HOW TO GET THERE: Art. metro station "Kievskaya"
THE ADDRESS: Moscow, From the Station across the crystal bridge.
This metropolitan park is located right next to the Kievskaya metro station. You go out through any exit, and it opens in front of you great view to the European Fountain, which is located in Europe Square. We head towards it and climb up the translucent bridge. By the way, it is called "crystal" and is unusual in itself.
After the bridge, you need to turn left, go down a narrow, inconspicuous path and continue along it. On the way there is a large number of benches turned towards the Moskva River. You need to spend some time in this place and feel its atmosphere.
Your journey began at the ring metro station, amidst the hustle and bustle of the people, where the people are simply visible and invisible, next to the market with its usual confusion. And now, after that - suddenly a "paradise".
Relax on the benches, they are located quite high, which allows you to admire a wonderful view: barges sailing along the river, Moscow City skyscrapers.
Have a rest? You can go to Return trip... It is better to return just across the "crystal" bridge. It has a balcony. If you are not afraid of heights, be sure to stand on the edge.
In the dark, the bridge glows from the inside, which will add positive emotions to you. After the bridge, do not go directly to the metro, take a walk near the fountain. Go to the nearby grocery store and buy something to eat, then you won't have to buy expensive at the train station. The park near the Kievskaya metro station is cozy in itself, but not particularly quiet - the station, after all.
In the evening, romantic couples love to gather here. And do not be "greedy", be sure to tell your friends and family about this place. The joy just needs to be shared.
To have an active rest and have fun with friends, visit Gorky Park or the Stuntmen's Base - it is just not a gift from Kievskaya, and just one metro station is the Moscow Zoo - not a bad option where to go to the shop. Well, after that you can leisurely walk to the Old Arbat.
In the middle of the 20th century, Kiev became known as one of the greenest cities in the world. “I have seen many parks in cities, but this is the first time I see a city in a park,” according to rumors, Charles de Gaulle reacted when he was in Kiev for the first time. Lennox Lewis also expressed his enthusiasm for the Ukrainian capital: “This is an amazing city - in it trees grow taller than houses!”. Many celebrities celebrate how beautiful the parks of Kiev are.
Photo by Yuri Perebaev.
Since then, unfortunately, much has changed for the worse. Faceless skyscrapers and shopping centers have sprung up on the site of many green parks in Kiev due to the fault of greedy developers.
But in the city of Kiya there are still beautiful green places where you can take a break from the "aroma" and noise of the big city.
Today we will tell you about the best parks and forests in Kiev.
Pushcha-Voditsa
One of the oldest woodlands. As early as the 11th century, the sounds of horns and barking of dogs were heard here. It was the local princes who went hunting with their warriors.
The name of the forest and the village is derived from the "dense forest" - "Pushcha", and the name of the Voditsa River, which no longer exists.
Photo by Yuri Perebaev.
At the end of the 19th century, after suburban recreation came into fashion instead of distant resorts, a summer cottage settlement was organized here. And in 1904 the first tram was launched.
Today there are more than 40 sanatoriums and rest houses here.
After all, the local magical air, filled with ozone and pine aromas, is not inferior in its healing effect the best resorts Crimea.
Photo by Yuri Perebaev.
Koncha-Zaspa
Forest area on the opposite side of the City from the Pushcha.
There are two legends about the origin of the name. The first tells about the Slavic heroes, on the eve of the appearance of the enemy, who woke up their brothers with a cry of "stop sleeping!". The second one nods to the fortified rampart "The End of the Fill", erected during the war with the Commonwealth.
There are a lot of lakes, including Koncha and Zaspa (another version of the name), rivulets, flooded meadows, relatively close to the Dnieper. The richest places. But there is a nuance.
Photo source: panoramio.com.
After the transfer of the capital of the Ukrainian SSR from Kharkov to Kiev in 1934, Koncha-Zaspa was chosen by those in power. Like mushrooms after the rain, government dachas crawled out of the ground. Many kilometers of fences along the highway have become not uncommon, but on the contrary, the rule.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the new "masters of life" followed the example of the nomenklatura. Today Koncha-Zaspa is one of the most expensive areas of the capital and the outskirts.
But we are not interested in these places by the palaces of the modern "elite".
