Metro "China Town": plunge into the history

Metro "China Town" - this is perhaps one of the mostinteresting stations of the Moscow subway. In the southern lobby you can see a genuine fragment of the white stone foundation, which once belonged to the ancient tower of China Town, and the inner room is located on the same spot where the White City was built long ago.

In addition, lovers of history will be interested in the inscription made by Bogdan Khmelnitsky's hand. It can be found if you go down into the underground passage at the entrance to the Polytechnic Museum.

Metro "China Town". General information and history

Located between Taganskaya and Kuznetskybridge "," China-city "metro is an important interchange node of the Moscow metro. The station is considered cross-platform. This means that in this place two branches intersect at once: Kaluga-Rizhskaya and Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya. In addition, we note that this is the first point of this kind in Moscow, and initially it was created as an experimental one.

The metro station "Kitay-Gorod" began its work in theJanuary 1971, becoming an integral part of the two radii, Kaluga and Zhdanovsky. Although it should be noted that initially the disembarkation of passengers was made in one room, and landing in another. And only five years later, before the New Year, both sides earned full-fledged.

The history of the name of this place is very interesting. Until 1990, this transport node was called "Nogin Square".

At the time of the decision to rename theThe city administration had already several working options. In the end, preferred the "China-City" in honor of the nearby area of ​​the capital. This toponym already appeared in the ancient records of the 16th century. He has nothing to do with either China or the inhabitants of the Celestial Empire. Linguists believe that this name goes back to the Mongolian or Turkic languages. However, according to another version of the word "whale" or "whale" could mean a structure built on the principle of a fence.

Metro "China Town". How does it look from the inside?

From one line to another, one can get throughstation hall. This column type station is considered deep. It is laid on 29 m, and has three vaults. The stations were designed by a group of architects and decorators under the leadership of A. Strelkov. A. Lapin, H. Rysin and D. Bodniek were engaged in artistic design.

To date, the station is decorated with unusualAluminum chased cornices, which are located directly under the columns. Also on gray marble travel walls visitors can see metal inserts depicting a sickle, a hammer and a lighted torch. The steel columns are finished in yellow and gray marble.

This station does not have ground vestibules, therefore it is possible to get to the surface only with the help of underground passages to the Ilyinsky or Barbaric gates, the Solyan cul-de-sac and the Slavyanskaya Square.

Metro "China Town". What can you see in the vicinity?

In general, we can say with certainty that "China-city" is a metro that can boast of its unique and very successful location in the historical center of the city.

The most famous monuments of culture andarchitecture are the Chinese Wall, Trinity Church and Gostiny Dvor. Fans of museums, as a rule, enjoy visiting the Historical and Polytechnical Museums. Those who want to get to know the capital more closely are always advised to visit the Museum of Moscow History. A collection of the world's most unique dolls will attract the attention of both adults and young visitors.

Due to the peculiarities of the location of the station,in its vicinity it is possible to note a very developed infrastructure. There are several schools and kindergartens, both public and private, a number of medical institutions, many shops nearby. Especially popular are exhibition halls and a library.

At the station you can meet many students, and inThis is not surprising, since it is to the station "Kitay-Gorod" that those who are already studying or just going to enter the RSUH, LMU and other metropolitan universities follow.

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