A long time ago, 10 years ago, on the night of November 24-25, I celebrated my 26th birthday. This was my first official shoot in a subway tunnel. This is a unique gift from the metro. In April 2013, I returned to this station to reshoot it, take panoramas, and look into the tunnel not from the edge, as it was then, but to fully see the local beauty. And they are there.

I only got around to posting this photo now. :) Let's see!

1. “Kurskaya” is a station on the Circle Line of the Moscow Metro. Located under the square Kursky railway station between the stations "Komsomolskaya" and "Taganskaya".

2. The station opened on January 1, 1950 as part of the first section “Kurskaya” - “Park Kultury” of the Circle Line. Named after the Kursk railway station, near which it is located. It has transitions to the stations “Kurskaya” of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line and “Chkalovskaya” of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line.

3. We will begin the inspection with the new lobby, opened in 1995 - this is a combined lobby from the Chkalovskaya station.

4. In my opinion, despite the airborne theme, the new lobby is very boring and dull.

5. The suspended ceilings have light caissons, which look like circles of different diameters. The two largest caissons are located in front of the arches of the escalator tunnels, which are located along the opposite short walls of the hall. The skylights are covered with tubular metal bars. The walls and columns are lined with gray and white marble.

6. Characteristic slope finish for the 80s and 90s.

7. And this is the old exit from Kurskaya, but with new escalators. From July 3, 2008 to May 14, 2009, work was carried out to replace the machines.

8. The design of the station is a deep, three-vaulted column structure. The design uses prefabricated cast iron lining.

9. I couldn’t find any mention in any textbook of how the transfer to the radial station was made. I can assume that the pylons are made of monolithic reinforced concrete, like the arch of this “chamber”.

10. If you look into the tunnels, you can see how the track tunnels come closer together in front of the station (at both ends). There is an assumption that initially the station should have been a pylon; according to the standard design, the transport tunnels had already been partially built at a greater distance from each other. A change in the project also required bringing the track tunnels closer together. The station itself was built according to a unique design that has not been used anywhere else.

11. And here is a scan of a page from Limanov’s book “Metropolitans”. You can download the full PDF of this wonderful book from me.

12. The entire column complex is in its glory. By the way, at one time, identification of the drawing of this station was carried out by the method of exclusion. Fortunately, there are not so many custom-designed column stations.

14. The central hall resembles an ancient Roman hall of the basilica type. The pylons and columns of the Doric order are covered with light Koelga marble.

15. As far as I remember, four floor lamps were dismantled in the 90s and returned to their place after the modernization of the station's lighting was completed in May 2009.

16. The original floor lamps were lost or misplaced. They returned a pitiful semblance, but, however, in a vandal-proof design, which is more important. The original floor lamps seem to have been made of crystal glass.

17. Panoramic view of the station.

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18. And a little brain drain :)

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19. The transition to the station "" of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line is located in the center of the hall. The transition begins with a staircase to the bridge across the platform from which trains depart towards Taganskaya. Then there is a long corridor, from which you can get into a transition chamber with stairs to the descent (south) and to the ascent (north).

20. There is such a sign in the passage. On it, like on the façade of the lobby, the dates are indicated: “1945” and “1949”. But according to legend, Stalin himself moved the opening date of the station to January 1, 1950, so that the launch of the first section of the Circle Line would not become part of the celebrations in honor of the leader’s 70th birthday.

21. Bridge over the tracks.

22. Kurskaya station is one of the two largest stations of the Moscow metro (together with Komsomolskaya).

23. The cast figured gilded lattice on the track wall has the inscription “Kurskaya of the Big Ring 1945-1949”, reminiscent of the metro development project of 1947, according to which it was planned to create a small ring metro line approximately within the Boulevard Ring, by closing the twice intersecting Dzerzhinsk- Serpukhov and Kaluga-Timiryazevsky diameters

24. The architectural decor of the station is deeply symbolic.

25. All three parts - the central hall, the transitional round antechamber "Renaissance" with a giant column-capital and the pavilion - personify the idea of ​​the sun and the glory of the Victory and the divinity of its achievement.

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26. The floor is laid out with a geometric pattern of black gabbro, labradorite and crimson Tokovsky granite. The chandeliers are reminiscent of ancient Roman lamps, which look like suns from below.

27. Thanks a lot the press service of the Moscow Metro and the Tunnel Structures Service for their assistance in organizing this shooting.

