| Kosmonavtlar | |
| Type: | Tashkent Metro |
| Coordinates: | 41.305°N 69.2653°W |
| Country: | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Platform: | island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Opened: | 8 December 1984 |
| Former: | Kosmonavtlar Prospekti |
Kosmonavtlar ("Cosmonauts", formerly known as Проспект Космонавтов, Prospekt Kosmonavtov) is a space-programme-themed station of the Tashkent Metro.[1] It honors Soviet cosmonauts such as Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and woman in space.[2] The station was opened on 8 December 1984 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Alisher Navoiy and Toshkent.[3]
Until 2018 it was illegal to photograph the Tashkent metro, because it also worked as a nuclear bomb shelter.[4] [5]
The architectural decoration of the station is on the theme of space. The metro stop is decorated in bright-colored anodized aluminium. The interior is decorated with blue ceramic medallions with images of Ulugbek, Icarus, Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin, Vyacheslav Volkov and Vladimir Dzhanibekov and a mural runs the full length of the loading platform, depicting major space-related events and icons such as Galileo, Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin.[6] The ceiling resembles the Milky Way, which shows glass stars.[7] The project of the metro station was developed by Sergo Sutyagin.[8] [9] [10]