Novoslobodskaya

Novoslobodskaya
Новослободская
Moscow Metro station
Location Novoslobodskaya Street
Tverskoy District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Coordinates 55°46′48″N 37°36′10″E / 55.7799°N 37.6028°ECoordinates: 55°46′48″N 37°36′10″E / 55.7799°N 37.6028°E
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)  5  Koltsevaya Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Trolleybus: 3, 15, 47, 69
Tram: 19
Construction
Structure type Deep pylon tri-vault
Depth 40 metres (130 ft)
Platform levels 1
Parking No
Other information
Station code 068
History
Opened 30 January 1952
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
anticlockwise / outer
Koltsevaya Line
clockwise / inner
toward  Altufyevo
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
Transfer at: Mendeleyevskaya
Location
Novoslobodskaya
Location within Moscow

Novoslobodskaya (Russian: Новослобо́дская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Tverskoy District of the Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Koltsevaya Line, between Belorusskaya and Prospekt Mira stations. Novoslobodskaya was opened on 30 January 1952.

Architecture and art

Alexey Dushkin, the station's architect, has long wished to unitilise stained glass in decoration of a metro station, and the first drawings date to pre–World War II times. In 1948, with the aid of a young architect Alexander Strelkov, Dushkin came across the renowned artist Pavel Korin, who agreed to compose the artworks for the panels. The rest of the station was designed around the glass panels. Dushkin, taking the standard pylon layout designed the overall impression to resemble that of underground crypt.

It is best known for its 32 stained glass panels, which are the work of Latvian artists E. Veylandan, E. Krests, and M. Ryskin. Each panel, surrounded by an elaborate brass border, is set into one of the station's pylons and illuminated from within. Both the pylons and the pointed arches between them are faced with pinkish Ural marble and edged with brass molding. At the end of the platform is a mosaic by Pavel Korin entitled "Peace Throughout the World." The stained glass panels, the mosaic, the brass trim, and the elegant conical chandeliers were all carefully cleaned and restored in 2003.

The vestibule is an imposing structure with a grand portico, located on the northeast corner of Novoslobodskaya and Seleznevskaya streets.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Mendeleyevskaya station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line.

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