Transfer to Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya. About line numbering Arbatsko Pokrovskaya line station

History of construction

Apparently, the date of appearance of the line should be considered March 13, 1938, when the new section “Revolution Square” “Kurskaya” was connected to the section of the first stage “Ul. Comintern" "Kyiv". It is interesting that the opening of the section simultaneously with the abolition of fork traffic on the line, now known as Sokolnicheskaya, occurred earlier than the opening of the Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya line, but subsequently the official numbering of the lines turned out to be reversed, which is probably explained by the presence of a depot on the Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya line. In order to speed up construction, the planned stations “Ilyinskie Vorota” and “Pokrovskie Vorota” were not built, only groundwork was left for them. It is noteworthy that these stations have not yet been built, almost three quarters of a century later, and their construction is also not planned in the near future.

The line was extended east in 1944 to Izmailovskaya station. Also, to save and speed up the construction of this line, the lines of the stations “Gorokhovskaya Street”, “Bauman Square”, “Bakuninskaya Street” and “Mironovskaya Street” planned in the original project were completely excluded, without leaving any reserves.

After a bomb hit the Arbatskaya and Smolenskaya shallow tunnel in 1941, the insecurity of this section of the metro, which was of a strategic nature, became obvious. It was decided to replace this section with a new, deeper one. Therefore, in 1953, a new section of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line “Revolution Square” “Kievskaya” was built, completely duplicating the old one, while the shallow section “Kalininskaya” “Kievskaya” was closed and reopened only in 1958 as part of the Filevskaya line . As a result, in Moscow there are two independent “Arbat” and “Smolensky”. According to the official version, the need for construction was due to the large difference in depth between the Ploshchad Revolyutsii and Ulitsa Kominterna stations, although similar differences had already existed in the Moscow metro by that time. Most likely, the reason for the construction of the deep line is related to its strategic nature; there are versions that beyond the “Kievskaya” tunnel the tunnel was continued to Stalin’s Kuntsevskaya dacha and the line itself thus became an underground government route. The version of the strategic nature of the line is indirectly confirmed by the unreasonably huge hall of the Arbatskaya station, which, being located in the block occupied by the General Staff, if necessary, turned into a huge bunker connected to several underground metro lines.

After the construction of the Izmailovo depot in 1950, the opportunity arose to extend the line to the east through the construction of the Pervomaiskaya ground station at the depot, which was done in 1954.

The temporary station was closed and converted into depot premises after the construction of the Izmailovskaya Pervomayskaya section in 1961.

In 1963, the line was extended to the Shchelkovskaya station, which remains the terminus to this day.

On May 6, 2003, construction of the Park Pobedy station was completed, extending the line in a western direction after 50 years of Kievskaya station being the terminus on the line.

On January 7, 2008, the “Park Pobedy” “Kuntsevskaya” section and the “Krylatskoye” “Strogino” section were opened with the groundwork for the “Trinity-Lykovo” station, at the same time the section of the Filevskaya line “Kuntsevskaya” “Krylatskoye” moved to Arbatsko- Pokrovskaya line.

Train near Kuntsevskaya station

In recent years, replacement of the oldest escalators that have exhausted their service life has begun. The escalators of the Kurskaya station and one of the vestibules of the Ploshchad Revolyutsii station have already been replaced. The replacement of escalators at the only exit of the Semenovskaya station, which required the closure of the station, has been completed, and the lobby and escalators of the Arbatskaya station have been reopened after repairs. On December 8, 2008, the replacement of the escalators of the second exit of the Ploshchad Revolyutsii station began.

The replacement of the escalators of the only exit at the Elektrozavodskaya station has also been completed. Work began in May 2007 and was completed in November 2008. The station reopened for passengers on November 28, at 1 pm Moscow time. The completion date of the work was significantly delayed compared to the original due to a disruption in the supply of escalators. During the repairs, trains passed through the station without stopping; a bus route “M” was launched on the surface, connecting neighboring stations, the fare for which had to be paid.

On December 26, 2009, the Strogino Mitino section opened. It is expected that after the opening of the Mitinsky section, the western part of the line will no longer be underloaded, and the line will be included in the list of the busiest lines of the Moscow metro.

Now there are 12 lines in the Moscow metro. All of them are numbered in a certain order, close, but still different from chronological. Numbering of lines on the diagram began in the nineties. When numbering, the same order was used in which the lines were previously located in the legend to the diagram, where their names were signed.

1. Sokolnicheskaya (red) line. Chronologically, the first line of the Moscow metro, opened in May 1935. For a long time there was no need to name the lines, much less number them. Only in the 50s, with the construction Circle line, all the lines that existed at that time received names. The first name of the first line was Kirovsko-Frunzenskaya, which lasted until 1990. Then, in the wake of ideological renamings, the line received its modern name - Sokolnicheskaya.

