Kosmonavtlar Metro Station

Opened in 1984, this station on the Uzbekistan line is dedicated to the exploration of space.

The track walls are faced with glass and ceramics shading from dark blue to light blue — that is how the ascent from the earth to the sky is shown — and round medallions carry portraits ranging from Icarus and Ulugh Beg to Gagarin and Tereshkova.

Among them is Vladimir Dzhanibekov, a cosmonaut who came from Uzbekistan, so the subject was not an abstract one for the republic. The columns are finished in dark green stone and styled as rockets, and because of the dark palette the platform seems deeper and quieter than the neighbouring stations.

The medallions are set into the wall at equal intervals, so a portrait gallery runs the length of the platform, moving from myth to real flight. The Uzbekistan line was the city's second, and its stations were finished noticeably more lavishly than those of the first; Kosmonavtlar stands out in that row because its theme is not local but all-Union.

The station is in service, entry is with a metro ticket, and photography has been allowed since 2018. It is considered one of the most striking in the city — the dark blue palette and the portrait medallions along the platform. People look at it in passing; there is no need to travel here specially.

Address

Sharaf Rashidov Street, Tashkent

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