Station platform (without a train)
Semyonovskaya
(Семёновская) is a station on the
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the
Moscow Metro. Opened concurrently with
Partizanskaya in 1944, 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!". Originally called
Stalinskaya, the station was renamed after 1961 when the cult of
Joseph Stalin was denounced.
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-pedestaled, green marble floor lamps along the center of the platform. The architects of the station were S. Kravets and V.Akhmetev.
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 of surface vestibule.
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Coordinates: 55°46′59″N 37°43′20″E / 55.78306°N 37.72222°E / 55.78306; 37.72222
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