2. Zamoskvoretskaya(green) line. The line opened in September 1938. But eight months before its opening, it went into operation Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya (blue) line, which chronologically became the second. On the diagrams of the 50s you can still see the “correct” order of lines - Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya In second place, Zamoskvoretskaya(Then - Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya) on the third:

But in the sixties the lines exchanged positions:

This happened, most likely, due to the greater length and greater passenger traffic on green line. In addition, it connected more important city facilities: two railway stations, an air terminal, the Dynamo stadium (the main stadium in the country before the opening of Luzhniki in 1956), as well as the largest Moscow enterprise - the ZIL plant. Thus, less "important" blue line was relegated to third place. However, from time to time, on various schemes, she still regained second place:

3. Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya(blue)line. Chronologically, the second line was opened in March 1938. At the same time, the section already operating at that time was transferred to the line "Alexander Garden"(Then - "Comintern Street") - "Kyiv", formerly owned first line. Later, this section will once again become part of another line, this time Filevskaya(see also ). It is interesting that markers measuring distances along railway tracks (they are called pickets) still “consider” this section to be a continuation Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. And on the present continuation of the line from "Revolution Square" to the west, the markers begin counting from zero.

4. Filevskaya (blue) line. The most confusing line in terms of numbering. Firstly, because it contains the already mentioned area, which opened at the very beginning, along with first line. This means it has reason to be considered second in a row. Secondly, because it became a separate line much later, in 1958 - after the opening Annular And Riga lines. Therefore, it also has reason to be considered the sixth in a row. But this happened before the unification Kaluga And Riga lines into a single Kaluga-Rizhskaya. Therefore, there is reason to be considered the fifth. But the line received the number "4". First of all, because it was perceived as a continuation Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, having the number "3". On some diagrams in the early nineties it was even designated “3A”. Because of this perception, by the way, the color blue Filevskaya line and its original name - Arbatsko-Filyovskaya. However, the name did not last long and soon the line became simply Filevskaya.

The line did not immediately receive its fourth position. At first, the line, as new at that time, was placed sixth in the legend:

But in the eighties the line “rose” to fourth place:

6. Kaluga-Rizhskaya (orange) line, formed in 1972 after the connection Kaluga And Riga lines. But retains its numbering from Kaluga line, which opened next after Annular.

7. Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (purple) line. This line also did not appear immediately. In 1966 (even before the advent of the united Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line) opened Zhdanovskaya line. Six years later it was launched Krasnopresnenskaya line. And three years later (in 1975) the lines were connected into a new Zhdanovsko-Krasnopresnenskaya line, which we now know as Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya.

Further numbering of lines completely coincides with the chronology of the opening without any reservations:

8. Kalininskaya(aka Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya) (yellow) line - opened in 1979. The line was named after the Kalininsky district of Moscow. In 1991, the area was renamed Lefortovo, but for some reason the lines retained their original name. Another feature: when the line opened, there was already a station in the Moscow metro "Kalininskaya" on another line (now a station "Alexander Garden"), which could lead to confusion.

9. Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya(gray) line- opened in 1983 under the name Serpukhovskaya, when extended to the north, the name was added -Timiryazevskaya.

10. Lublinskaya(aka Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya) (light green) line- opened in 1995. With the extension of the line north to the name Lublin line began to add and -Dmitrovskaya, which again may cause confusion, since the station "Dmitrovskaya" is on the other line.

11. Kakhovskaya(turquoise) line. The line became fully operational back in 1969, as a continuation Zamoskvoretskaya(Then - Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya) line, but became a separate line only in 1995, and therefore occupies 11th place in the list of lines.

12. Butovskaya (gray-blue) line. The youngest line of the Moscow metro, opened in 2003.

historical diagrams taken from the website metro.ru

Today there will be a third one - the long-awaited Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya.

Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya is one of the most interesting lines of the Moscow metro. There are many beautiful stations with custom chic finishes from the 1930s, 40s, 50s. The most modern stations are located on the same line: 6 of the 21 stations were built in the 2000s, the last stations were opened at the end of 2009. There are also typical shallow stations from the 1960s..80s and ground stations.

The history of the formation of the line is interesting: the line was redrawn many times, receiving fragments from other lines or giving them to other lines. Its first stations (Smolenskaya, Arbatskaya, Aleksandrovsky Sad) were first part of the first - Sokolnicheskaya line, then, after the opening of Revolution Square and Kurskaya, a separate Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line appeared. In the 50s, the old Arbatskaya and Smolenskaya stations were replaced with new (deep) ones, and the old ones were subsequently transferred to the Filevskaya line. And in the 2000s, the line received three stations of the Filevskaya line (Kuntsevskaya - Krylatskoye) and 4 stations of the failed Mitinsko-Butovskaya line (section Strogino - Mitino).

