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Moscow Metro station
Prospekt Mira
Проспект Мира
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationMeshchansky District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°46′47″N 37°37′54″E / 55.7798°N 37.6318°E / 55.7798; 37.6318
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#5 Koltsevaya line Koltsevaya line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type1 island platform
Depth40 metres (130 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code069
Fare zonePartially Closed: May 2015-May 2016
History
Opened30 January 1952; 72 years ago (1952-01-30)
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
200217,155,000
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Suvorovskayaanticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya line Komsomolskayaclockwise / inner
Sukharevskayatowards Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya linetransfer at Prospekt Mira Rizhskayatowards Medvedkovo
Route map
Legend
Belorusskaya Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Belorusskaya Belorussky railway station Ground transferTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Belorussky
Krasnaya Presnya yard
Krasnopresnenskaya Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Barrikadnaya
Moskva River
Kiyevskaya Transfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at Kiyevskaya Transfer for #4 Filyovskaya line at KiyevskayaTransfer for #4A Filyovskaya line at Kiyevskaya Kiyevsky railway station
Moskva River
Park Kultury Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Park Kultury
Moskva River
Oktyabrskaya Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Oktyabrskaya
Dobryninskaya Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Serpukhovskaya
Paveletskaya Paveletsky railway station Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Paveletskaya
Vodootvodny Canal
Moskva River
Taganskaya Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Taganskaya Transfer for #8 Kalininskaya line at Marksistskaya
Kurskaya Transfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at Kurskaya Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Chkalovskaya Kursky railway station Transfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Moscow Kursky
Komsomolskaya Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Komsomolskaya Komsomolskaya Square (Moscow) Transfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Kalanchyovskaya
Prospekt Mira Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Prospekt Mira
Dostoevskaya Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Dostoevskaya
Novoslobodskaya Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Mendeleyevskaya
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Location
Prospekt Mira is located in Central MoscowProspekt MiraProspekt MiraLocation within Central Moscow

Prospekt Mira (Russian: Проспе́кт Ми́ра) is a station of the Moscow Metro's Koltsevaya line. Opened on 30 January 1952 as part of the second stage of the line, it is a pylon design by architects Vladimir Gelfreykh and Mikhail Minkus.

Called initially Botanichesky Sad (Ботанический Сад) after the Botanical Garden of Moscow State University which are located nearby, the theme of this station develops the connotation of the name in the overall colour tone. The arches are faced with flared white marble and are topped with ceramic bas-relief frieze made of floral elements. In the centre are medallion bas-reliefs (work of G.Motovilov) featuring the different aspects in the development of agriculture in the Soviet Union. The station walls are laid with dark red Ural marble and chessboard floor pattern is made of grey and black granite. The ceiling vault is decorated with casts, and lighting comes from several cylindrical chandeliers.

The station's vestibule is built into the ground floor of a multi-story building on the corner of Mira Avenue and Protopopovsky lane. Designed by A.Arkin, its façade features sculptures and an original clock over the two archways. Inside, opposite the escalator hall is a large smalt artwork Mothers of the World by A.Kuznetsov.

In 1958, the wall at the end of the station was dismantled to make way for a transfer to the new station Botanichesky Sad on the Rizhskaya line. In 1966 both stations were renamed after to avoid confusion with the larger Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences, which would eventually see the station Botanichesky Sad be named after that in 1978.

In May 2015, the vestibule of the station was closed for one year, due to major refurbishments works, reopened on 16 May 2016.

  • Station platform Station platform
  • Entrance Entrance
  • Image on 1952 stamp Image on 1952 stamp

References

Moscow Metro
#1 Sokolnicheskaya line Sokolnicheskaya line
#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
#4 Filyovskaya line Filyovskaya line
Main
#4А 4А line Branch
#5 Koltsevaya line Koltsevaya line
#6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
#7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line
Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line
#8 Kalininskaya line Kalininskaya line
#8A Solntsevskaya line Solntsevskaya line
#9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line
#10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line
#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
#12 Butovskaya line Butovskaya line
#13 Moscow Monorail Moscow Monorail
#14 Moscow Central Circle Moscow Central Circle
#15 Nekrasovskaya line Nekrasovskaya line
#16 Troitskaya line Troitskaya line
#17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line
#18 Biryulyovskaya line Biryulyovskaya line
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