Kosmonavtlar ("Cosmonauts", formerly known as Проспект Космонавтов, Prospekt Kosmonavtov) is a space-programme-themed station of the Tashkent Metro.[1] It honors Soviet cosmonauts such as Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and woman in space.[2] The station was opened on 8 December 1984 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Alisher Navoiy and Toshkent.[3]

Until 2018 it was illegal to photograph the Tashkent metro, because it also worked as a nuclear bomb shelter.[4][5]

Design

The architectural decoration of the station is on the theme of space. The metro stop is decorated in bright-colored anodized aluminium. The interior is decorated with blue ceramic medallions with images of Ulugbek, Icarus, Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin, Vyacheslav Volkov and Vladimir Dzhanibekov and a mural runs the full length of the loading platform, depicting major space-related events and icons such as Galileo, Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin.[6] The ceiling resembles the Milky Way, which shows glass stars.[7] The project of the metro station was developed by Sergo Sutyagin.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ Herfort, Frank (September 2021). CCCP Underground Metro Stations of the Soviet Era. ISBN 978-3-7165-1863-2. OCLC 1164114012.
  2. ^ Villasana, Danielle; Hiltner, Stephen (2019-11-20). "Peer Inside Tashkent's Art-Filled (and Long-Shrouded) Subway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  3. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Tashkent". urbanrail.
  4. ^ Chapple/RFE/RL, Amos (2018-08-24). "Uzbekistan's secret underground – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  5. ^ "See photos of beautiful underground train stations in Tashkent, Uzbekistan". Travel. 2018-10-02. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  6. ^ Mayhew, Bradley; Clammer, Paul; Kohn, Michael (2004). Central Asia. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-86450-296-1.
  7. ^ Details of the Tashkent subway
  8. ^ "The unseen treasures of Uzbekistan's silk road". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  9. ^ "Arxitektor Sergo Sutyagin vafot etdi". uza.uz- National Information Agency of Uzbekistan. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  10. ^ "Arxitektor Sergo Sutyagin vafot etdi". www.gazeta.uz. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmonavtlar_(Tashkent_Metro)
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