The Sokol station was opened on September 11, 1938 as part of the second stage of the Moscow metro.
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Located under Leningradsky Prospekt not far from the junction with Volokolamskoye and Leningradskoye highways. The lobbies are located in the Sokol and Airport districts of the Northern Administrative District of Moscow.
It got its name from the nearby village of Sokol, which was built in the 1920s. The area in which the station is located became part of Moscow only in 1917. Previously, it was a large village near Moscow, Vsekhsvyatskoe, a former volost center. The plan for the construction of the metro line with the final stop "Vsekhsvyatskoe" appeared in 1933.
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Later it was corrected several times. As part of the general plan for the reconstruction of Moscow in 1935, it was planned to build a metro line with the terminal stations Airport and Sverdlov Square (now Teatralnaya). However, due to the fact that the second stage depot was moved to the intersection of the Leningradskoye and Volokolamskoye highways, another station was planned on the line. The name of the station "Vsekhsvyatskoe", proposed in the initial project, was unacceptable from an ideological point of view.
The construction of the Sokol metro station was carried out in an open way. The opening of the station with its eastern lobby took place on September 11, 1938. On the same day, the Sokol metro depot was opened, located at the junction of the Leningradskoye and Volokolamskoye highways. Initially, the station lobby was surrounded by low-rise rural houses.
The eastern vestibule is designed in the form of a half-ring with separate entrance and exit at the ends. From them stairs go down to the underground ticket office. The facade of the lobby is lined with limestone near Moscow. A small fountain made of polished granite is installed on the platform in the center of the half-ring. There are wide window openings in the walls of the pavilion.
The walls of the aisles and lobbies are lined with ceramic tiles and multi-colored marble mosaics.
On December 21, 1949, the western vestibule of the station was opened, located on the opposite side of Leningradsky Prospekt next to the Church of All Saints in All Saints.
It also has a separate entrance and exit with staircases that converge into the checkout hall. But, unlike the eastern lobby, it has a U-shape. There is a massive column in the center of the checkout hall. In the 2000s, a store was built in the central part of the western lobby.
Sokol metro station is partially adapted for people with disabilities. The staircase to the west lobby is equipped with a wheelchair ramp and contrasting stripes for the visually impaired. However, the ladder leading to the platform does not have such devices. There are no elevators or escalators at the station.
The staircase leading from the platform to the exit to the underground passage under Leningradsky Prospekt is equipped with runners for strollers and shopping trolleys.
At the end of May 2008, in connection with the construction of the Volokolamsky tunnel within the framework of the Bolshaya Leningradka project, the western vestibule of the station was closed (by that time, the underground passage under Leningradsky Prospekt was also closed). A temporary ticket office has been added to the east lobby. A temporary pedestrian bridge was built for passengers across Leningradsky Prospekt. However, during rush hours, a huge number of people accumulated on this bridge, which led to the swaying of the structure. As a result, the western lobby was reopened three days later, pending the construction of an additional bridge. On December 31, 2008, the pedestrian crossing under Leningradsky Prospekt was reopened. On January 12, 2009, the west lobby was re-closed.
On December 30, 2010 the western lobby of the Sokol metro station was opened after reconstruction. According to the press service of the Moscow Metro, the restoration was carried out while preserving its original appearance. Granite floors and steps were replaced and the walls were tiled with beige tiles. In addition, new entrance doors and turnstiles were installed.
The station was built according to an individual project; its design is not typical for the Moscow metro. The type of structure is a two-span shallow column (depth of placement - 10 meters). The station hall consists of two parallel vaults resting on the side walls and on the middle row of supports. The distance between the columns is 7.4 meters. The spans between the supports are cut by vertical cylinders, the top of which ends with domes with niches.
These domes serve as reflectors for light sources hidden from the observer's eyes by pieces of Agamzala onyx. Thus, uniform illumination of the station is achieved (later, for additional illumination, floodlights directed under the domes were installed on the columns). The lower parts of the columns are faced with Birobidzhan marble and surrounded by benches. The flat sections of the side walls are also lined with marble. All curved surfaces of the station hall are plastered. The floor is paved with gray and pink granite.