Statistical information on the line: number of stations - 21, length - 43.5 km. Thus, in terms of length, this line is the longest in the Moscow metro (and in terms of the number of stations it is inferior to the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line - there are 25 of them).

And now, actually, a photo walk...

Previous series of photo marathon on:

PS. My previous request to Muscovites remains valid: all criticism is welcome, especially on white balance. I took photographs “running”, for some stations I did not visually remember the color temperature; in some photographs it is clear that different lamps in one frame have different shades, and which one is considered white is not very clear. I also again tried to list the locations of station exits (for the most part - according to the official website of the Moscow Metro, I myself did not exit through all the exits). If you see errors somewhere, please correct them so that everything is accurate before posting new photos on Metrowalks.Ru.

Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line (blue) - consists of 22 stations, length 45.1 km, travel time from end to end 67 minutes. On the diagrams, the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line is indicated by the number 3, although in order of opening it was the second. This is a diametrical branch connecting the city center with the eastern and northwestern regions. The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line is the longest line of the Moscow metro.

The line began operating in March 1938. After a bomb destroyed a shallow tunnel in the Arbatskaya - Smolenskaya section in 1941, it was decided to make this section deeper. In 1953, a new section of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line "Revolution Square" - "Kyiv" was built, which duplicated the old section. At the same time, the shallow section "Kalininskaya" (now - "Alexandrovsky Sad") - "Kyiv" was closed and reopened only in 1958 as part of the Filevskaya line. Thus, the Moscow Metro now has two “Arbatskie” and “Smolenskie” stations. In the near future, it is planned to combine both “Smolenskie” stations into an interchange hub with the “Plyushchikha” station of the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line.

The first terrorist attack in the history of the Moscow metro took place on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. This happened on January 8, 1977. On this day, three explosions occurred in the city. The first - at 17:33 on a metro train on the stretch between the Izmailovskaya and Pervomaiskaya stations. As a result, seven people were killed and 37 passengers were injured. The second explosion occurred in a grocery store on the street. Dzerzhinsky, and the third - on 25 October Street. The investigation and investigation into this case was secret and closed. Those accused of the terrorist attack were shot 3 days after the court decision. Back in 2007, the case materials remained classified.

During the history of the line’s existence, other emergency situations occurred on it, but there were no casualties with the exception of July 15, 2014, when a train derailed between the “Park Pobedy” and “Slavyansky Boulevard” stations. The disaster claimed the lives of 23 people and injured another 217 people. The next day in the capital was declared a day of mourning.

Stations of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line

• Pyatnitskoe highway

Station "Pyatnitskoye Shosse" is the final station of the northwestern radius of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. The station is located in the Mitino district of the North-Western Administrative District. This is a shallow columned two-span station built at a depth of 11 meters.

The station was opened on December 28, 2012. This is a two-span column station. The design of "Partisanskaya" is distinguished by color asymmetry: one track wall, floor and columns of the hall are decorated with black marble, and the opposite part is light. A row of columns runs down the center of the hall, with benches installed between the columns.

• Mitino

The Mitino station is located in the North-Western administrative district of Moscow, in the district of the same name. The depth of the station is 14 meters. Type: single-vaulted shallow.

The station opened on December 26, 2009. On even numbers, Mitino starts work at 05:45, on odd numbers at 05:30.

• Volokolamsk

The Volokolamskaya station is located outside the Moscow Ring Road, on the territory of the Mitino microdistrict. The depth of the station is 14.4 meters. Type: shallow three-vault column.

The station opened on December 26, 2009, and was among the most beautiful Moscow metro stations that have appeared in the capital over the past decade. The station project, which was developed by the architects of the Metrogiprotrans company, received the main prize at the Golden Section 2011 competition of the Union of Moscow Architects.

Two rows of columns divide the station space into three naves: a central (passenger) and two side naves along which the rail tracks run. The height of the hall vault is a little more than 8 meters. The columns are lined with dark granite and marble, and resemble tree trunks, and in the spans between the columns on the vaults there are two recesses in the form of huge stylized leaves. Lamps are installed in these niches. Light gray granite slabs are laid on the floor.

• Myakinino

Myakinino station was the first to be built outside the city limits. In addition, this is the first station that was built through co-financing. Funds for construction were allocated not only from the city and regional budgets, but also private investors were attracted. Thus, the only private co-investor in Russia during the construction of the metro was the owner of the Crocus Group holding, Aras Agalarov, a fairly well-known personality. The station is located in Krasnogorsk, type: single-span ground covered.