Dnieper bays, pine-oak forest, transparent lakes, flowering meadows - these are the advantages of Koncha-Zaspa. And although you will not see that “early” beauty “thanks” to the extensive development, these forests and meadows still remain one of the most charming in the country.
How to get there: Vydubychi metro station, buses towards Kozin.
Vladimirskaya Gorka
Khreshchaty park and its neighbors
A whole chain of parks on the slopes of Slavutych, smoothly flowing into one another. ... ... ... ... ... ...
Photo by Yuri Perebaev.
The first two are ennobled, well-groomed and overflowing with places of cultural recreation. with a trolley and attractions. , and . Dynamo stadium, and.
As you move away from the citadel of power, the parks grow more wild. But no less interesting. Askold's grave - the mystical Green Theater and narrow alleys over the Dnieper. Eternal Glory - Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Pechersky -,. Navodnitsky -.
Photo by Yuri Perebaev.
Walk, do not go too far.
How to get there: Metro "Independence Square", "Arsenalnaya".
Trukhanov island
450 hectares of forest and clean air, named after the Polovtsian Tugorkhan, the father of the wife of Prince Svyatopolk Izyaslavich, who built a residence on the island for his wife (apparently, he loved him very much).
In the 19th century, it began to be actively used by the people of Kiev for out-of-town rest... They went here by boats (there was no bridge yet), families for the whole day.
Soon a steam mill and ship repair shops were built here. At the same time, overcoming the terrible resistance of the city authorities, a village for workers was erected, which existed right up to 1943, when it was burned down by the Germans.
Photo by Yuri Perebaev.
In 1918, the ancestors of the Fritzes, who destroyed the village in 1943, organized the first open public beach.
The idea stuck. And how!
And after 1957, when it was erected, Trukhanov turned into a favorite resting place for the townspeople.
It remains so to this day.
Photo by Yuri Perebaev.
Long beaches (including the Central), lake, tributaries of the Dnieper and the river Desenka. Lots of trees, cozy meadows and secluded meadows. Paradise for lovers active rest and for fans of lazy tanning.
How to get there: Metro "Independence Square", "Pochtovaya Ploscha".
Friendship of Peoples Park
It was created in the early 70s of the 20th century, in the Chertory tract. The main part is divided into zones, including a memorial zone with 15 plant species, as a sign of friendship between the republics of the USSR (oh, there was a time!), Beach, children's and sports zones.
Hydropark
This area on two islands, located next to Trukhanov, largely repeated the fate of its neighbor.
In the 19th century, the future Hydropark became the homeland for the workers of the factory for the manufacture and repair of artillery pieces (later "Arsenal"). They settled in Predmostnaya Slobodka, named after its location in front of the Nikolaevsky chain bridge. Burned down in 1943.
The Hydropark acquired its modern look in 1965-1968 when it was solemnly opened for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution.
Photo source: kati.com.ua.
365 hectares filled with forest, attractions, sports grounds, and an insane amount of cafes.
It is also known for a gym, built by lovers of a sports lifestyle for their hard-earned money, a mass of beaches (including children), and a large number of vacationers. However, this is the problem of not a single Hydropark.
How to get there: Metro station "Hydropark".
National Botanical Garden named after N. Grishko
Photo by Yuri Perebaev.
How to get there: metro "Pecherskaya", 14th trolleybus.
Goloseevsky park named after M. Rylsky
In 1957, in the northern part of the vast Goloseevsky forest, which was badly damaged during the wars and the revolution, the most beautiful was organized. Emeralds, which brought him in 1960 the title of "monument of garden and park art republican significance”, There was a cascade of four ponds and a successful alternation of regular-style plots planted with Cossack juniper, thuja, willow and spruce, with natural (landscape) plots - oak, birch, maple.
In 1964, the park was named after the poet Maksim Rylsky, who died that year, and lived on the outskirts of the park.
Now at your service there is a boat station, a lot of pedestrian and bicycle paths, playgrounds and sports grounds, attractions and cafes.
Photo source: stezhkamu.com.
And most importantly - two steps away is the green bulk of the Goloseevsky forest, adjacent to the other side, and a little further almost reaching the Dnieper.
Two monasteries, the baptismal font of the Transfiguration Hermitage, and the National Complex "Expocentre of Ukraine" are lost in the forest.