In 1952-1953, in order to improve passenger service from the central bridge, additional stairs were built to the platform, which significantly reduced the load on the central stairs.
In December 1961, at the Sokol metro station, for the first time in the Moscow metro, a train turnover system was tested without the participation of locomotive crews. The Sokol metro station ceased to be terminated on December 31, 1964, when the Zamoskvoretskaya line was extended to the Rechnoy Vokzal station.
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Behind the station, connecting branches branch off from the main tracks to the Sokol depot serving the Zamoskvoretskaya line. They are used for the entry and exit of trains from the depot and, in rare cases, for the turnover of trains. The peculiarity of the track development: the main station track in the direction of Voikovskaya after the station does not lead directly, but turns right. The branch line leads directly to the Sokol depot. This is due to the fact that the width of the station did not allow to place the service tracks so that the main track was straight. This feature is rare for the Moscow metro. A similar situation occurs at the Sokolniki and Partizanskaya stations.
On April 28, 1960, an additional exit to the underpass under Leningradsky Prospekt was opened.
"Carefully, the doors are closing. The next station is Voikovskaya.
The Sokol metro station was opened on September 11, 1938 (only with the Eastern lobby) and at that time was the terminal station of the Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya line.
The station got its name from the nearby village of Sokol, although it was located in the center of the former village of Vsekhsvyatskoye (became part of Moscow in 1917). According to the initial project, the station was called that, but for ideological reasons, this name was abandoned.
The construction used in the construction of the station is not typical for the Moscow metro. This is a two-span, shallow column station (10 m.). The designers were faced with a difficult task due to the characteristics of this station. It was assumed that the passenger traffic at this station would be small, therefore, the platform was designed with a small width - only 8 m. The architects had two possible solutions for such a station: a single-vaulted station or with a colonnade along the central axis. Brothers K.N. and Yu.N. The Yakovlevs opted for a one-column solution. However, the columns were used as basement pillars for horizontal vaults, placed at a distance of 7.4 m. The result was an apron hall, which is two parallel vaults that rest on the central row of pillars and on the side walls. The columns, massive at the base, expand upward, and the spans between the supports turn into domes. Such a compositional solution does not divide the station into two parts, but with tents unites it into one whole, makes it complete and organic.
The platform hall is, as it were, divided by a transverse bridge into two parts; it is connected to the platform by wide staircases.
An interesting detail: earlier the station was illuminated only by light reflector rings, which are located under the domes and are hidden by pieces of transparent onyx. In this way, uniform illumination of the station hall was achieved. Later, additional searchlights were installed.
The eastern vestibule is designed as an independent pavilion, which was supposed to take the central place of the Courdoner (the ceremonial courtyard open to the street), formed by the U-shaped future buildings. However, this project was never implemented. The pavilion was conceived by the architects Yakovlev in the form of a half-ring, where separate entrance and exit are at the ends of the building. They contain stairs that connect in the underground cash hall. Then, through an underground passage, you get to the bridge, which is located in the station hall. The pavilion's semicircular walls have large window openings.
The western lobby was opened on December 21, 1949. It is a two-story U-shaped building, also with separate entrances and exits and staircases that converge at the checkout hall. There is a massive column in its center.
During the Great Patriotic War, this metro station served as a bomb shelter.
It is currently an identified cultural heritage site.
The Sokol station was opened on September 11, 1938 as part of the second stage of the Moscow metro. The plan for the construction of a metro line with the final stop "Vsekhsvyatskoe" appeared in 1933. Later it was corrected several times. As part of the general plan for the reconstruction of Moscow in 1935, it was planned to build a metro line with terminal stations "Airport" and "Sverdlov Square" (now "Teatralnaya"). However, due to the fact that the second stage depot was moved to the area of \u200b\u200bthe fork of the Leningradskoye and Volokolamskoye highways, another station was planned on the line. Despite the fact that this station was being built in the very center of the former village of Vsekhsvyatskoye, it got its name from the cooperative village "Sokol", located half a kilometer away, created in the 1920s. The name of the station, proposed in the original project, was unacceptable from an ideological point of view. In 1992, a project was proposed to change the name of the station to "Vsekhsvyatskoe", but it was not implemented.