"Myakinino" is a ground covered station, the start of work is December 26, 2009. Due to the proximity to the metro bridge, we had to deviate from the usual standards and implement a project with two side platforms. By the way, when railway tracks run along the sides of the central hall, this type of station is called island. In the case when passengers are boarded from platforms located at the edges of the station, and the central part is allocated for trains, the platforms are called coastal ones. Onshore platforms are more profitable because they cost less and are built faster.

• Strogino

The Strogino station is located in the North-Western administrative district of Moscow. The station got its name from the district of the same name. Type: single-vaulted shallow (laying depth - 8 meters).

The station opened on January 7, 2008. Today, the Strogino - Krylatskoye section is the longest in the Moscow metro. Its length is 6.6 km. From one station to another the train takes 7 minutes 42 seconds.

In 2008, the Strogino station project was awarded the Crystal Daedalus architectural prize. People close to architecture note that the design of this Moscow station is very similar to the design of the Alameda station in Valencia (architect Santiago Calatrava).

The station has a small vault height - only 5.5 meters, therefore, to reduce the feeling of a “dungeon”, the architects placed huge teardrop-shaped recesses on the ceiling. Each drop is divided by beams into smaller parts in which lamps are installed. On the platform there are benches with seats made of natural oak.

• Krylatskoe

The Krylatskoye station is located in the Western Administrative District of Moscow, in the Krylatskoye district. Laying depth - 9.5 meters. This is a shallow, single-vault station.

The station opened on December 31, 1989. At first, Krylatskoye was a station on the Filevskaya line, and only after the extension of the Kuntsevskaya - Krylatskoye section did it become part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.

The design of the Krylatskoye station is dedicated to physical education and sports - near the escalators on the rise to the southern lobby you can see a bronze composition by A.M. Mosiychuk. It is made in the form of an arc, on one side of which there is a girl with wings, and on the other - a young man with a ball.

• Youth

The Molodezhnaya station is located in the Western administrative district of Moscow, in the Kuntsevo district. The depth of the station is 6.5 meters. This is a shallow, three-span column station.

Traffic at Molodezhnaya station opened on July 5, 1965. Then the station was part of the Filevskaya line, and only on January 7, 2008 it became part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro. The station was built according to a standard design, which did not include any “architectural excesses.”

• Kuntsevskaya

The station "Kuntsevskaya" is a transfer hub for the stations of the Filevskaya and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya lines. "Kuntsevskaya" consists of island and side platforms.

The Kuntsevskaya station was opened on August 31, 1965. In January 2008, it was closed for reconstruction, after which it became a terminal building. Now the route along which trains previously followed to the center has moved to the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line along with the Molodezhnaya and Krylatskoye stations.

• Slavyansky Boulevard

The Slavyansky Boulevard station is located in the Western Administrative District of Moscow, in the Fili-Davydkovo district. The station opened on September 7, 2008. This is a shallow, single-vault station with a depth of 10 meters.

When designing the Slavyansky Boulevard station, some elements of the Art Nouveau style were used - in particular, forging and plant motifs. The station has three benches in the shape of a boat, with forged figured lattice backs, decorated with floral patterns. Forged stems with leaves converge from the ends of the benches towards the center, in the center there is an inscription with the name of the station, and from above the sign with the name is illuminated by bud lamps.

To make the station look like a real boulevard, the lamps were created in the form of street lamps, stylized as trees. The lamps mounted on the track walls also help illuminate the hall.

The track walls are decorated with green marble, and black granite is laid on the floor.

• Victory Park

The Park Pobedy station is a cross-platform interchange hub for the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya and Lines. The station is located in the Western Administrative District of Moscow. The depth of the Victory Park station is 80 meters. This is the deepest metro station in Moscow, second after St. Petersburg's Admiralteyskaya. Type: deep three-vaulted pylon.

The station was opened on May 6, 2003. The theme of the Patriotic Wars of 1812 and 1941 was chosen to decorate the interiors. Until 2015, in the western end of the northern hall one could see a panel dedicated to the Great Patriotic War of 1941. Now a second entrance is located in its place. At the eastern end of the southern hall there is a panel dedicated to the Patriotic War of 1812. Both images were created by Z.K. Tsereteli.

Both halls of the Park Pobedy station look very spacious and bright. The first associations when looking at any of the halls are a chessboard.

The rooms are designed according to the principle of contrast in relation to each other. The South Hall has white marble track walls and white “facade” parts of the pylons. The end walls of the pylons and plinths are finished with brown marble; gray and black granite slabs are laid in a checkerboard pattern on the floor. The second - North Hall, on the contrary, has brown track walls, brown and white columns with a light base, and brown and light gray slabs are located on the floor. Lamps hidden behind the cornice above the pylons brightly illuminate the station arch, creating the feeling of a high, light dome.