The Kurskaya and Chkalovskaya metro stations in Moscow are located approximately 2.5 kilometers east of the city center (Kremlin and), next to the Kursky railway station. There are Kurskaya metro stations on two lines of the Moscow metro, on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line (line 3, blue line), and on the Circle Line (line 5, brown line). The Chkalovskaya metro station is located on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line (line 10, light green line) of the Moscow metro. The stations are connected by passages, allowing you to transfer between three metro lines.

Kurskaya metro station (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line)

The Kurskaya metro station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow Metro is located between the stations and.
The station was opened on March 13, 1938. The station's boarding hall is located under Zemlyanoy Val Street. The exit from the station (escalators) is located at the eastern end of the hall.

The station has transfers to the station of the same name on the Circle Line and to the Chkalovskaya station of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line. The transition to the Circle Line is located in the center of the hall. The transition to the Lublin Line is located at the western end of the hall.

Exit from the station is through a round underground hall, next to which there are ticket offices. Through the same hall you can go to the Circle Line metro station. From the station you can go to the waiting room of the Kursky railway station, to the ground lobby (located on the first floor of a residential building on the square of the Kursky railway station) and through a pedestrian crossing under the railway tracks to Nizhny Susalny Lane.

Kurskaya metro station (Circle line)

The Kurskaya metro station on the Circle Line of the Moscow Metro is located under the square of the Kursky Station between the stations and.
The station was opened on January 1, 1950.

The station has two vestibules. The northern lobby is shared with the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line station. The lobby is located in the northern part of the Kursky Station square and has exits to the station building and the square. The southern lobby is located in the southern part of the Kursky Station square and is used in conjunction with the Chkalovskaya station.

The transition to the Kurskaya station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line is located in the center of the station boarding hall (stairs above the platform, then along the corridor). The transition to the Chkalovskaya station is made through a common lobby for the two stations.

Chkalovskaya metro station

The Chkalovskaya metro station is located on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line of the Moscow Metro, between stations and. The station was opened on December 28, 1995. From the station you can go to the Kurskaya station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya and Circle lines.

The transition to the Kurskaya station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line is located at the northern end of the central hall. The transition to the Kurskaya station of the Circle Line is located at the southern end of the hall. Exit to the city and transfer to the Circle Line is made through the ground vestibule. The lobby is common to two metro stations and is located in the southern part of the Kursky Station square.

The design is dedicated to the famous pilot Valery Chkalov (1904-1938). When designing the station, Zemlyanoy Val Street was called Chkalova Street. This explains the choice of the station name. In 1992, the street's historical name was returned.

Near the Kurskaya metro station and Kursky railway station in Moscow there are:

• Kursk station.
• Atrium shopping center.

Hotels near Kurskaya and Chkalovskaya metro stations and Kursky railway station

There are several hotels near the Kurskaya and Chkalovskaya metro stations and the Kursky railway station in Moscow. If for some reason you are not satisfied with these hotels, you can certainly find a suitable hotel or apartment nearby at an affordable price using any online hotel search and booking service.

• Hotel "Energetik". Inexpensive hotel not far from the Kurskaya metro station and Kursky railway station. Address: Durasovsky lane, 5, Moscow, Russia.
• Hostel Prival. A place where you can spend the night inexpensively near the Kursky railway station. Address: Zemlyanoy Val Street 23/1, Moscow, Russia.

There is a northern underground lobby, combined with the station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. The exit from the northern vestibule is located in the building adjacent to the Kursk station; in addition, there are exits to the ground floor of the Kursk station and its platforms. From the southern underground lobby, common with the Chkalovskaya station, you can exit to the Garden Ring (Zemlyanoy Val St.) and 1st Syromyatnichesky Lane.

The station has transfers to the station of the same name on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line (via the stairs in the center of the hall) and the Chkalovskaya station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line (via a combined vestibule, the exit to which is at the southern end of the station).

The design of the station is a columnar three-vault with a deep (40 m) layout. The design uses prefabricated cast iron lining. The central vault and the vaults of the side tunnels each rest on their own row of columns installed side by side. In the central part of the station, near the staircase passage to the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, the columns have been replaced with pylons. Kurskaya station is one of the two largest stations of the Moscow metro (together with Komsomolskaya of the Circle Line).
Architects G.A. Zakharov and Z.S. Chernyshev.
Design engineers L.I. Gorelik and P.S. Smetankin.

