Kropotkinskaya

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.
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  • Opening hours: 5:30 AM—1:00 AM
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Moscow Metro station
  • Also known as: “Dvorets Sovetov”, “Dvorets Sovietov”, and “Kropotkinskaia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Russian State Library and Lopukhins‘ Estate.

Library
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The is one of the three national libraries of , located in . It is the largest library in the country, second largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. is situated 780 metres northeast of Kropotkinskaya.

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is situated 140 metres north of Kropotkinskaya.

Theater building
Photo: Юрий Д.К., CC BY 4.0.
The is a historic opera house in , , originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg. is situated 2 km northeast of Kropotkinskaya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central-West and Arbat.

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Moscow is in also part of Central Moscow. There are Arbat East, Khamovniki North, Presnensky East, Tverskoy South - historic districts, located in the West from Tverskaya Street on the left bank of the Moskva River to the Garden Ring.

Suburb
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Street, mainly referred to in English as the , is a pedestrian street about one kilometer long in the historical centre of , Russia. The has existed since at least the 15th century, which makes it one of the oldest surviving streets of the Russian capital.

Suburb
is a district of of the federal city of , . Population: 26,578 ; 22,822 . It is named after the former church of Saint Joachim and Saint Anne.

Kropotkinskaya

Latitude
55.74543° or 55° 44′ 44″ north
Longitude
37.60381° or 37° 36′ 14″ east
Inception
May 15th, 1935
Operator
ГУП «Московский метрополитен»
Network
Moscow Metro
Open location code
9G7VPJW3+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278692957
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q1341676
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Urdu—“Kropotkinskaya” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Кропоткинская”
  • Belarusian: “Крапоткінская”
  • Chinese: “克魯泡特金站”
  • Czech: “Kropotkinskaja”
  • Dutch: “Kropotkinskaja”
  • Esperanto: “Kropotkinskaja”
  • Finnish: “Kropotkinskajan metroasema”
  • French: “Kropotkinskaïa”
  • French: “Kropotkinskaya”
  • Georgian: “კროპოტკინსკაია”
  • German: “Kropotkinskaja”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת קרופוטקינסקאיה”
  • Hungarian: “Kropotkinszkaja metróállomás”
  • Hungarian: “Kropotkinszkaja”
  • Indonesian: “Kropotkinskaya”
  • Italian: “Kropotkinskaja”
  • Japanese: “クロポトキンスカヤ駅”
  • Kirghiz: “Кропоткинская”
  • Korean: “크로폿킨스카야역”
  • Latin: “Kropotkinskaia statio”
  • Polish: “Kropotkinskaja”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Kropotkinskaia”
  • Portuguese: “Kropotkinskaia”
  • Russian: “Дворец Советов”
  • Russian: “Кропоткинская”
  • Slovenian: “Kropotinskaja”
  • Swedish: “Kropotkinskaja station”
  • Swedish: “Kropotkinskaja”
  • Tatar: “Кропоткинская (метро станциясе)”
  • Tatar: “Кропоткинская”
  • Ukrainian: “Кропоткінська”
  • Urdu: “کروپوٹکنسکایا”

Notable Places Nearby

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