Semyonovskaya (Metro)

Semenovskaya (Семеновская) 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.

External links

*ru icon [http://www.metro.ru/stations/arbatsko-pokrovskaya/semenovskaya/ metro.ru]
*ru icon [http://www.mymetro.ru/cgi-bin/list.pl?lng=ru&a=1&b=3&c=05 mymetro.ru]
*ru icon [http://metromost.com/alb/019.htm Photographs of station prior to and after renovation]
*ru icon [http://russos.livejournal.com/216382.html#cutid1 More photographs]
*ru icon [http://www.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_1.php?id_page=56&cdate=04-2006&id_text=554 Official report on the station's reoppening]
*en icon [http://www.kartametro.info/?hl=EN&ms=Semyonovskaya&z=17&t=k KartaMetro.info] — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)