And also hidden places in the depths, where a person's foot rarely steps.
Park of Partisan Glory
A piece of the Nikolsky forest area, allocated in 1965 for the development of the regional park of culture and recreation. Five years later, it, named after the partisans who fought in World War II, was already receiving visitors. There are six zones here, the central of which has become a memorial - with a museum, partisan dugouts and other attributes of the life of the people's avengers.
Photo source: uklon.com.ua.
Also one of the highlights can be called a track for running and cycling. Rope park, simply made for an active holiday with the whole family. As many as 700 meters of rope trails for all ages. And, of course, more than 100 hectares of greenery, dozens of meadows, fountains and a couple of lakes.
How to get there: st. metro station "Borispolskaya", up to Slavgorodskaya street, 54.
Green spaces of the capital. The best parks Kiev. The woody sea, giving you the opportunity to rest your soul from the frantic rhythms of modern society, enjoy the fresh air and birdsong ...
Simply allowing us to live.
Photo by Yuri Perebaev.
Trees help people, and we have a responsibility to take care of them. Moderate the appetites of those who, thinking only of momentary profit, strive to put another square on the vine. Plant new seedlings and not spoil those that are already growing.
Otherwise, only a memory will remain of life on earth.
The park was founded in 1743 by the architect V.V. Rastrelli on the basis of the old Regular Garden at the Tsar's Palace, founded by Peter I. The City Park is the oldest of the Kiev Pechersk parks, located between Khreshchaty and Mariinsky parks. Area - 11.7 hectares. It was originally planned as a "French" type park and inherited the style of the Versailles Park.
On the park alleys, park sculptures are installed for the writer Lesya Ukrainka and the brilliant actress Maria Zankovetskaya (1974, sculptor Galina Kalchenko, architect Anatoliy Ignaschenko). In 1955, the bust of the composer Mikhail Glinka, installed in 1910 in front of the building of the music school destroyed by the war, was moved to the park. 1982-1983 a summer concert stage was built, covered with an original canopy (architect Yuri Seregin). 
In September 1973 was installed monument to Lesya Ukrainka. The monument was created by the sculptor G.N. Kalchenko, architect A.F. Ignaschenko. It depicts a bronze figure of the poetess, the height of 5 meters stands on a pedestal of black labradorite, near the monument is a fountain, which is surrounded by a group of trees brought from the poetess's hometown. The total height of the monument is 10 m.
The real name of the poetess - Kosach Larisa Petrovna (1871-1913) - Ukrainian poetess, playwright and public figure. A significant part of her life was connected with Kiev. For the first time Lesya Ukrainka visited the city in 1876 with her parents.
During the next visits to Kiev, she lived on Streletskaya Street No. 15 and No. 26, Fundukleevskaya, on the street. Saksagansky № 97 (1899-1910 there is a museum of Lesya Ukrainka) № 101 (1911 and 1913) № 115 (1910) st. Tarasovskaya № 14 (1889) Vetrov street (Nazarievskaya street) A memorial plaque to the poetess was installed on the last six houses. In 1907 Lesya Ukrainka married the folklorist K.V. Kvitka, the marriage took place in the Ascension Church in Kiev.
The poetess died in Sumari (Georgia) and was buried at the Baikovo cemetery. In 1922, a street named after her, 1961 - a boulevard, 1965 - a square.
Address: blvd. Lesi Ukrainka, 12 (on one of the main squares of Pechersk and Kiev, at the intersection of Lesi Ukrainka boulevard and Kutuzov street)
Khreshchaty Park
It descends picturesquely along the steep slopes above the Dnieper. It was founded in 1881 as a merchant's garden. In the park there is an open concert hall where performances of musical orchestras and art groups take place in summer. The central decoration in the park is a monument Friendship between nations, dedicated to the reunification of Ukraine with Russia. The monument is a huge arch in the form of a metal rainbow with a diameter of 30 meters, under which there are bronze figures of Ukrainian and Russian workers, as well as a granite image of the participants of the Pereyaslav Rada 1654. Behind the monument is located observation deck with a wonderful view of the Dnieper and Podil. (M. "Maidan Nezalezhnosti")
Marininsky park
Named in honor of Empress Maria Alexandrovna, who in the 1870s allocated funds to equip the park on the site of the parade ground for military exercises. The original layout of the park is an excellent place for recreation and entertainment. Rich and varied vegetable world parka. In the immediate vicinity of the park there is the Marininsky Palace, hotels, foreign missions. (M. "Arsenalnaya")
Marininsky Palace In 1744, Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter I, during her visit to Kiev, herself chose the place for the construction of the palace.
