Novokuznetskaya

Novokuznetskaya Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
Coordinates	55°44′28″N 37°37′46″E / 55.74111°N 37.62944°E / 55.74111; 37.62944
Lines	Zamoskvoretskaya Line
Connections	Bus: A, 25 Trolleybus: 8 Tram: A, 3, 39
Depth	37.5 metres (123 ft)
Levels	1
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Baggage check	No
Other information
Opened	November 20, 1943
Code	031
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Traffic
Passengers (2002)	14,417,500
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Teatralnaya toward Rechnoy Vokzal Zamoskvoretskaya Line Paveletskaya toward Krasnogvardeyskaya Oktyabrskaya toward Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line Transfer at: Tretyakovskaya Kitay-gorod toward Medvedkovo Terminus Kalininskaya Line Transfer at: Tretyakovskaya Marksistskaya toward Novogireyevo

Novokuznetskaya (Russian: Новокузнецкая) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. The station was opened on 20 November 1943.

History

Construction of the station began shortly after the launch of the second stage in 1938. Despite the World War II the station was opened on time. Later in 1978 the platform was lengthened. This part is in a more modern style than the rest of the station.

Design

The station honors the Soviet fighting men with its heavy ornamentation. The architects, I. Taranov and N. Bykova, won a USSR State Prize for their design.

The decorations include seven hexagonal ceiling mosaics by V. Frolov on the theme of wartime industry and bas-reliefs running along the base of the ceiling (by artists N.V. Tomsky, A.E. Zelensky, S.M. Rabinovich, and N.M. Shtamm) depicting the soldiers of the Red Army in combat. The pink and white marble pylons are also decorated with cast-bronze portraits of Russian war heroes like Mikhail Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky. The ornate marble benches lining the platform were removed from the original Cathedral of Christ the Saviour before it was demolished. Floor lamps, long since replaced with more up-to-date lighting in other Metro stations, still give Novokuznetskaya an atmosphere of brooding shadow.

Exits

Novokuznetskaya's round entrance vestibule is located off Pyatnitskaya Street, north of the intersection with Klimentovsky Street.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Tretyakovskaya, a cross-platform station serving both the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line and the Kalininskaya Line.

External links

• metro.ru
• mymetro.ru
• KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)