Belorusskaya (Kolzewaya Line)

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Platform hall
One of the tracks
East entrance, built in 1997

Belorusskaja ( Russian Белору́сская , pronunciation ? / I ) is a subway station on the Kolzewaja line (also ring line ) of the Moscow Metro . It opened on January 30, 1952. The name was derived from Belarus (Belorussland) and is based on the Belarusian train station , which is located in the immediate vicinity. Audio file / audio sample

general description

The underground subway station is 42.5 meters deep, across under the busy Tverskaya Street and a few meters south of the bridge crossing the railway tracks of the Belarusian station. Belorusskaya is one of the busiest metro stations in Moscow due to its proximity to this important long-distance train station. From Belorusskaya you can also change to the station of the same name on the Samoskvorezkaya line (the "green line"). The transition is in the middle of the platform hall, while escalator shafts lead to the exits from both ends. The western exit, which leads into a vestibule building right next to the reception buildings and counter halls of the Belarusian train station, was set up at the same time as the station was put into operation. The eastern exit, from which you can get to the other side of Tverskaya Street, was only constructed in 1997 to relieve the western entrance.

Occasionally, trains on the Kolzewaya Line from the east end here, as there is a ramp to the Krasnaya Presnja vehicle depot between Belorusskaya and the nearest western Krasnopresnenskaya station .

architecture

The old vestibule building at the Byelorussian train station was designed in a similar way to the other access structures on the ring line and its facade is clad with white limestone from near Wenjow . Inside there is a counter hall with access barriers , after which one can get to the platform via escalators . The counter hall of the east entrance is also separated from the platform hall by an escalator shaft, but also by a flight of stairs. Unlike the old entrance, the new one does not have a vestibule building; A simple underpass with a covered and glazed stairway leads from the counter hall to the surface of the earth. The new counter hall itself has wall paintings by the Portuguese artist Graça Morais as a special feature .

The platform hall, which, like all other ring line stations, was designed according to an individual project, is - as the name of the station suggests - dedicated to the close ethnic relationship of the Russian and Belarusian people. The decoratively carved arched vault of the 9.5 m wide central hall is striking, on which twelve mosaic compositions with traditional motifs from the life of the Belarusians can be seen at regular intervals . The vault is supported by two rows of pylons made of white marble, each pylon with a decorative chandelier in the form of a vase. The two outer parts of the platform hall are also closed with a vault with carved patterns; the outer walls above the tracks are clad in the upper area with ceramic tiles and gilded stylized oak leaves and in the lower area with dark red marble slabs. The floor of the central hall has a carpet- like pattern of red, light gray and dark gray granite reminiscent of Belarusian national costumes .

In the transition to the Samoskvorezkaya Line there is a sculpture composition created in 1952, which is dedicated to the heroic deeds of the Belarusian partisans in World War II. Another sculpture composition on the subject of Soviet Belarus stood at the eastern end of the platform until 1996/97; however, it was removed when the second entrance was relocated.

The architect Nadezhda Alexandrovna Bykowa received the Stalin Prize in 1952 for the architecture of the subway station .

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