The Mariinsky Palace was built in 1750-1755. designed by B. Rastrelli. The eminent Russian architect I. Michurin supervised the construction of the palace.
The main facade of the Mariinsky Palace faces the Mariinsky Park. This park was founded in 1874. The winding alleys are inscribed in the landscape of the park.
On the opposite side of the palace is the City (Tsar's) Garden, founded in 1743 on the basis of the old Regular Garden (founded by Peter I). His style is classic: a network of straight alleys that intersect at right angles.
We invite you to admire the panorama taken on the square in front of the Mariinsky Palace
The palace complex has a strictly symmetrical composition. The main two-story building and one-story side wings form a wide courtyard.
The architecture of the palace is designed in the Baroque style: expressive volumes, rich plastic facades.
Throughout its long history, the Mariinsky Palace has been reconstructed several times. Significant reconstruction was carried out in 1868-1870 after a large fire that destroyed the wooden second floor and all the ceremonial rooms.
During the restoration of the palace, a stone floor was added, the facades were filled with new details, and the interiors were reworked in the forms of classicism with elements of the Baroque and Renaissance.
The work was carried out under the guidance of the academician of architecture K. Maevskiy. The year of their completion - 1870 - was minted in a cartouche on the façade facing the park.
The Mariinsky Palace was badly damaged during the Second World War: the bomb that hit it destroyed central part building.
In 1945-1949 the palace was rebuilt under the guidance of the Ukrainian architect P. Aleshin.
In 1979-1982, after careful research works, the palace has been restored. The ordering of the territory is made on the basis of the drawings, approved in due time by B. Rastrelli.
The shape of the fountains, the pattern of green spaces have a traditional character for the XVIII century. The fountains are decorated with paired sculptural compositions - copies of sculptures from the middle of the XVIII century, which are kept in the museums of the country.
From the lobby of the palace to the second floor, where the ceremonial halls are located, there are marble steps.
Important elements of the decoration of the Mariinsky Palace are objects of decorative and applied art, as well as furniture and chandeliers (old and made by modern masters in the spirit of the XVIII-XI centuries), paintings by famous masters of painting.
In some rooms, small fragments of wall paintings by the artist K. Alliaudi have been preserved.
The wonderful parquet floor of the palace was recreated during the last restoration. Composed of precious woods, it amazes with the beauty of the pattern and the perfect craftsmanship.
Today this historical building represents our country in the world as a state residence. It is called the Presidential Palace.
It hosts solemn state events - awards, receptions, presentation of credentials by ambassadors of foreign states, summits and meetings of official delegations at the highest level.
The park covers an area of 9.5 hectares. The park was created on the basis of the Anosovsky (Commandant's) garden, laid out in 1894.
After the war, Anosovsky Garden turned into a wasteland. Dozens of monuments and gravestones dismantled from Askold's grave were thrown at its foot from the side of the Dnieper. Several crypts also towered on the way to the Lavra. The place itself was, as it were, intended for burials and expressions of sorrow for the dead. By the way, something similar happened here during the Civil War.
In 1918, on the outskirts of the Anosovsky garden, near the rampart, the Bolsheviks shot the archimandrite of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Vladimir. There is a version that Ukrainian poets Vasily Chumak and Gnat Mikhailichenko, who were shot in 1919 by Denikinites, are also buried on the slopes of the park.
In 1957, the park was installed memorial with a monument of Eternal Glory at the tomb of the unknown soldier... The monument is a 26-meter obelisk, near the foot of which is the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, an eternal flame burns above it.
A wide alley leads to the monument, on the sides of which there are 34 graves of soldiers who died in the battles for their Motherland, in particular the heroes of the battles for Kiev.
(M. "Arsenalnaya")
Goloseevsky park
One of the largest parks in Kiev, covers an area of almost 150 hectares. There are several lakes where you can go boating and fishing, as well as a large forest area, where Maslenitsa festivities take place in winter, and attractions are open in the warm season. On the territory of the park there is a museum, which was opened in memory of the work and life of the Ukrainian poet Maxim Rylsky. A great place to stay.
