Kosmonavtlar | |||||||||||
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Tashkent Metro | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°18′18″N 69°15′55″E / 41.305022°N 69.265344°E | ||||||||||
Platforms | island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 8 December 1984 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Kosmonavtlar Prospekti | ||||||||||
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Kosmonavtlar ("Cosmonauts", formerly known as Проспект Космонавтов, Prospekt Kosmonavtov) is a space-programme-themed station of the Tashkent Metro.[1] It honors Soviet cosmonauts such as Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and woman in space.[2] The station was opened on 8 December 1984 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Alisher Navoiy and Toshkent.[3]
Until 2018 it was illegal to photograph the Tashkent metro, because it also worked as a nuclear bomb shelter.[4][5]