Partizanskaya

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System: Moscow Metro
Opened 1944
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Shchyolkovskaya
Pervomaiskaya
Izmailovskaya
Pervomaiskaya (closed)
   
Partizanskaya
Partizanskaya
Semyonovskaya
Elektrozavodskaya
Baumanskaya
Kurskaya
Ploshchad Revolyutsii
   
Borovitskaya (Metro)
Arbatskaya
Smolenskaya
Kievskaya
Park Pobedy
Slavyansky Bulvar
Kuntsevskaya
Molodyozhnaya
Krylatskoe
   
Troitse Lykovo
Troitse Lykovo
   
Strogino (Metro)
Strogino
   
Myakinino
Myakinino
   
Volokolamskaya (new)
Volokolamskaya
   
Mitino
Mitino
   
Mitino
Rozhdestveno
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1950's photograph
1950's photograph

Partizanskaya (Партизанская), known until 2005 as Izmailovskiy Park, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was built during World War II (it opened in 1944) and is dedicated to the Soviet partisans who resisted the Nazis. The name was changed on the 60th anniversary of Soviet victory to better reflect the theme of the station. The station's design was the work of architect Vilenskiy.

Partizanskaya
Partizanskaya
Anaglyph of "Partisans" sculpture
Anaglyph of "Partisans" sculpture

Partizanskaya is an unusual three-track layout with two island platforms. The centre track was built to handle crowds from a nearby stadium that was planned but never built because of the war. The centre track is still used during peak hours and for the trains heading to the Izmailovo depot. There is one row of pillars per platform. Both the walls and pillars of the station are faced with white marble and decorated with bas-reliefs honouring the partisans. The two pillars closest to the exit stairs are adorned with statues: Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya on the left and an elderly Partisan on the right. The circular ceiling niche at the foot of the stairs originally contained a fresco by A.D. Goncharov, though this has since been painted over. At the top of the stairs is a sculptural group by M.G. Manizer entitled "Partisans" and bearing the inscription "To partisans and partisan glory!".

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