Poklonnaya Gora (Park Pobedy metro station) is a gentle hill west of the center of Moscow, spread between the small rivers Filka and Setun. In ancient times, Poklonnaya Mountain was located outside of Moscow, and from its top a city panorama was visible. A tract passed along the slope of the mountain, and everyone who passed by stopped to bow to the church at the top. These bows were human and gave the name to this place - Poklonnaya Gora. Metro is the most convenient way to get to the Memorial complex today.
The Victory Park station of the Moscow Metro is located quite close to the Poklonnaya Gora Memorial Complex and is a large interchange hub that combines two Moscow metro lines - Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya. The passenger flow is transplanted through two halls, which are structurally identical, but with different decorative designs. The halls have been operating since May 2003, when the section from Kievskaya station was continued, one stage west of the Ring Line. Since January 2014, a previously unused section was opened, today part of the radius of the new line - Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya, passes through it. Train traffic is open to the Delovoy Tsentr station.
Currently, work is underway to lay the second leg of the Kalinin-Solntsevskaya line in the south-west direction, to the stations "Ramenki", "Lomonosovsky Prospect" and "Minskaya".
The opening of new hauls is planned for November-December 2015, and this will add potential opportunities to get to the main attraction of Moscow - the Memorial complex on Poklonnaya Hill - by the shortest route.
Poklonnaya Gora, 19th century
The current Poklonnaya Gora (Park Pobedy metro station - the closest to the memorial) was mentioned in the Chronicles of Bykhovets, a chronicle that reflects the relations between the two great principalities, Moscow and Lithuania, from 1368 to 1370. Poklonnaya Gora appears in separate documents of the 16th century, which trace the history of the campaign of Khan Gaza-Girey to Moscow. Later, on Poklonnaya Hill, credentials were presented to newly appointed ambassadors in Russia. In 1812, on the famous hill, Napoleon Bonaparte was waiting for the keys to Moscow, which he never brought.
Victory Memorial on Poklonnaya Hill
The memorial complex was built on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Victory. The main attraction of Poklonnaya Gora was Victory Park, which is the basis of the entire complex.
Victory Monument
The stela obelisk in the center of Pobediteley Square, almost 142 meters high, is made in the form of a trihedral bayonet with bronze bas-reliefs on the theme of World War II. In the upper part of the obelisk is the crowned Nika, the goddess of victory, with two bronze cupids trumpeting the victory march.
Museum of war
The Museum of the Great Patriotic War has the status of a federal state institution of culture of the Russian Federation. The museum structure includes three halls and four expositions.
- Hall of the generals.
- Hall of Fame.
- Hall of Memory.
- Composition "Way to Victory".
- Exposition of six dioramas dedicated to the main battles of World War II.
- The Book of Memory is an extensive electronic archive.
- Permanent exhibition of military equipment.
The main halls of the memorial
In the Hall of commanders, busts of gentlemen of the Order of Victory , the highest military award, are placed around the perimeter. The main attributes of the General's Hall are a shield, a sword and a sheath made of Zlatoust steel, richly decorated with gem stones.
In the Hall of Fame - the central hall of the museum - the memory of the Heroes of the Soviet Union, who accomplished feats during the war, is immortalized. The names of 11,800 order bearers are inscribed in gold on white marble slabs. In the middle of the hall stands the "Soldier of Victory" - a bronze sculpture of a private soldier. Busts of hero pilots I.N. Kozhedub and A.I. Pokryshkin were installed on both sides of the entrance. Under the dome are bas-relief images of hero cities.
In the Hall of Remembrance and Sorrow, the main exhibit is the white-marble group Sorrow. The hall keeps the memory of 26 million Russian soldiers and officers who died on the fronts and are missing.
"The Way to Victory" is an extensive museum exhibition, collected from wartime items: weapons, awards, uniforms, front-line letters, personal documents, photographs and many other evidence of the war.
Museum dioramas
- Counterattack of the Soviet Army at the end of 1941.
- The battle of Stalingrad.
- Leningrad blockade.
- The battle on the Kursk.
- The crossing of Soviet troops across the Dnieper.
- The assault on the Reichstag.
"Memory Book" is an electronic archive that includes data on all participants in the war. The book contains 1,500 volumes with information about each defender of the Fatherland, historical references and biographies.
In the open air in Victory Park there are exhibits of military equipment, numbering more than three hundred: tanks, guns, armored vehicles, Katyushas, anti-aircraft guns and many other means of warfare.
Church of St. George
The Orthodox Church, founded by Patriarch Alexy II on Poklonnaya Hill in December 1993, was opened and consecrated in May 1995. In the architecture of the temple, the influence of the modernist style is felt, the sacredness of the church is slightly diluted with free interpretations of the authors.
Mosque of Muslim memory
On Poklonnaya Hill stands a Muslim memorial mosque - the memory of Muslims who died during the war. The architecture of the mosque combines the styles of Tatar, Uzbek and Caucasian. The author of the project is the architect Tazhiev Ilyas.
Synagogue
In 1998, on Poklonnaya Hill, a memorial was erected to commemorate Jews who were victims of German fascism. The synagogue keeps the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, and it can quite be called a museum of Jewish history. Expositions in the synagogue concern not only wartime, they talk about the appearance of Jews in Russia, the resettlement of Jewish communities and the assimilation of the Jewish nation.
Poklonnaya Gora: what metro to get
The listed buildings and expositions of Poklonnaya Gora are far from all, there is still a lot of interesting things. The variety of memorial buildings in Victory Park is impressive, which is why Poklonnaya Gora is interesting. The metro station, from which the easiest way to get to the memorial, is located on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. It’s called “Victory Park”. It is necessary to carefully consider the Moscow metro scheme, in which all directions are indicated. Information is provided by each metro station, schemes are in the lobby and trains. In kiosks "Soyuzpechat" compact books are sold with a subway map. Moscow metro stations on the map are located on lines of different colors. The Arbat-Pokrovskaya line is marked in dark blue.
Poklonnaya Gora: nearest metro ( optional)
Poklonnaya Gora can be reached from the metro stations "Kutuzovskaya" and "Fili" of the Arbat-Filevskaya line, which is indicated in blue, as well as from the "Slavic Boulevard" on the Arbat-Pokrovskaya line. All listed stops are located near the museum. From any of them you can walk in a few minutes to the Poklonnaya Gora Memorial. The metro station, any of the four listed, is suitable to get to the goal.
Station "Kutuzovskaya" overlooks Kievskaya street and Kutuzovsky prospect. The metro stop Fili leads to Novozavodskaya Street and 1812 Street.
The metro station Slavyansky Boulevard also overlooks Kutuzovsky Prospekt; its other exit is bordered by Rublevsky Highway, Gerasima Kurina Street and Tarutinskaya Street. There is also the Staromozhayskoe highway.