a campaign of de-Stalinization, and presiding over the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
De-StalinizationDe-Stalinization (Russian: десталинизация, romanized: destalinizatsiya) comprised a series of political reforms in the Soviet Union after the death of long-time leader Joseph Stalin in 1953, and the thaw brought about by the ascension of Nikita Khrushchev to power, and his 1956 speech "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences", which denounced Stalin's cult of personality and the Stalinist political system.
Russian languageRussian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russian people. Russian was the de facto (and de jure in its final years) official language of the former Soviet Union.
KhrushchevkaKhrushchevkas (Russian: хрущёвка, romanized: khrushchyovka, IPA: [xrʊˈɕːɵfkə]) are a type of low-cost, concrete-paneled or brick three- to five-storied apartment buildings (and apartments in these buildings) which were designed and constructed in the Soviet Union from the early 1960s onwards, when their namesake, Nikita Khrushchev, was leader of the Soviet Union.
81-717/714The Metrovagonmash 81-717/81-714 Nomernoy is a Soviet/Russian electric multiple unit for rapid transit applications, designed in the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s. The cars were made from 1976 to 2021 by Metrovagonmash and the I. E. Yegorov Vagonmash factories of Mytishchi and Saint Petersburg, respectively, though production is still ongoing for specific modifications.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.