Dubrovka: from the metro to the church and the factories
The industrial past and spiritual heritage of the Yuzhnoportovy District
Stories along the route
Дубровка (станция метро) · 0.2 km
You are standing at a station that could have had a completely different name — Sharikopodshipnikovskaya. This design name, coined in the early nineties, never caught on, and in December 1999, when the entrance hall open…
Храм Мат-Марьям · 0.6 km
You are standing before a church whose name sounds like music from distant lands — Mat Maryam, which means 'The Most Holy Virgin Mary'.
ГПЗ-1 · 2.1 km
Вы стоите перед гигантом, который когда-то гремел на всю страну. Это Первый государственный подшипниковый завод, или просто ГПЗ-1.
Дубровка (станция МЦК) · 3.2 km
You are standing by a station called Dubrovka, but in fact it is not quite a station. Before you is a stopping point of the Small Ring of the Moscow Railway, which serves the urban electric train route — the Moscow Centr…
Шарикоподшипниковская улица · 3.7 km
You are standing on a street that could have been straight, but in one spot it suddenly decides to turn at an obtuse angle — and that's no accident, it's a memory of how Moscow grew.