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For a settlement in Kaliningrad Oblast, see Chistye Prudy, Kaliningrad Oblast.  Chistye Prudy (Russian: Чи́стые пруды́), or "Clean Ponds," is a Moscow Metro station located on the Sokolnicheskaya Line. It opened on 15 May 1935 as part of the first segment of the Metro. The station is located under Myasnitskaya street at Turgenevskaya Square, and the Clean Ponds Boulevard and Park, after which it was named. Though planned to be a three-vaulted station with a full-length central hall (similar to Krasniye Vorota and Okhotnyi Ryad), Chistye Prudy was built instead according to a London Underground type design with two passages at either end of the station connecting the platforms. The outer platform vaults were finished to give the impression that a central hall did in fact exist, with what appeared to be a row of dark marble pylons. However, all of the archways except those at either end of the platform were barricaded. The architect of the initial station was N.Ya. Kolli. During World War II the station was closed and its platforms were fenced off with plywood for use as the headquarters of the Joint Staff and PVO Air Defense. All trains bypassed this staion.  Chistye Prudy's central hall was built in 1971 so that the station could become a transfer point to the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. The architects for this project were N.A. Shukhareva, L.N. Popov, and A.F. Fokina. The new portion of the station was finished to resemble the original sections as closely as possible, maintaining the its original character. Escalators were built in the centre of the platform to connect to Turgenevskaya. Chistye Prudy is finished with dark grey Ufalei and white Koelga marble, with a dark granite platform. In 1989 the station's outer walls were refinished with marble rather than ceramic tile to approximate the original design even more closely. The station was named Kirovskaya from its opening until 1990, and there is still a bronze bust of Sergey Kirov at the end of the platform. In 1992 it was briefly called Myasnitskaya, but renamed a few days later into its current name.
[edit] Transfers From this station it is possible to transfer to Turgenevskaya on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line. A transfer to Sretensky Bulvar on the Lyublinskaya Line opened in 13 January 2008. [edit] Chistiye Prudy NeighborhoodThe name "Chistiye Prudy" also refers to the neighborhood surrounding the Metro station. This area is sometimes called Chistiye Prudy or Pokrovka (referring to the street by the same name). In the 16th century, the fabled Pokrovskie Vorota (Pokrov Gates) stood at the current intersection of Pokrovka and Chistoprudny Blvd. The Chistie Prudy neighborhood is famous for its beautiful boulevard, also called Chistoprudny Blvd. and the pond after which the area is called -- Chistiy Prud (Clear Pond). In medieval times, several ponds stood on the location of the current single pond. The were used as refuse dumps and were fittingly called Griyaznie Prudy (Dirty Ponds). Under Peter the Great's reign, his friend and advisor Menshikov dredged the ponds, unified them into one pond and renamed them Chistie Prudy (Clean Ponds). There is the only tram line in Moscow Center near there. [edit] TriviaA famous Russian song by Igor Talkov (Игорь Тальков) is called "Chistie Prudy" [1] [edit] External links
[edit] ReferencesCoordinates: 55°45′53.44″N 37°38′17.97″E / 55.7648444°N 37.638325°E |
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