• Kyiv

The Kievskaya station is located in the Dorogomilovo district of the Western administrative district of Moscow. The depth of the station is 38 meters. Type: deep three-vaulted pylon. Since the Kyiv railway station is located nearby, the station received its name from it.

The station opened on April 5, 1953, and for 50 years (until 2003) it was a terminal station. From the Kievskaya Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line you can transfer to the stations of the same name on the Koltsevaya and Filevskaya lines.

The station's decor reflects the theme of Soviet Ukraine and the reunification of Russia and Ukraine. The vaults and walls of the hall are decorated with frescoes and paintings depicting the working people of Soviet Ukraine. On the side of the railway tracks, the walls are also decorated with frescoes, only they depict fantastic plants. At the end of the station there is a large panel with a scene of festivities in honor of the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine and Russia. The fresco is called "People's festivities in Kyiv." In December 2010, groundwater leaked into the station and the mural collapsed. From 2012 to 2013, a group of restoration artists worked to restore the fresco, and now it looks almost the same as the original version. The only difference is that Stalin's profile disappeared from the banner.

The pylons and track walls are covered with white marble. The floor of the station is made of gray granite and marble. The chandeliers illuminating "Kievskaya" are made of rock crystal. Original incandescent lamps are used as lighting devices. Another bright decorative detail is a decorative ceramic cornice that divides the station walls into two horizontal parts.

• Smolenskaya

The Smolenskaya station is located in the Central Administrative District of Moscow, in the Arbat district. The depth of the station is 50 meters. Type: deep three-vaulted pylon.

"Smolenskaya" opened on April 5, 1953. Its design is also dedicated to military-historical events. The station's pylons are lined with white marble. The track walls are also white, only ceramic tiles were used to cover them. The lower part of the track walls is decorated with black marble. In the central hall, black marble slabs are laid on the floor. Along the edges there is an ornament of white and red marble. The station hall is illuminated by candelabra lamps mounted on pylons above the benches. Additional lighting is provided by lamps hidden behind the eaves under the arch. The end wall of the hall is decorated with a bas-relief by sculptor G.I. Motovilov.

• Arbatskaya

The Arbatskaya station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro is located in the district of the same name, in the Central Administrative District. The depth of the station is 41 meters. Type: deep three-vaulted pylon.

"Arbatskaya" was opened on April 5, 1953. Now it is part of a large interchange hub, and has transitions to the stations "Biblioteka im. Lenina" of the Sokolnicheskaya line, "Alexandrovsky Sad" of the Filevskaya line and "Borovitskaya" of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line. Arbatskaya station has the status of a cultural heritage site, and this title is deserved - it is very beautiful.

The station was built according to a special project. The length of the hall is 220 meters - this is the second largest after the Vorobyovy Gory station; the central hall has an ellipsoidal cross-section. The architects who developed the station project turned to the theme of Russian architecture, in particular, to the style known as “Moscow Baroque”.

The lower part of the pylons is decorated with red marble. Higher up on the walls are decorative ceramic elements with plant motifs. The same compositions decorate the track walls. On the floor there is a carpet pattern of red, gray and black marble. Both the central hall and the platforms are illuminated by luxurious hanging gilded bronze chandeliers. Benches are installed near the pylons on the side of the tracks and in the central hall.

• Revolution square

The Ploshchad Revolyutsii station is located in the Tverskoy district of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. The depth of the station is 34 meters. Type: deep three-vaulted pylon.

The Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station was opened on March 13, 1938. Now it has the status of a cultural heritage site. By crossing you can get to the Teatralnaya station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line.

Before the start of construction of this station, a competition of architectural designs was announced, the winner of which was A.N. Dushkin, who also worked on projects for the Kropotkinskaya, Mayakovskaya, Avtozavodskaya, and Novoslobodskaya stations.

Dushkin decided to reveal the revolutionary theme using architecture, light and sculpture. The initial design assumed that the arched openings would be framed by bronze bas-reliefs, illuminated by reflectors installed at the base of the pylons. Beams of light would create a feeling of upward movement. It was also planned to decorate the niches in the corners of the pylons with bas-reliefs on a revolutionary theme.

The author of the sculptures was also chosen through a competition, but neither the architect nor the management of Metrostroy liked the winner’s ideas. They decided to ask the authoritative sculptor M.G. for help. Manizer, and he proposed replacing the bas-reliefs with three-dimensional sculptures. Despite the fact that Dushkin did not like this proposal, the management approved Manizer’s option.

