Metro Izmailovskaya. Coloring of the Moscow suburbs

If suddenly there is a desire to see someone familiar withchildhood city in a somewhat unusual foreshortening, then you are here, on the eastern outskirts of Moscow. The tunnel of the underground goes here to the surface, and now we are in Izmailovo - in one of the oldest historical districts of the capital. Metro Izmaylovskaya, we are here to go.

Izmaylovo

The history of this village can be traced fromthe sixteenth century, when it was the specific patrimony of the boyars of the Romanovs. Gradually it was integrated into the greater Moscow. From the beginning of the twentieth century it was a typical working margin. An indelible imprint of this circumstance is visible to the unaided eye to this day. Izmailovo is Moscow. But Moscow is not so small. Not facade, not front and not glossy. This is clearly not the most prestigious district of the capital. But it would be unfair not to note that it is gradually changing for the better. New residential complexes are being built, historical and architectural monuments preserved to the present day are maintained in the proper form. For many years the Cherkizovsky market, which existed in the vicinity, was liquidated, and it severely criminalized the situation.

Moscow, metro Izmailovskaya

Not so many among the native Muscovites wanting to move to a permanent residence on this eastern outskirts.

But few doubt that Izmaylovo has its owninimitable look. Already the metro station Izmaylovskaya itself is very invoicing and very characteristic for this region. It was put into operation in 1961. You have to imagine what it was in time. And this was the epoch of N.S. Khrushchev with excesses in the field of design and construction. Thus, he saved money, due to the information of the architecture to a minimum and to zero. Izmaylovskaya metro station was among the first objects affected by this reasonable (only at first glance) initiative. One can argue about whether there is an architecture in general here. The station is made though on an individual basisproject, but assembled from standard reinforced concrete structures. Everything is reduced to the ultimate minimalism, there are even no walls. This allows you to admire the views of Izmailovsky Park in anticipation of the train. Even on the floor of the station, primitive asphalt was originally laid, which in subsequent years was replaced by a tile coating.

Izmaylovskaya metro station is located onArbat-Pokrovskaya line. And this only emphasizes her unassuming appearance against the backdrop of the masterpieces located on the same direction, such as Revolution Square, Arbat, Smolensk or Kiev. The visual contrast is simply striking, it seems that the metro train accidentally drove into some other, very poor and unhappy city. But the residents of Izmailov have long been accustomed to the appearance of their station. And many native Muscovites have a bright nostalgic feeling in their minds at the sight of a short inscription in some municipal reference book "Izmaylovskaya metro station". And even such an open type of station has become familiar and has long entered the history of metro construction. This is a good example of how not to build and how not to save money.