Landscape park
Near the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra on the territory National Museum history of the Second World War is a wonderful Landscape park(an area of about 30 hectares), where flower exhibitions are held on holidays, concerts and festivities take place under open air on the Song Festival Grounds in the center of the park.
Park "Vladimirskaya Gorka"
One of the most picturesque parks in the city, Vladimirskaya Gorka, is located on the Dnieper terraces of the Kiev hills. The park was founded in the middle of the 19th century, its area is 10.6 hectares. This popular vacation spot is green, cozy, with old gazebos and beautiful views through the clearing in the foliage. After the prom, many Kiev schoolchildren greeted the sunrise in this romantic park.
Monument to Vladimir the Great It was installed on the lower terrace of Vladimirskaya Gorka at an altitude of 70 m above the level of the Dnieper in 1853 in honor of the Grand Duke of Kiev Vladimir Svyatoslavovich (sculptors V.I.Demut - Malinovsky and P.K. Klodt, architect K.A.Ton). The bronze figure of the prince (height - 4.5 m; cast in St. Petersburg) in a mantle with a cross and a grand prince's cap in hand rises on a 16-meter cast-iron pedestal and a square stylobate of cast-iron slabs, which looks like an 8-sided chapel of the pseudo-Byzantine style. On the pedestal there is a bas-relief "Baptism of Rus" and the coat of arms of Kiev - the Archangel Michael. The monument was restored in 1953-1954.
Small but very beautiful park... Located at the intersection of st. Vladimirskaya and blvd. T. Shevchenko.
In the center monument to the Ukrainian poet T.G. Shevchenko(sculptor M. Manizer). The monument was opened in 1939. It was opened on March 6 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the poet's birth in the park opposite the Kiev University. The figure of T. Shevchenko is cast from bronze and installed on a pedestal: from red granite, on which the words from his "Testament" are carved. The playground and the "patch" for chess lovers are especially popular. In the eastern part of the park there is an original old fountain " Black Sea", the pool of which, indeed, repeats the Black Sea with its outlines.
It has been open for public visits since 1964 and covers an area of over 130 hectares.
In the National Botanical Garden. N.N. Grishka created collections of flowers, decorative, medicinal, fruit, vegetable, spicy aromatic, fodder and industrial plants from all botanical and geographical regions of the world, which number over 10 thousand species, forms and varieties, unique in terms of qualitative and quantitative composition. These huge collections are of immense scientific and economic importance. In particular, the Garden contains one of the world's best collection of dogwood forms, the largest in Eastern Europe collection of oak, maple, linden, birch, walnut, lilac, wild fruit plants. All collections are especially valuable for the conservation of plant diversity ex situ. Some rare tropical species grow in greenhouses, and even those that have already disappeared in natural conditions.
In the NBS them. N.N. Grishka created one of the world's largest collections of living plants temperate zone Eurasia, which includes 1178 species from 113 families, including trees, bushes and semi-shrubs - 317 species, herbaceous plants - 861 species.
A part of this collection are rare and endangered species that grow on the site "Rare plants of the flora of Ukraine": 59 species of endemics, 33 - relics, 136 species are listed in the Red Book of Ukraine and 33 species are included in the Red Book of Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan , Georgia and other countries.
Due to the unique botanical and geographical principle, according to which plants are represented in the National Botanical Garden, phytocenoses have formed over more than 60 years of the existence of geographical areas, which recreate natural vegetation (typical landscapes and even relief) of certain regions of Eurasia. These are such exposition sites as "Forests of the Plain Part of Ukraine" (12.0 hectares), "Steppes of Ukraine" (2.5 hectares), "Ukrainian Carpathians" (6.0 hectares), "Crimea" (2.5 hectares), "Caucasus" (5.75 ha), " middle Asia"(3.5 ha)," Far East"(6.0 ha)," Altai and Western Siberia"(1.8 hectares).
The arboretum on an area of 30 hectares contains a unique collection of trees, bushes and lianas - 1062 species, varieties and forms, which are presented on the sites: "Gymnosperms", "Birch Grove", "Beech", "Pink", "Walnut-lime-maple "," Legumes "," Magnolia Garden "," Lilac Garden ".