EEC trolleybuses (England) and a brand new YATB-2 at the eastern entrance hall of the Sokol metro station. The picture was taken between 1938-1941.
Eastern lobby of the Sokol metro station, 1938. Photographer: E. Evzerikhin.
A fountain near the eastern lobby of the Sokol metro station. The picture was taken in 1939.
Inspectors at the entrance to the Sokol station, 1938. Photographer: N.S. Granovsky.
The construction of the Sokol metro station was carried out in an open way. The opening of the station with its eastern lobby took place on September 11, 1938. On the same day, the Sokol metro depot was opened, located at the intersection of the Leningradskoye and Volokolamsky shosses. Initially, the station lobby was surrounded by low-rise rural houses. It was assumed that in the future it will occupy the central place of the Kurdoner formed by the U-shaped building, but this project was not implemented.
The platform of the Sokol station. The picture was taken between 1940-1945.
Sokol metro station, 1940.
The platform of the Sokol station. Photographer: Naum Granovsky, photo taken between 1938-1940.
Since August 1952, in connection with the increase in passenger traffic at the station, in order to improve passenger service, work was carried out at the Sokol station to install four additional mid-flight narrow stairs connecting the bridge of the approach corridors with the platform.
The first stage was put into operation on November 7, 1952, the second - on January 5, 1953. The construction of additional narrow staircases made it possible to significantly reduce the load on the overloaded central wide staircases. In 1992, after the collapse of several steps of one of the stairs, the stairs were closed due to poor technical condition. By 1994, the stairs were completely dismantled and the station acquired its original appearance. Photo taken in 1993, photographer: Igor Klykov.
Clock above the platform of the Sokol metro station. Photo taken in 1940.
The western lobby of the Sokol metro station was opened on December 21, 1949, its architectural design is somewhat different from the eastern lobby. The picture was taken between 1971-1980.
Near the western lobby of the Sokol metro station. Tram train route 6, which came from the Zakharkovo ring. The picture was taken between 1967-1968.
Community next door:
Sokol is a Moscow metro station as part of the Zamoskvoretskaya line. It is located between the Airport station and the Voikovskaya station. The Sokol station passes directly under Leningradsky Prospekt at the intersection with Leningradskoye and Volokolamskoye highways. This is the Northern Administrative District of Moscow, the territory of the Airport and Sokol districts.
Station history
It was planned to build a metro line that would end at Vsekhsvyatskoe back in the 30s of the twentieth century. The construction was carried out in an open way. The station was launched on September 11, 1938. True, then only one lobby was involved - the ground one, which was surrounded by ordinary rural houses. During the war years, like other metro stations, Sokol station was a bomb shelter.
After World War II, the western lobby was opened, located near the Church of All Saints. Over time, additional stairs were completed at the station, an exit to the underground passage was built, which runs under Leningradsky Prospekt.
The Sokol terminal station ceased to exist at the end of 1964. At the end of the twentieth century, due to the poor technical condition, the once completed additional stairs were completely dismantled.
Name history
The station got its name "Sokol" thanks to the "Sokol" district located half a kilometer away, which was built in the 20s of the twentieth century. It was the first cooperative residential community in Moscow. Earlier on its territory was located a large village Vsekhsvyatskoe. However, the name "Vsekhsvyatskoe" was unacceptable for the station during the propaganda of absolute atheism. The idea of \u200b\u200brenaming it "Vsekhsvyatskoe" appeared only in 1992. The initiators argue that this is a more appropriate name for the station, which is located right in the center of the then village. But the idea of \u200b\u200brenaming has not yet been implemented.
Station description
The hall of the Sokol station is decorated with marble called "koelga", there is also marble on the track walls, but of Birobidzhan. The floor is paved with red and gray granite slabs.
The station hall has two parallel vaults. They are supported by side walls and a single row of columns. Elements of white marble and Agamzala onyx from Armenia are used in the facing of the lower part of the columns and walls of the station. The columns expand upward and form domes. The domes have recesses made of Agamzala onyx, in which hidden lamps are located. With this technique, the station is illuminated evenly.
