VDNKh (Moscow Metro)

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 ВДНХ
Moscow Metro station
Location	Ostankinsky District North-Eastern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.8211°N 37.6411°E / 55.8211; 37.6411
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Monorail: at Vystavochny Tsentr Bus: м9, 15, 33, 56, 76, 85, 93, 136, 154, 172, 195, 244, 286, 375, 378, 379, 533, 544, 803, 834, 903, т13, т14, т76 Tram: 11, 17, 25
Construction
Depth	53.5 metres (176 ft) (deepest from Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	090, VS
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 (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line) toward Medvedkovo
Route map Medvedkovo Yauza River Babushkinskaya Sviblovo yard Sviblovo Botanichesky Sad VDNKh Alekseyevskaya Rizhskaya Prospekt Mira Sukharevskaya Turgenevskaya Kitay-gorod Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Tretyakovskaya Oktyabrskaya Shabolovskaya Leninsky Prospekt Akademicheskaya (Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line) Profsoyuznaya Novye Cheryomushki Kaluzhskaya (closed) Kaluzhskoye yard Kaluzhskaya Belyayevo Konkovo Tyoply Stan Yasenevo Novoyasenevskaya
Location
VDNKh Location within Moscow Metro

VDNKh was opened on 1 May 1958. The name stands for 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 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.

It was the deepest station in Moscow Metro from 1958 until 1979.