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 was opened on 1 May 1958. The name stands for Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnovo Khozyaystva (abbreviated VDNKh).

VDNKh ВДНХ
Moscow Metro station
General information
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 towards Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Botanichesky Sad towards 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 () Profsoyuznaya Novye Cheryomushki Kaluzhskaya (closed) Kaluzhskoye yard Kaluzhskaya Belyayevo Konkovo Tyoply Stan Yasenevo Novoyasenevskaya
Location VDNKh Location within Moscow Metro

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.

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.

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

Transfers

Though not directly connected to VDNKh, Moscow Monorail station Vystavochny Tsentr is located within walking distance.

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  North vestibule
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  Station platform
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  Station lighting (similar to Kiyevskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line)
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  Decorative grill

In popular culture

VDNKh is featured as the home of Artyom, the main protagonist in the novel and video game Metro 2033.