• Cтанция 'Сокольники'
  [stan-tsy-ya sa-kol'-ni-ki]

🔻In May 1935, the first stage of the Moscow subway opened - from the Sokolniki station to the Park Kultury station with a branch to the Smolenskaya station.

🔻The first line included 13 stations, the total length of the tracks was about 11.5 kilometers.

🔻On the first day, about 370 thousand people used the services of the Sokolnicheskaya Line.

🔻'Sokolniki' is considered the first station of the Moscow metro, and it was from here that train traffic began.

🔻The station owes its name to the historical district of Moscow - in the 17th century it was inhabited by craftsmen who kept and trained falcons for royal hunting.

🔻The depth of the station is nine meters, there are two rows of columns. The square columns are decorated with blue-gray Ural marble. The track walls are faced with black and yellow tiles, the floors are black and gray granite.

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