Avtozavodskaya

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Avtozavodskaya

Avtozavodskaya (lit. auto factory) is a station of Zamoskvoretskaya Line

Zamoskvoretskaya Line

The Zamoskvoretskaya Line , formerly Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya , is a line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1938, chronologically it became the third line....
of the Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro

The Moscow Metro , which spans almost the entire Moscow, is the world's Metro systems by annual passenger rides rapid-transit system. Opened in 1935, it is well known for the ornate design of many of its metro station, which contain outstanding examples of socialist realism art....
. It is named for the nearby Zavod Imeni Likhacheva

Zavod Imeni Likhacheva

Zavod imeni Likhacheva More commonly called ZIL is a major Russian truck and heavy equipment manufacturer, which also produced armored cars for most Soviet Union leaders, as well as buses, armored fighting vehicles, and aerosans....
, where ZIS

ZIS-101

ZIS-101 was a limousine from Zavod Imeni Likhacheva. The 101 was introduced in 1936 and was equipped with an straight-8 engine producing and giving a top speed of ....
and ZIL limousines were built. The station opened in 1943, a few months before Novokuznetskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Novokuznetskaya is a Moscow Metro's Zamoskvoretskaya Line.Construction of the station began shortly after the launch of the second stage in 1938 and was uninterrupted during World War II and opened in 1943....
and Paveletskaya

Paveletskaya-Radialnaya

Paveletskaya , also known as Paveletskaya-Radialnaya, is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. It opened in 1943 and was designed by S.V....
. The architect was Alexey Dushkin

Alexey Dushkin

Alexey Nikolayevich Dushkin was a Soviet architect, best known for his 1930s designs of Kropotkinskaya and Mayakovskaya stations of Moscow Metro....
.

Both the tall pillars and walls are faced with pinkish Oraktuoy marble

Marble

Marble is a nonfoliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for Marble sculpture, as a architecture material, and in many other applications....
. Additionally, Avtozavodskaya is decorated with eight mosaic

Mosaic

Mosaic is the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other material. It may be a technique of Decorative arts, an aspect of interior decoration or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral....
s depicting events of the Great Patriotic War.

In February 2004 there was a bomb explosion between Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya in which more than 40 people were killed.

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