The station hall is divided into two equal parts by a transverse bridge, from which two wide staircases lead to the platform.
It is noticeable that this station is in some way adapted for the convenience of people with disabilities. There are no escalators at the station. The staircase in the west lobby is wheelchair accessible and has contrasting stripes for visually impaired people. However, the ladder leading to the platform is ordinary and does not have such devices. A flight of stairs leading to the underpass is equipped with runners for strollers and trolley bags.
Specifications
The Sokol station was built according to a special project developed by architects Y. Yakovlev and K. Yakovlev. By its design, it is uncharacteristic for the Moscow metro, since it is a two-span, shallow station (at a depth of almost 10 meters). The vault of the station hall has the shape of a dome with recesses. Its height is 4.5 meters. The vault is supported by columns lined up in one row and the walls of the tunnel.
Sokol station is one of the hottest stations of the Moscow metro. For example, in the summer of 2010 the air temperature here reached 33.5 degrees Celsius.
Behind the station there are branches from the main tracks. They lead to the Sokol depot, which serves the Zamoskvoretskaya line. In addition, these branches are sometimes used to circulate formulations. A feature of the main overpass is also that on the way to Voikovskaya after passing the Sokol station, it is not straight, but turns to the right. This is not typical for the Moscow metro. But due to the insufficient width of the station, this is how they were forced to arrange the service tracks. This can still be seen at the Sokolniki and Partizanskaya stations.
Lobbies and transfers
The Falcon has two ground lobbies. They were designed by different architects, since they were built at different times.
The eastern lobby is a half-ring with separate entrances and exits at the end. In the center is a granite fountain. The northern lobby is built in the shape of the letter "P". At the beginning of the 21st century, a store was built in the center of the pavilion, and the building itself was adapted for people with disabilities. In addition, alarms, fire extinguishing and warning systems were modernized.
sights
The main attraction in the Sokol metro area is the Church of All Saints in All Saints.
The stone church in the name of All Saints was built at the end of the 17th century on the initiative of the boyar Ivan Miloslavsky. The temple gave the official name to the village. Later, the village became the property of the Georgian Tsarevich Alexander, with whom the boyar's only daughter Daria became engaged.
The church was built in the early Baroque style. Inside the walls of the church are fully painted. The cathedral icon "Cathedral of All Saints" is executed in the Vasnetsov style. It is located above the carved iconostasis. The iconostasis is three-tiered, white-cream with gilding. The church has a bell tower. It is located under a five-degree slope due to sandy soil and flowing near the river.
The church was rebuilt and expanded more than once. In the 20s of the twentieth century, they tried to close the temple and equip a club on its territory. Although it was inactive only in 1939-1945, when the iconostasis was publicly burned and a military warehouse was placed there. And in the 70s of the twentieth century, the Church of All Saints had the largest parish.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the temple was restored and a two-storey house was completed, where a Sunday school and a church shop were located.
At the Church of All Saints there was an old cemetery where many representatives of the Georgian princely families were buried. Rumor has it that the body of the Georgian writer Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani is also buried here. The cemetery was destroyed at the end of the 20th century. One of the versions - the local high-ranking residents did not like to see the cemetery from the window. Only a few tombstones have survived.
Ground infrastructure
This area is considered one of the most prestigious in the capital, therefore, the infrastructure is well developed, and there are all the establishments necessary for a comfortable life. Near the station there are squares, parks, entertainment venues.
Useful facts
The opening time of the Sokol station is 5:20 am. The first train to Rechnoy Vokzal station leaves at 5:54. The first train in the direction of Krasnogvardeyskaya metro station leaves Sokol at 5:28.
Sokol Station has a reputation for being a "bad place." Metro employees say that they often feel the manifestation of some otherworldly forces. Perhaps this is because the station was built on the site where a lot of people were shot during the Red Terror.
The Sokol metro also appears from time to time in the reports of Moscow incidents. Here several people were hit by a train, sometimes fatally. There is also a known case when in 2006 a concrete pile fell into the tunnel and damaged one of the train cars. Then the people did not suffer.
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