Sokolniki: from the metro to the fire tower

Stories along the route

1. Сокольники (станция метро, Сокольническая линия) · 0.0 km

   You are standing at the very door behind which, on May 15, 1935, the history of all Moscow metro began. It was from here, from Sokolniki station, that the first train departed on the first launch section — to Park Kultur…

2. Сокольническая пожарная каланча · 0.2 km

   Before you stands a true witness of an era that has watched Moscow change. The Sokolnicheskaya fire watchtower is not just a building — it's one of the few surviving pre-revolutionary fire towers in the city.

3. Сокольническая площадь · 0.5 km

   Вы стоите на площади, которая словно распахнутые ворота в зелёный океан. Слева от вас — стеклянный вестибюль метро, справа — старинная арка парка, а между ними — широкий, торжественный проспект.

4. Храм Воскресения Христова в Сокольниках · 0.8 km

   Before you stands a church often called the Kedrovskaya church, and it's no accident. Its look, with those strict lines and unusual architecture, really does recall the northern wooden buildings, even though it was built…