Ugresha Station ranks second in importance on the Moscow Ring Railway. It was named after the Nikolo-Ugresha Monastery, founded by Dmitry Donskoy in 1380, as the road to the monastery passed by the station. Ugresha connects the Moscow Ring Railway with the Kursk direction and branch No. 16 Ugresha, Lyublino. A branch No. 17 was also built, leading from Ugresha to the Boynya station of the Moscow-Kazan Railway, which consisted of two parks and served the city slaughterhouses, now known as the Mikoyan Meat Processing Plant.
The Ugresha station complex is divided into two parts: civil buildings for employees and passengers are located on the inner side of the ring, while the military food point and freight facilities are on the outer side. The complex includes cultural heritage sites: the passenger building, restroom, bathhouse, two residential houses, reception room, assistant track section chief's house, water tower building, and barracks. The water tower building, designed in the historicism style, resembles an ancient tower of a fortress wall.
The passenger building was constructed according to a standard design similar to the stations of Rostokino and Lefortovo. The residential houses are also standard and can be found at many stations. Of particular interest is the assistant track section chief's house, notable for its architectural solution and resonating with the traction section chief's house at the Likhobory station.
Next to the water tower is the military food point, intended for feeding soldiers from military trains. It includes a kitchen, barracks for the crew, two dining buildings, restroom, crew house, commandant's house, and a "latrine for 52 points," designed in the modern style.
Since its opening, Ugresha has been one of the largest stations on the Moscow Ring Railway alongside Andronovka and Likhobory. The area chosen for the station in the early 20th century sharply contrasted with the modern railway ensemble, surrounded by swamps, cemeteries, dumps, and an old slaughterhouse.
Interesting are the memories of K.M. Khlebnikov, a former deputy station chief, about his childhood at the suburban station. He describes fields sown with oats and potatoes, swamps towards Lyublino, the lack of nearby schools, and difficulties in purchasing goods. Work at the station was slow-paced, and only one train per hour passed through the ring to Lyublino.
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