As a result, the lighting method had to be reconsidered - now it was necessary to illuminate the sculptures well, and for this purpose they used hanging dish chandeliers, offset to the corners of the pylons. The side halls are illuminated by the same lamps. Initially, on the end wall there was a bas-relief “Stalin and Lenin”, the author of which was also M.G. Manizer, but in 1947, when a second exit was opened at the station, the bas-relief was moved to the Paveletskaya Circle Line, and after the debunking of the cult of personality in the 1960s, it was completely removed.

There are no benches in the central hall; they are located near the walls at the ends of the platforms. The benches are made of oak. Onyx borders are laid above them. In the side halls of the Ploshchad Revolyutsii station there are the oldest signs in the Moscow metro - these are bronze arrows with the inscription "Exit to the city."

The arches of the central hall are made of solid shaped stones cut from marble blocks. When decorating the station, onyx of various shades and patterns, black and dark red marble, and marble-like limestone were used.

The main decoration of the station are 76 bronze figures made in the Leningrad artistic casting workshop. This work was carried out by a group of sculptors under the leadership of Manizer. Initially, there were 80 figures; four were removed in 1947, when a pressurized seal was installed at the station. Of those sculptures that can be seen now, 18 figures were made in four copies, and two - in two.

Since the sculptures were made in full height, it was necessary to somehow fit them into the small space under the arches. To do this, the bronze people (except for the pioneers) had to be made either sitting, kneeling on one knee, or bending over. Some criticized this decision, but Stalin liked the sculptures - and so their fate was decided.

As is often the case with monuments, over time the sculptures of the Revolution Square station acquired superstitions, and a variety of signs began to be associated with them. For example, it is believed that if you touch the flag in the hands of a signalman in the morning, then the day will be successful. Exactly the same belief was invented about a sailor whose revolver was periodically stolen. Passengers also rub the noses of the border dogs and the shoes of the bronze girl. Only the rooster was lucky - it is strictly not recommended to touch him. As a result, the bronze layer of many sculptures became thinner, and some rubbed elements began to lose their shape.

• Kursk

The Kurskaya station is located in the Basmanny district of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. The depth of the station is 30 meters. Type: deep three-vaulted pylon.

The Kurskaya metro station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line was opened on March 13, 1938. It is located next to the Kursk railway station, from which it got its name. From Kurskaya you can go to the station of the same name on the Circle Line and to the Chkalovskaya station on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line.

The design of the station itself, its vestibules and passages is dedicated to agriculture. The station vault is white, the ceiling is decorated with a relief ornament with stucco inserts. The station's pylons are finished with gray granite with white veins. The floor is also made of gray granite. The halls are illuminated by paired lamps mounted on round decorative grilles made of gilded metal, as well as by hanging plate chandeliers.

• Baumanskaya

The Baumanskaya station is located in the Basmanny district of the Central Administrative District of Moscow. The depth of the station is 32.5 meters. Type: deep three-vaulted pylon.

The Baumanskaya metro station was opened on January 18, 1944. It was planned that the station would be called "Spartakovskaya". In accordance with the name, the famous architect B.M. Iofan created a project dedicated to the uprising of Spartacus. Statues and quotes dedicated to this event served as decorative elements. Construction of the station began in 1938. In 1943, they decided to rename the station “Baumanskaya”, and after this the concept of interior design changed - instead of the rebel slaves and their leader, sculptures of soldiers and workers were installed. The arched passages of the pylons are lined with white marble. On the side of the central hall there are compositions made of red quartzite, in the middle of which there are statues. The floor is covered in red, gray and black granite with a carpet pattern. The station is illuminated by lamps hidden behind the cornices on the vault and above the pylons.

The end wall is decorated with a marble panel. It was installed in 1945. Then the panels depicted banners and profiles of Lenin and Stalin. In 1963, the mosaic was corrected, removing the image of Stalin.

• Elektrozavodskaya

The Elektrozavodskaya station is located in the Sokolinaya Gora district in the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow. The depth of the station is 31.5 meters. Type: deep three-vaulted pylon. "Elektrozavodskaya" is a monument of cultural heritage of Russia.

The Elektrozavodskaya metro station was opened on May 15, 1944. The name is taken from the Moscow Electric Plant named after. Kuibysheva. According to the initial project, they wanted to decorate the station in accordance with its name - to display factory motifs in the decor. But the Great Patriotic War began, and the topic of national labor in its conditions came to the fore.

"Elektrozavodskaya" is very bright and solemn. This impression is mainly achieved through the lighting arrangement of the central hall. Along the entire length of the vault, there are 318 round recesses in six rows, each of which contains lamps.

The pylons are lined with light marble and decorated with marble bas-reliefs depicting workers and agricultural workers. At first there were 14 such bas-reliefs at the station, but after the reconstruction of the central hall only 12 remained.

