Coordinates: 55.7798N 37.

6318E

Prospekt Mira (Koltsevaya Line)

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Prospekt Mira (Russian: ) is

a station of the Moscow Metro's Koltsevaya
Line. Opened on 30 January 1952 as part of
the second stage of the line, it is a pylon
design by architects Vladimir Gelfreykh and
Mikhail Minkus.
Originally called Botanichesky Sad
( ) after the Botanical
Garden of Moscow State University which are
located nearby, the theme of this station
develops the connotation of the name in the
overall colour tone. The pylons are faced with
flared white marble, and are topped with
ceramic bas-relief frieze made of floral
elements. In the centre are medallion basreliefs (work of G.Motovilov) featuring the
different aspects in the development of
agriculture in the Soviet Union. The station
walls are laid with dark red Ural marble and
chessboard floor pattern is made of grey and
black granite. The ceiling vault is decorated
with casts, and lighting comes from several
cylindrical chandeliers.
The station's vestibule is built into the ground
floor of a multi-story building on the corner of
Mira Avenue and Protopopovsky lane.
Designed by A.Arkin, its faade features
sculptures and an original clock over the two
archways. Inside, opposite the escalator hall is
a large smalt artwork Mothers of the World by
A.Kuznetsov.
In 1958, the wall at the end of the station was
dismantled to make way for a transfer to the
new station Botanichesky Sad on the
Rizhskaya Line. In 1966 both stations were
renamed after to avoid confusion with the
larger Moscow Botanical Garden of Academy
of Sciences, which would eventually see the
station Botanichesky Sad be named after that
in 1978.

Prospekt Mira
Moscow Metro station

Station statistics
Coordinates

55.7798N 37.6318E

Line(s)

5 Koltsevaya Line

Structure type

1 island platform

Depth

40 metres (130 ft)

Levels

Platforms

Tracks

Parking

No
Other information

Opened

30 January 1952

Electrified

Yes

Station code

069

Owned by

Moskovsky Metropoliten
Traffic

Passengers (2002)

17,155,000
Services

Preceding station
Novoslobodskaya
anticlockwise / outer

Sukharevskaya
toward
Novoyasenevskaya

Moscow Metro
Koltsevaya Line

Following station
Komsomolskaya
clockwise / inner

KaluzhskoRizhskaya Line

Rizhskaya

Transfer at: Prospekt

toward Medvedkovo

Bas relief detail

Mira

Location

Station platform

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Route map
Legend

9
2

Novoslobodskaya
Belorusskaya
to Krasnaya Presnya yard

7 Krasnopresnenskaya
Moskva River
Kiyevskaya
3 4
Moskva River
Park Kultury
1
Moskva River

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Categories: Moscow Metro stations Stalinist architecture

Prospekt Mira
6
Komsomolskaya
1
Kurskaya
3 10
Taganskaya
7 8
Moskva River
Vodootvodny Canal
Paveletskaya
2
Dobryninskaya
9
Oktyabrskaya
6

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