The collection fund of tropical and subtropical plants is of particular value - 3094 specimens. The pride of this collection is the collection of orchids, aroids, bromeleys, begonias, liliaceae, heres and succulents. The collection of orchids alone exceeds 450 species, forms, varieties and hybrids.
The only collection of open ground flower plants in Ukraine (about 4000 species and varieties), which presents all groups of flower crops - collections of astilba, hyacinths, gladioli, dahlias, lilies, irises, peonies, tulips, chrysanthemums, asters, cannes, lawn and decorative herbs.
Introduced plants that are used by humans are of great practical importance. They are located at the collection and display areas "Kormovye" (240 taxa), "Spicy aromatic" (106 taxa), "Vegetable" (80 taxa), "Medicinal" (318 taxa) and "Fruit" (110 taxa).
Located in the southeastern part of the Pechersk region above the Dnieper. Timiryazevskaya, 1, tel. 295-41-05
Syretsky dendrological park
Founded in 1875
Tiraspolskaya, 43, tel. 442-45-52
The park is located next to Kievsky National University, which was founded in 1839. A huge glazed climatron with a height of 30 m (1977) attracts attention, inside which the oldest specimens of palm trees in Ukraine grow. More than 8 thousand different plants grow on the territory of the park, including 143 specimens included in the Red Book of Ukraine. The botanical garden covers 22.5 hectares of land. This nice place for walks and relaxation.
Comintern, 1. (M. "University"). Guided tours: 234-60-56
Botanical State Garden of the National Agrarian University
General Rodimtseva, 2, tel. 267-88-40
Kiev zoo
Since June 16, 1992 by the Law of Ukraine No. 2456-XII, the Kiev Zoo is included in the list of the nature reserve fund of state significance.
The Kiev Zoo was established at the initiative of the Kiev Association of Nature Lovers in 1908. In those days, the zoo was located on the territory botanical garden University of St. Vladimir (now Shevchenko University).
The animals were donated or brought from expeditions by university scientists. In winter, representatives of the fauna of hot countries were placed in warehouses railway station Kiev Commodity. Over time, the collection of animals grew so much that it ceased to fit in the territory of the botanical garden assigned to it, in addition, loud cries of animals disturbed people who lived nearby. Therefore, in 1911, the question of transferring the zoo to another place was raised, and in the same year the City Duma allocated a large area on the then outskirts of the city. 
The relief of this area was very difficult, all in ravines with humps and not suitable for housing or industrial construction, but perfectly suited for a zoo - the complexity of the relief was rationally and successfully used, in the former ravines there were lakes for waterfowl, from the upper points the perspective is clearly visible ...
All this time, the city Duma did not allocate funds for the maintenance of the zoo, and it existed at the expense of private donations. At the same time, the entrance to the zoo was free. But after the 1917 revolution, the zoo was nationalized and became the property of the state. Before World War II, there were about 1,500 animals in the zoo, but during the Nazi occupation it was devastated, the most valuable specimens of animals were loaded onto a train and sent to Germany, and a German military garrison was located on the territory of the zoo itself.
After the liberation of Kiev, the zoo was reconstructed. New enclosures gradually appeared. In 1982 the "Island of Animals" was built. In the period 1998-2003, the Aviary enclosures appeared - a kind of area for keeping rare birds - black vultures, and the Continent of Bears. 
In 1983, the Kiev zoo received state status and was included in the list of objects of the natural reserve fund, in 1996 it became a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums and actively joined international programs on the reproduction of rare and endangered species of animals. Now in the collection of the zoo there are about 3,500 animals, representatives of 400 species. More than 130 species of trees and bushes grow on the territory of the zoo.
The Moscow metro was opened on May 15, 1935 with the Sokolniki - Park Kultury line, and over the two decades of Stalin's years it has grown with new stations, the rich interiors of which resemble an art gallery. 44 stations of the Moscow metro are recognized as objects cultural heritage... Since 1955, in connection with the decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On the elimination of excesses in design and construction", the metro building abandoned expensive decor in favor of standard projects. The walk along the old metro began in Sokolniki, continued with winding squiggles along the Sokolnicheskaya, Koltsevaya, Zamoskvoretskaya, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya lines and ends today at the Kievskaya Koltsevaya and Park Kultury stations.