There are benches near each pylon in the central hall. The floor is decorated with a carpet pattern. In the center there are slabs of gray granite and black labradorite, and along the edge there is an ornament of light marble. The track walls are lined with red marble. At the end of the station there is a bas-relief depicting banners. Initially, the wall was also decorated with a medallion with Stalin’s profile, which was removed after the debunking of the personality cult.

• Semenovskaya

The Semenovskaya station is located in the Sokolinaya Gora District of the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow. The depth of installation is 40 meters. Type: column-pylon, three-vaulted, deep. "Semenovskaya" has the status of a cultural heritage site.

The station was opened on January 18, 1944, and was called "Stalinskaya", like the square in which it was built. In 1961, the square was renamed, and the station also received a new name.

The design of the station is dedicated to the Soviet army. Such sculptors as V.I. worked on its decoration. Mukhina, N.K. Ventzel, as well as the artist V.P. Akhmetyev. "Semyonovskaya" was built according to an individual project. Geological conditions made it possible to replace each pylon with four rectangular columns. This decision made the station more spacious and convenient.

The columns are lined with light marble with inserts of red-variegated marble. The vault of the central hall is decorated with ornaments and images of types of heavy weapons. The floor is paved with white, grey, red and black granite. The track walls are covered with gray marble with triangular inserts made of green sandstone. The inserts contain chased bronze shields with images of weapons. At the end of the hall on the wall there is a high relief in the form of the Order of Victory against the background of banners and the inscription “Glory to our Red Army!” Initially, there was also the signature “I. Stalin”, but in the 1960s it was removed.

The central hall is illuminated by green marble floor lamps mounted on bronze bases in the center, while the side halls are illuminated by fluorescent lamps.

In 1944, at the then “Stalin” station, a sculpture by G.D. was installed. Lavrov, which was called “Thank you to Comrade Stalin for our happy childhood!”, also known as “Stalin and Gelya”. Georgy Dmitrievich created this sculpture in 1936, and in 1938 he was repressed on charges of a terrorist anti-state conspiracy.

The prototype of the sculpture, the girl Geli Markizova, the daughter of the Buryat People's Commissar of Agriculture, also had a difficult fate. First, in 1937, her father was arrested and shot, and then her mother was arrested. In those years, both the photograph of Geli Markizova, where she is captured in Stalin’s arms, and Lavrov’s sculpture were quite famous. Since the “leader” cannot hug the daughter of an enemy of the people, it was decided to change the inscriptions on Lavrov’s sculptures and put on them the name of eleven-year-old Mamlakat Nakhangova. This girl was the first to pick cotton with both hands, thanks to which she picked much more cotton than was established by adult standards, and was awarded the Order of Lenin.

• Partisan

The Partizanskaya station is located in the Izmailovo district of the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow. Type: three-span shallow column (depth - 9 meters).

The shallow station "Partizanskaya" was opened on January 18, 1944 as the "Izmailovo Park of Culture and Leisure named after Stalin." Over the course of different periods of time, the station changed its name several times. It was both “Izmailovskaya” and “Izmailovsky Park”, and since 2005 it acquired its current name.

Even at the design stage of the station, it was taken into account that it would handle a large passenger flow, since the stadium named after. Stalin was planned to be the largest in the country. In order for the station to cope with passenger traffic, three railway lines were laid on it. As a result, the stadium was never built. First the war got in the way, and then it turned out that the site had difficult hydrogeological conditions. However, the station's three-track system was left unchanged, and today Partizanskaya has the widest station hall among all Moscow metro stations.

The decoration of the hall is dedicated to the partisan movement during the Great Patriotic War. The columns and track walls are decorated with bas-reliefs with images of various types of Soviet weapons, and next to the columns closest to the exit there are sculptures of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and partisan Matvey Kuzmich Kuzmin. The author of the sculptures is M.G. Manizer. Once upon a time, in the niches above the middle path there were frescoes by the artist A.D. Goncharov and large round lamps, but they have not survived to this day.

• Izmailovskaya

The Izmailovskaya station is an open ground station located in the Izmailovo district of the Eastern Administrative District of Moscow.

The Izmailovskaya metro station opened on October 21, 1961. The platform on which trains arrive has no side walls, which makes Izmailovskaya look like a railway station. The station was built at a time when architects and builders were instructed to avoid “architectural excesses,” so Izmailovskaya is devoid of any memorable decor.

• Pervomayskaya

The Pervomaiskaya station is located in the Eastern Administrative Okrug, in the Izmailovo district. The depth of the station is 7 meters. Type: shallow three-span column.

The Pervomaiskaya metro station was opened on October 21, 1961. It became the first centipede station (in terms of the number of columns), built in accordance with Khrushchev’s decree “On the elimination of excesses in architecture and construction.” Like all similar stations, it is rather nondescript and serves a purely utilitarian purpose.

