Even those who have never been toMoscow, well know this name. With sports competitions of the highest level, it has been associated since Soviet times. Everyone who cares about hockey or football knows the way to Luzhniki. The metro station "Sportivnaya" of the Sokolnicheskaya Line is a kind of gateway to a great sport. It is closest to both the Great and the Small Sports Arenas.
But the toponym "Luzhniki" means quiteA large Moscow district, located in the bend of the Moscow River. With a lot of sport, one way or another, there are many objects connected here. Perhaps the only unsportsmanlike landmark is the Novodevichy Convent. To get acquainted with this outstanding monument of Russian history and culture, you should also go to Luzhniki. The metro station "Sportivnaya" is located very close to it. Red brick belfry of the monastery serves as a good landmark, it is located from the metro closer than both sports arenas. An outstanding memorial object is the cemetery of the Novodevichy Convent. A lot of outstanding people of Russian history and culture have found their last shelter here. And, of course, politicians and party functionaries of the Soviet era.
"Sports" was opened in May 1957.It was one of the last stations of the Moscow Metro, not hit by the destructive impact of the famous Khrushchev company to combat architectural excesses. Decorative interior design here is traditional - in a good sense of the word. It corresponds to the architectural stylistics of the previous historical epoch. The predominant finishing materials are marble, granite and bronze. Travel walls are decorated with glazed ceramic tiles of different tones. According to its structural type, "Sport" is a pylon three-vaulted station of deep laying. There are two vestibules, north and south. On ordinary days, the flow of passengers at the station "Sportivnaya" is rather small. But often she has to work in a very tense mode. During the grandiose sports events at the stadium "Luzhniki" the metro station alternately operates first only for the exit of passengers, and after the end of the competition - only at the entrance. Sometimes in the surrounding courtyards and at the station itself there are clashes between different groups of sports fans.
This place in Moscow is the center of attractionall not indifferent to the sport. Aspire here as Muscovites, and visitors to the capital. Illiterate, but quite reasonable question of the visiting fan: "Which metro station is Luzhniki?", Does not have an unambiguous answer at all. The point here is that it's easier to get to some sports grounds from the opposite direction. For example, from the water sports facilities of the Luzhniki complex, the Vorobyovy Gory metro station (the same Sokolniki subway line as Sportivnaya) is much closer.
