Kosmonavtlar (Tashkent Metro)

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]

Kosmonavtlar
Tashkent Metro
General information
LocationTashkent, Uzbekistan
Coordinates41.305022°N 69.265344°E / 41.305022; 69.265344
Platformsisland platform
Tracks2
History
Opened8 December 1984
Previous namesKosmonavtlar Prospekti
Services
Preceding station Tashkent Metro Following station
Ozbekiston
towards Beruniy
 Oʻzbekiston Line Oybek
towards Chkalov

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]

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. 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


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