• Shchelkovskaya

The Shchelkovskaya station is located in the Eastern District of Moscow, in the Northern Izmailovo district. Some of the lobbies are located in the Golyanovo district. Currently, it is the final station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line in its eastern part. The station was built according to a standard design (three-span shallow column), the depth of the station is 8 meters.

The Shchelkovskaya station was opened on July 22, 1963, during the period of struggle against “architectural excesses,” so outwardly it is unremarkable. A typical design of that time assumed the presence of 40 support columns, and these stations from the waist were called “centipedes”. The quality of finishing work during the construction of Shchelkovskaya was low, and under the influence of vibration, over time, the facing tiles began to crumble. In 2002, the ceramic tiles were replaced with vinyl siding of the same color, and the lower portion of the track walls was clad in marble.

"Shchelkovskaya" is one of the most overloaded stations of the Moscow metro.

The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya metro line is the second line that was opened in the metro, with serial number 3 on metro maps and a blue designation color. Initially, the underground line consisted of two surface sections, shallow and deep stations and a metro bridge across the Moscow River.

One of the final stations was Arbat metro station. The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line originates from the Arbat radius, which today is part of the Filevskaya line.

Chronology of line construction

1932

In May, the first project for the construction of the Metro was completed, which included the Arbat radius.

1934

On the radius, the main work was completed and 3 stations were built: “Arbatskaya”, “Smolenskaya” and “Ulitsa Kominterna”. The last station was the only one that was located on a curve and had a shore-type platform.

1935

On February 5, a test train of 4 cars traveled along the entire line.

On February 6, the country's leaders and congress delegates were invited to a demonstration run-in of the line. Later, trial operation of all sections began.

For 5 days from April 19 to April 24, the Moscow Metro conducts sightseeing tours, which are attended by special invitations by employees and workers of Moscow enterprises.

On May 2, from 9 to 12, the Moscow metro hospitably opened its doors, and during the day everyone could enjoy sightseeing tours of the stations and lobbies. There were such excursions for another 3 days.

On May 15, at 6:45 a.m., everyone could enter the stations so that regular scheduled traffic could begin at 7:00 a.m. Now the metro had 13 stations.

1937

On March 13, two more metro stations were opened on this line. They were entering the new Pokrovsky radius. As a result, the question arose of the formation of two separate lines: Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya, which included 6 stations, and Kirovskaya-Frunzenskaya. Type A and B trains ran along these lines.

On March 20, the Arbat radius was extended from the Smolenskaya metro station. The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line acquired a new 14th station - “Kievskaya”. This station was the first in the second phase of construction.

A project was agreed upon, according to which the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya metro line was extended to the Stadion Imeni Stalin (or simply Stalinskaya) station.

From 24 to 31 October, traffic was stopped in order to connect deep tunnels leading to the new station. On November 3, a test train was launched along this section of the track.

1944

After the war

1950

On January 1, a transition was opened between the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line and the Koltsevaya at the Kurskaya station.

1951-1953

Construction of a new radius with a deep type of laying began. Construction was carried out secretly; this event was not covered in the press until the opening on April 5. With the construction of a new radius, the Arbatskaya metro station ceased to be the final station. The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line now had a new terminal - “Kievskaya”.

1954

1961

October brought changes to the Pokrovskaya line: the Pervomaiskaya station, opened in 1954, was closed, again taking the palm, but now as the first closed metro station in the USSR. The metro line was extended from the station. "Izmailovskaya" to the new station "Pervomaisk". Now it was a shallow columnar station, the first to lack a ground vestibule. The entrance to it was through an underground passage.

1963

The last extension of the station in the USSR - from Pervomaiskaya to Shchelkovskaya. Today, the final one on one side is the “Shchelkovskaya” metro station, Moscow, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.

This branch is one of the few lines that has not had any development for 40 years, and the western terminal station “Kyiv” bore this title for 50 years. This was due to 2 objective reasons: after the completion of the deep restructuring of the Arbat radius, the approach to the construction of the metro was revised, and in 1955, decree No. 1871 was supposed to make construction more economical. The result of this was the emergence of standard metro stations and above-ground vestibules.

After the collapse of the USSR

1995

Type D train cars, which were produced from 1955-1963, were taken out of service from all metro lines. The abandonment of these cars led to the loss of the temporary layer that made the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line a kind of traveling museum.

year 2001

Work at the Park Pobedy station, which began back in 1996, was resumed, and on May 6, 2003, the section of the track from Kievskaya to Park Pobedy was put into operation.

Latest new stations

2008

In January, the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya metro line was extended by 3 stations, and st. "Kyiv" transferred the title to the final station. "Strogino".

The Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya metro line has the well-deserved title of the longest line due to its length of more than 45 km.