The station "Kievskaya" ring line was opened on March 14, 1954 as part of the section "Belorusskaya" - "Park Kultury" and closed the ring line under construction.
1970-1980: https://pastvu.com/p/81144
In 1953, Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev took over as the first secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, and among his first acts was the perpetuation of the great fate of the people of Ukraine in the Moscow metro. At that time, none of the two existing "Kievskys" satisfied him. According to the results of the announced competition, 40 projects were presented, in which the Kievites won.
Architects E.I.Katonin, V.K.Skugarev, G.E. Golubev worked on the project of the station, the interiors were designed by artists - A.V. Myzin, G.I. Opryshko, A.G. Ivanov.
Eighteen pylons are decorated with smalt mosaic panels dedicated to the history of Ukraine and the friendship of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples.
Pereyaslavl Rada 8/18 January 1654
Battle of Poltava
Pushkin in Ukraine
Chernyshevsky, Dobrolyubov, Nekrasov and Shevchenko in St. Petersburg
Lenin's "Iskra"
1905 in Donbass
The proclamation of Soviet power by V. I. Lenin in Smolny. October 1917
Struggle for Soviet power in Ukraine
Kalinin and Ordzhonikidze at the opening of Dneproges
Tractor brigade of the first MTS
Reunification of the entire Ukrainian people in a single Ukrainian Soviet state
Festivities in Kiev
Liberation of Kiev by the Soviet Army. 1943 year
Fireworks of Victory in Moscow. May 9, 1945
Socialist competition between metallurgists of the Urals and Donbass
Friendship of Russian and Ukrainian collective farmers
The order-bearing Ukraine, the republic of workers and peasants, is in bloom
The Commonwealth of Nations - the Source of the Prosperity of the Socialist Homeland
On the end wall of the central hall of the station there is a large panel with stucco molding in the form of flags and a mosaic portrait of V. I. Lenin in the center. Around - the lines of the USSR anthem, and under the portrait - Lenin's quote: "The indestructible eternal friendship of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples is the guarantee of national independence and freedom, the flourishing of national culture and the prosperity of the Ukrainian people, as well as other peoples of the Soviet Union."
The station was the last and the most "rich" in the images of J.V. Stalin. As many as five of his profiles could be seen in the design of the station on the mosaics “Proclamation of Soviet power by VI Lenin. October 1917 "," Reunification of the entire Ukrainian people in a single Ukrainian Soviet state "," Victory salute in Moscow. May 9, 1945 "," Friendship of Russian and Ukrainian collective farmers "and at the very end of the station was placed a large profile of Lenin-Stalin, which was replaced by a small portrait of VI Lenin.
Curiously, fossilized coral twigs can be seen in the marble. You can read more about this on the website "Paleontology of the Moscow Metro": http://www.paleometro.ru/metro29.php
The Park Kultury station (radial) was opened on May 15, 1935 as part of the first launch section of the Moscow Metro - Sokolniki - Park Kultury with a branch Okhotny Ryad - Smolenskaya.
1935: http://www.oldmos.ru/old/photo/view/27264
The northern lobby is decorated with a mosaic panel depicting Maxim Gorky
On the morning of March 29, 2010, a terrorist act was carried out at the station, killing 12 people. The explosion occurred at rush hour, at a time when two trains arrived at the station at once and there were many passengers in the metro.
South vestibule (not preserved). 1935: http://www.oldmos.ru/old/photo/view/96178
South lobby. 1960 (an overpass is being built in the foreground): http://www.oldmos.ru/old/photo/view/94014
Fragments of the lobby decoration
The station "Park Kultury" (ring) was opened on January 1, 1950. Architect I.E. Rozhin. In the first years of its existence, the station was often indicated on the schemes under the name "Gorky Park of Culture". To get to the favorite resting place of Muscovites of the 1930-1950s, the townspeople had to go to the opposite bank of the Moskva River along the long Crimean bridge. From time to time, ideas arose to rename the station to "Krymskaya" or "Krymsky Most".
The pylons of the station hall are decorated with 26 bas-reliefs made of white marble by S.M. Rabinovich, depicting the rest of the Soviet youth.
