Moscow Metro – Smolenskaya – Line 3

Posted on 25/01/2024 by Michael

Smolenskaya – Line 3 – A Savin

Moscow Metro – a Socialist Realist Art Gallery

Moscow Metro – Smolenskaya – Line 3

Smolenskaya – Line 4 – 01

Smolenskaya (Russian: Смоленская) is a station on the Filyovskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened in 1935 as part of the first Metro line. Designed by S.G. Andriyevsky and T.N. Makarychev, the station features grey marble pillars with flared bases and walls faced with white ceramic tile. Smolenskaya originally had two entrance vestibules, but one was demolished with the expansion of the Garden Ring avenue. There are still two sets of exit stairs on the platform, but one leads to a dead end where the passage to the old vestibule (very similar to the one still in use at Chistye Prudy) used to be. There is no direct transfer to Smolenskaya. Instead, there is a direct transfer to Plyushchika planned to the station from the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.

Smolenskaya – Line 4 – 02

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Smolenskaya atrium

More pictures of the atrium and the façade of the station building can be seen in the second slide show below.

Location:

Arbat District, Central Administrative Okrug

GPS:

55.7488°N

37.5825°E

Depth:

8 metres (26ft)

Opened:

15 May 1935

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Moscow Metro – Serpukhovskaya – Line 9

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Moscow Metro – Serpukhovskaya – Line 9

Serpukhovskaya – Line 9 – 01

Serpukhovskaya (Russian: Серпуховска́я) is a Moscow Metro station in the Zamoskvorechye District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It is on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line. The station opened on November 8, 1983. Serpukhovskaya is 43 metres (141feet) underground. Its name originates from the namesake street, which in turn originates from the historic town of Serpukhov.

Serpukhovskaya – Line 9 – 03

Station design

Serpukhovskaya station was designed by Nina Aleshina with Leonid N. Pavlov and Lydia Y. Gonchar. The station features grey and white vaults. There is a three-vault span with white marble lines in the main hallway. The bottoms of the columns holding the ceiling are clad in marble carved so as to look like brick and stone. The shiny textures and surfaces cause intense light reflection. A string of lights hung in the main archway; it was dismantled on 2 March 2006.

Serpukhovskaya – Line 9 – 02

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Location:

Zamoskvorechye District, Central Administrative Okrug

GPS:

55.7280°N

37.6246°E

Depth:

43 metres (141ft)

Opened:

8 November 1983

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Moscow Metro – Semyonovskaya – Line 3

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Semyonovskaya – Line 3 – A Savin

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Moscow Metro – Semyonovskaya – Line 3

Semyonovskaya (Семёновская) is a station of the Moscow Metro in the Sokolinaya Gora District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, between Elektrozavodskaya and Partizanskaya stations. Semyonovskaya opened in 1944.

Semyonovskaya – Line 3 – 01

Originally, the station was called Stalinskaya, as it was built under Stalinskaya Ploshchad. As part of de-Stalinization, the station was renamed in 1961 to Semyonovskaya for the settlement from which the Semyonovsky Regiment took its name.

Semyonovskaya – Line 3 – 05

It was the deepest station in Moscow Metro from 1944 until 1950.

Semyonovskaya – Line 3 – 03

Built concurrently with Partizanskaya, it too is war-themed, sporting plaques along the outer walls depicting a variety of Soviet weapons used in the war, including swords, sniper rifles, and machine guns. A much larger plaque at the end of the platform includes an image of the Order of Victory and the words ‘Our Red Army – Glory!’.

Semyonovskaya – Line 3 – 04

Semyonovskaya is an unusual design, with a double-width platform and four rows of pillars instead of the usual two. This was because the station was built as a pylon type, but was later changed in design and the pylons were transformed into pillars. The pillars are faced with red and white marble. The outer walls are grey marble. There is a row of square-pedestalled, green marble floor lamps along the center of the platform. The architects of the station were S. Kravets and V. Akhmetev.

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The station was closed for escalator replacement and general renovation on the 70th anniversary of the first Metro line, May 15, 2005. It reopened on April 28, 2006, with new escalator machinery and new interior and exterior finishes for the surface vestibule.

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