Kropotkinskaya

Also known as Kropotkinskaia, Dvorets Sovetov, Dvorets Sovietov

Kropotkinskaya () is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. One of the oldest Metro stations, it was designed by Alexey Dushkin and Yakov Lichtenberg and opened in 1935 as part of the original Metro line, named after Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin.

Key facts

Station.tracks: 2
Station.parking: No
Station.bicycle: No
Station.code: 012
Station.name: Kropotkinskaya
Station.type: Moscow Metro station
Station.image: Metro MSK Line1 Kropotkinskaya.jpg
Station.address: Khamovniki District
Station.borough: Moscow
Station.country: Russia
Station.other: Bus: 5, 015Trolleybus: 1, 2, 15, 16, 31, 31k, 33, 44
Station.structure: Shallow column station, tri-span
Station.platform

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The station was originally planned to serve the enormous Palace of the Soviets (Dvorets Sovetov), which was to rise nearby on the former site of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Kropotkinskaya was therefore designed to be the largest and grandest station on the first line. However, the Palace project was cancelled by Nikita Khrushchev in 1953, leaving the Metro station as the only part of the complex that was actually built.