"Ganjlik"

Commissioning date:    November 6, 1967.
Address:    Victory square, F. Khoyski street and Ataturk avenue.
Project name:    "Idman" (in russian - "Sportivnaya").
Construction profile:    shallow-level, 2 rows, 32 reinforced concrete columns, island type.
Length of tracks:      100 m.
Architect:    K.I. Senchikhin.
Authors of panels:    R.Khalafov, Y.Polyushkin, Y.Sinyukov.

It is one of the first 5 stations opened in the "Baki Soveti-Nariman Narimanov" area. The project name was "Idman" (in Russian - "Sportivnaya"), since the station is located near the large sports facilities, Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium, and the Academy of Physical Culture and Sports. When put into operation it was called "Ganjlik". According to the design, it corresponds to the "Kropotkinskaya" station of the Moscow Metro.
According to the original project name, the theme of sports and athletes played a major role in the design of the station. The walls of the ticket halls feature Florence mosaic panels of different colors, featuring sports and athletes ("goal-keeper who keeps the ball", "gymnast girls", "basketball boys and girls", "swimmer boys", etc.). In the second lobby, there is a five colored interlocking mosaic rings, which is a symbol of the Olympic movement.
The crossings on both ends of the station also serve as crossings to the streets surrounding "Galaba" Square at the intersection of the complex highway. The station has no ground lobby and escalators. The platform columns are made up of two parts. Their larger lower layers are made of marble, with adhesive white solution added to their core.
The column is arranged in such a way that the marble section ends in a "flower" shape. Another large "flower" opens on the trunk pointing upwards. The chandeliers are hidden in the lower "flower" and they illuminate the white body, as if the upper "flower" is flying in the sky. The upper “flower” smoothly sits into arched plain ceiling. The unity of this composition creates the effect of making the height of the columns appear shorter. In doing so, they deepen the view, as if taking a long way. Columns and flight decks are decorated with images typical of oriental architecture. The depictions of the caps and the road make an impression of a bit raised ceiling, making it look thinner and brighter.
Due to the commissioning of a new underground car tunnel complex on Ataturk Avenue - F. Khoyski and Vagif Avenues, which was commissioned in 2013, there were changes in the crossings of the station.
On the eve of the first European Games in Baku in 2015, the passages of the station were renovated in a new style in accordance with the overall composition, and the marble-granite coating of the walls and floor was changed. The renovated passage walls allow for various types of mass exhibitions and demonstrations. In July 2015, an exhibition of works by photographers was opened here. At the traditional "Photographer of the Year 2015" award ceremony held on January 23, 2016 at the International Mugam Center with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the exhibition was awarded the "Project of the Year" nomination.
An exit was built to the “Ganjlik Mall”, opened in 2016, from the nearest passage in the direction of Tofig Bakhramov Stadium.
A fragment from Khayyam Mirzazadeh's song "Oten Gunler" (another name - "Do you remember") is played on the trains entering the station.