Kosmonavtlar (Tashkent Metro)
Kosmonavtlar | |||||||||||
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| Location | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°18′18″N 69°15′55″E / 41.305022°N 69.265344°E | ||||||||||
| System | Tashkent Metro | ||||||||||
| Platforms | island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 December 1984 | ||||||||||
| Former names | Kosmonavtlar Prospekti | ||||||||||
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| Official name | Kosmonavtlar Metro Station (Cosmonauts Avenue Metro Station) | ||||||||||
| Part of | Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central Asia | ||||||||||
| Criteria | Cultural: iv | ||||||||||
| Reference | 1766 | ||||||||||
| Inscription | 2026 (48th Session) | ||||||||||
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Kosmonavtlar (lit. 'Cosmonauts', formerly known as Проспект Космонавтов, Prospekt Kosmonavtov) is a space-programme-themed station of the Tashkent Metro.[1] It honours Soviet cosmonauts such as Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and woman in space.[2] The station was opened on 8 December 1984 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Alisher Navoiy and Toshkent.[3]
Until 2018 it was illegal to photograph the Tashkent metro, because it also worked as a nuclear bomb shelter.[4][5]
In July 2026, the Kosmonavtlar station, along with nine other modernist sites in Tashkent, was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.[6]
Design
[edit]The station's architectural design was jointly developed in 1981–1982 by Sergo Sutyagin and Sergey Sokolov.[7][8][9] The station was constructed between 1982 and 1984, with an architectural and decorative programme conceived as a tribute to space exploration.
The interior combines brightly coloured anodized aluminium, graduated blue ceramic surfaces and illuminated glass-clad columns, creating an impression of weightlessness.[8] A continuous composition extending along the platform walls incorporates twelve circular ceramic medallions portraying figures associated with astronomy and spaceflight, including Ulugh Beg, Galileo Galilei, Icarus, Sergei Korolev, Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, Vladislav Volkov and Vladimir Dzhanibekov, together with images of Sputnik and other spacecraft.[10][7]
Above the platform, linear lighting and inset glass stars transform the ceiling into a stylized representation of the Milky Way, reinforcing the station's cosmic atmosphere.[11][9]
References
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- ↑ Herfort, Frank (September 2021). CCCP Underground Metro Stations of the Soviet Era. ISBN 978-3-7165-1863-2. OCLC 1164114012.
- ↑ Villasana, Danielle; Hiltner, Stephen (2019-11-20). "Peer Inside Tashkent's Art-Filled (and Long-Shrouded) Subway". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ↑ Schwandl, Robert. "Tashkent". urbanrail.
- ↑ Chapple/RFE/RL, Amos (2018-08-24). "Uzbekistan's secret underground – in pictures". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ↑ "See photos of beautiful underground train stations in Tashkent, Uzbekistan". Travel. 2018-10-02. Archived from the original on May 18, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
- ↑ "Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central Asia". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 26 July 2026. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and Tradition in Central Asia". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- 1 2 Jennings, Will (6 April 2025). "Jump on our tour of modernist architecture in Tashkent, Uzbekistan". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- 1 2 Gamal, Mohieldin (3 February 2026). "Tashkent Architecture City Guide: Ten Buildings of Soviet Hybrid Modernism". ArchDaily. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ Mayhew, Bradley; Clammer, Paul; Kohn, Michael (2004). Central Asia. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-86450-296-1.
- ↑ Details of the Tashkent subway
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