Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Moscow Metro)

Ploshchad Revolyutsii Площадь Революции
Moscow Metro station
Coordinates	55°45′24″N 37°37′18″E / 55.7566°N 37.6216°ECoordinates: 55°45′24″N 37°37′18″E / 55.7566°N 37.6216°E
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	3  Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Pylon station
Depth	33.6 metres (110 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	045
History
Opened	13 March 1938
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Arbatskaya toward  Pyatnitskoye Shosse Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line Kurskaya toward  Shchyolkovskaya Tverskaya toward  Rechnoy Vokzal Zamoskvoretskaya Line Transfer at: Teatralnaya Novokuznetskaya toward  Alma-Atinskaya Biblioteka Imeni Lenina toward  Rumyantsevo Sokolnicheskaya Line via Teatralnaya platform Transfer at: Okhotny Ryad Lubyanka toward  Bulvar Rokossovskogo
Route map Legend Mitino yard Pyatnitskoye Shosse Mitino Volokolamskaya Mitinsky Bridge  Moskva River Myakinino Strogino Krylatskoye Molodyozhnaya Kuntsevskaya  4  Slavyansky Bulvar Park Pobedy  8A  Kiyevskaya  4   5  Moskva River Smolenskaya Arbatskaya  1   4   9  to Fili yard Ploshchad Revolyutsii  2  ( 1 ) Kurskaya  5   10  Baumanskaya Elektrozavodskaya Semyonovskaya Partizanskaya Pervomayskaya (closed) Izmaylovo yard Izmaylovskaya Pervomayskaya Shchyolkovskaya
Location
Ploshchad Revolyutsii Location within Moscow

Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Russian: Пло́щадь Револю́ции) is one of the most famous stations of the Moscow Metro, in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow. The station is named after Revolution Square, under which it is located. It is located on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line.

History

When the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line was first built, the tracks from Ploshchad Revolyutsii extended westward to Aleksandrovsky Sad rather than Arbatskaya. When the westward extension of the line was completed in 1953, trains were rerouted through the new segment.

Architecture

The station opened in 1938, its architect was Alexey Dushkin. The station features red and yellow marble arches resting on low pylons faced with black Armenian marble. The spaces between the arches are partially filled by decorative ventilation grilles and ceiling tracery. Each arch is flanked by a pair of bronze sculptures by Matvey Manizer depicting the people of the Soviet Union, including soldiers, farmers, athletes, writers, aviators, industrial workers, and schoolchildren. There are a total of 76 sculptures in the station.

Transfers

From this station, passengers can transfer to Teatralnaya on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line and Okhotny Ryad on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, but the latter can be reached only through Teatralnaya as there is no direct transfer.

Gallery

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  Entrance at night

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  1938 postage stamp

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  Platform with train

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  The transfer to Teatralnaya on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line

Trivia

• One of the bronze sculptures — a dog that accompanies a frontier guard — is believed to bring good luck if you rub its nose.^[1]

References

1. http://mnweekly.ru/local/20080327/55319816.html

External links

• (Russian)—metro.ru: odfficial Ploshchad Revolyutsii website
• mymetro.ru
• KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on map of Moscow] — (English) (Russian)