Avtozavodskaya is a station of Zamoskvoretskaya Line

Zamoskvoretskaya Line

Zamoskvoretskaya Line , formerly Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya , is a line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1938, chronologically it became the third line. There are twenty stations on the Zamoskvoretskaya line, and it spans , roughly crossing Moscow in a north-south direction. A normal trip along the...

 of the Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro

The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...

. It is named for the nearby Zavod Imeni Likhacheva

Zavod Imeni Likhacheva

Zavod imeni Likhachova, more commonly called ZIL is a major Russian truck and heavy equipment manufacturer, which also produced armored cars for most Soviet leaders, as well as buses, armored fighting vehicles, and aerosani...

, where ZIS

ZIS-101

ZIS-101 was a limousine from Zavod Imeni Stalina. The 101 was introduced in 1936 and was equipped with an straight-8 engine producing and giving a top speed of . The car was inspired by Packard designs of the time...

 and ZIL limousines were built. The station was opened in 1943, a few months before Novokuznetskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Novokuznetskaya is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line.The station was opened on 20 November 1943.- History :Construction of the station began shortly after the launch of the second stage in 1938. Despite the World War II the station was opened on time. Later in 1978 the platform...

 and Paveletskaya. 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...

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

Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...

. 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 materials. It may be a technique of decorative art, 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

February 2004 Moscow metro bombing

The February 2004 Moscow metro bombing occurred on 6 February 2004 when a male suicide bomber killed 41 people near Avtozavodskaya subway station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line in Moscow...

between Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya in which more than 40 people were killed.

External links

• metro.ru
• mymetro.ru
• KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)