The architectural decor of the station is deeply symbolic. All three parts - the Central Hall, the Transitional round antechamber of the “Renaissance” with a giant column-capital and the pavilion - have the idea of ​​the sun and the glory of victory and the divinity of its achievement. The central hall resembles an ancient Roman hall of the basilica type. The pylons and columns of the Doric order are covered with light Koelga marble. The chandeliers are reminiscent of ancient Roman chandeliers, which resemble suns from below. The full symbolic concept also includes gilded sun-rays emanating from the temple-like half-hall (in the center of the hall) from which there is a transition to the Kursk Arbat-Pokrovskaya line. The flooring is red revival and gray granite. The underground antechamber is decorated with red, pink, black and gray marble. The authors of the station project are architects G.A. Zakharov and Z.S. Chernyshev were awarded the Stalin Prize. The middle hall-antechamber “revival” has a deep meaning. The hall itself has round shape, in the center, as if a column-capital emerging from the ground.

Identified cultural heritage site.

Behind the station, between the main tracks, there is a train maintenance point, from which a connecting branch to the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line departs. This branch is used for service transportation and for the transfer of trains from one line to another.

Previous station on the Komsomolskaya line.
The next station on the line is "Taganskaya".

Station information.

Opening date of the Kurskaya station on the Circle Line: 01/01/1950.

Opened as part of the Park of Culture - Kursk section.

The design of the station is a deep three-vaulted column structure.
Constructed from prefabricated cast iron trim. The arch of the central tunnel and the vaults each rest on their own row of columns installed side by side. Each pair of adjacent columns is architecturally designed as one column.

Architects: G.A.Zakharov, Z.S.Chernysheva.
Design engineers: L.I. Gorelik, P.S. Smetankin.

The station received its name from the train station of the same name.
The central vault and the vaults of the side tunnels each rest on their own row of columns installed side by side. In the middle, where there is a transition to the station of the same name on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, the vault rests on pylons, which, together with the beginning of the transition, form a kind of “gazebo”. The design uses original lamps placed in the niches of the pylons framing the granite transition staircase. The pylons and columns of the central hall are covered with light Koelga marble. The relief details are made of gilded metal. The rich and expressive pattern of decorative elements develops the theme of the dawn of our country. The floor is paved with red and gray granite.
The ground lobby is located in a building adjacent to the Kursky railway station. It contained a sculpture of J.V. Stalin (author N.V. Tomsky, not preserved). One level below the lobby is an underground circular antechamber, finished in dark red, golden pink, light gray and black marble. The center of the antechamber is decorated with an original flower column in which lamps are hidden. From it there is an entrance to the ground floor of the Kursky railway station building and to the underground passage to the boarding platforms. This room is also adjacent to the entrance hall of the Kurskaya station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.
In 1950, the station's architects were awarded the Stalin Prize.
In 1995, from the southern end of the station, a second exit was built into the common lobby with the Chkalovskaya station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line.

On the facade of the lobby there are two dates “1945” and “1949”, but according to legend, J.V. Stalin himself moved the date to January 1, 1950, so that the first section of the Circle Line would not become part of the celebrations in honor of the leader’s 70th birthday. The pavilion was built in an open place that was visible from all sides. Now it is leaning against the new building of the Kursk railway station. The station lobby is interesting because it has many similar features to temple buildings. Oriented by the entrance to the west and the inner altar part to the east, it reveals the meaning of the building - the Temple of Victory. Behind the entrance, after the rectangular antechamber, there is a central two-story room under a complex octagonal ribbed dome. The entrance to the hall is conventionally marked by two rectangular pylons up to the base of the dome. on their internal sides chasing on bronze: huge two-handed swords, entwined with garlands. The dome rests on powerful beams laid on high round columns. On these beams there is an inscription with the text of the second verse of the USSR anthem:

Through the storms the sun of freedom shone for us,

And the great Lenin illuminated the path for us.

Stalin raised us to be loyal to the people

He inspired us to work and to deeds.

After the XXII Congress of the CPSU in 1961, the last two lines were removed, creating an asymmetry on the beams. The monument to Stalin in the apse (the work of sculptor Nikolai Tomsky) was also dismantled, and the coinage on the high relief of the medal “For the Defense of Stalingrad” was changed to Volgograd in connection with the renaming of the city. At major renovation lobby in 2008-2009, it was decided to restore the lost parts along with the restoration of the building (except for the restoration of the monument). However, instead of restoring the full quotation of the second verse of the hymn, the lost part was restored to replace the first two lines, and the inscription was distributed symmetrically. And on the night of October 24, 2009 full text was recreated in the same place, which almost completely restored the architectural meaning of the hall as the “Sun of Victory”.