Ploshchad Tukaya (Kazan Metro)

Ploshchad Gabdully Tukaya ( _ru. Площадь Габдуллы Тукая) or Ğabdulla Tuqay Mäydanı ( _tt. Габдулла Тукай Mәйданы) is a station of the Kazan Metro. Opened as part of the first stage of the system on 27 August, 2005, it is located in very centre of the city, and is named after the square which carries the name of the famous Tatar poet Ğabdulla Tuqay.

The station is a standard sub-surface pillar bi-span arrangement, with 12 square concrete pillars running along the central axis of the platform. Architects M.Bykov, V.Kudryashov and R.Safin took a theme that was reminiscent of the romantic Tatar literature period during the poet's years.

The pillars are faced with distinctive green ("Indiana grin") marble on the faces, and white "Koelga", which then cross froming the arrow shaped pillasters, which integrate into the monolithic concrete ceiling painted white, and contains deep square cessons, some of which contain the lighting elements. The central larger cessons all have the elements installed, and in the ones which adjoin the pillars, create the illusion of the lack of any junction of the column into the ceiling.

The walls of he station are faced with identical white koelga marble, but between the green pillasters contain a set of 22 mosaics from Italian smalt. One side is dedicated to Tukay himself, containing a portrait of the poet, main heroes of his poems and ordinary village life as described by him. The second side shows images of the history and life of the Tatars and Kazan as described by Tukay.

The floor of the station repeats the green - white tones (made from polished "Gabbro", "Starobabansky" and "Mansurovsky" granite tiles), also follows the same ornament picture that is seen on the pillars.

The station contains two vestibules. Both of which repeat the image of the station with identical pillars and marble walls featuring metallic ornaments. The southern one is surface level, and occupies the ground floor of the Noviy Detsky Mir store, with access to the Peterburgskaya Street. The northern one was delayed in opening until may 2006, and is located under the intersection of the Pushkina and the Peterburgskaya Street which form the Tukaya Square. A sculpture of Tukay, and his main hero Shurale was opened on New Year 2007 in the northern vestibule, and access to the underground floor of the "Koltso" shopping centre was added in November 2006.

External links

* [http://kazantransport.by.ru/metro/sta1pt.htm Description @ KazanMetro.by.ru] ru icon