VDNKh (Moscow Metro)

VDNKh ВДНХ
Moscow Metro station
Location	Ostankinsky District North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Coordinates	55°49′16″N 37°38′28″E / 55.8211°N 37.6411°E / 55.8211; 37.6411Coordinates: 55°49′16″N 37°38′28″E / 55.8211°N 37.6411°E / 55.8211; 37.6411
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	6  Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Monorail:  M1  at Vystavochny Tsentr Bus: 33, 56, 76, 93, 136, 154, 172, 195, 239, 244, 286, 803 Trolleybus: 14, 48, 76 Tram: 11, 17
Construction
Depth	53.5 metres (176 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	090
History
Opened	1 May 1958 (1958-05-01)
Previous names	VSKhV (1958—1959)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Alekseyevskaya toward  Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line Botanichesky Sad toward  Medvedkovo
Route map Medvedkovo Yauza River Babushkinskaya Sviblovo yard Sviblovo Botanichesky Sad  14  (OSI) VDNKh  13  (OSI) Alekseyevskaya Rizhskaya Prospekt Mira  5  Sukharevskaya Turgenevskaya  1   10  Kitay-gorod  7  Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Tretyakovskaya  2   8  Oktyabrskaya  5  Shabolovskaya Leninsky Prospekt  14  (OSI) Akademicheskaya Profsoyuznaya Novye Cheryomushki Kaluzhskaya (closed) Kaluzhskoye yard Kaluzhskaya Belyayevo Konkovo Tyoply Stan Yasenevo Novoyasenevskaya  12
Location
VDNKh Location within Moscow Ring Road

VDNKh (Russian: ВДНХ) is a Moscow Metro station in Ostankinsky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It is located on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Alekseyevskaya and Botanichesky Sad stations.

VDNKh was opened on 1 May 1958. The name stands after Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnovo Khozyaystva (abbreviated VDNKh). The station features pylons faced with white marble and decorated with circular ventilation grilles.

VDNKh was designed by Nadezhda Bykova, I.Gokhar-Kharmandaryan, Ivan Taranov, and Yu. Cherepanov.

VDNKh it is one of the deepest Metro stations being situated 53.5 metres (176 ft) below ground. It is also one of the busiest stations, serving 107,377 passengers a day in 2009.^[1]

Originally, this station was planned to be opulently decorated in the manner of the other stations built in the 1950s, with mosaics by venerable artist Vladimir Favorsky along the insides of the arches between the pylons. However, in the wake of Nikita Khrushchev's attack on decorative "excessions", the place for mosaics, including existing mosaics as well, were crudely coated with incongruous thick green paint.

The original circular vestibule is located on the west side of Prospekt Mira, in front of the Space Obelisk.

In 1996, the station got an additional pavilion for entrance-exit needs at the southern side of the station.

Transfers

Though not directly connected to VDNKh, Moscow Monorail station Vystavochny Tsentr is located within walking distance.

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  North vestibule
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  Station platform
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  Station lighting (similar to Kiyevskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line)
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  Decorative grill

In Popular culture

VDNKh is featured as the home of the main protagonist in the novel and video game Metro 2033.

The station was also featured in the tenth leg of The Amazing Race 13.

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