Smolenskaya is a station on the
Filyovskaya LineFilyovskaya Line , a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre...
of the
Moscow MetroThe Moscow Metro , which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is the world's second most heavily used rapid-transit system. Opened in 1935, it is well known for the ornate design of many of its stations, which contain outstanding examples of socialist realist art.-Description of the Metro:In...
. It was opened in 1935 as part of the first Metro line. Designed by S.G. Andriyevsky and T.N. Makarychev, the station features gray
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pillars with flared bases and walls faced with white
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. Smolenskaya originally had two entrance vestibules, but one was demolished with the expansion of the
Garden RingThe Garden Ring, also known as the "B" Ring , is a circular avenue around the centre of Moscow, Russia. The Ring consists of seventeen individually named streets and fifteen squares. It has a circumference of sixteen kilometres. At its narrowest point, Krymsky Bridge, the Ring has six lanes; at...
avenue (at the time the station was closed and was not intended to be reopened).
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Smolenskaya is a station on the
Filyovskaya LineFilyovskaya Line , a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre...
of the
Moscow MetroThe Moscow Metro , which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is the world's second most heavily used rapid-transit system. Opened in 1935, it is well known for the ornate design of many of its stations, which contain outstanding examples of socialist realist art.-Description of the Metro:In...
. It was opened in 1935 as part of the first Metro line. Designed by S.G. Andriyevsky and T.N. Makarychev, the station features gray
marbleMarble is a non foliated metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite . It is extensively used for sculpture, as a building material, and in many other applications...
pillars with flared bases and walls faced with white
ceramicA ceramic is an inorganic, non-metallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling. Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous...
tileA tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, or even glass. Tiles are generally used for covering roofs, floors, and walls, showers, or other objects such as tabletops...
. Smolenskaya originally had two entrance vestibules, but one was demolished with the expansion of the
Garden RingThe Garden Ring, also known as the "B" Ring , is a circular avenue around the centre of Moscow, Russia. The Ring consists of seventeen individually named streets and fifteen squares. It has a circumference of sixteen kilometres. At its narrowest point, Krymsky Bridge, the Ring has six lanes; at...
avenue (at the time the station was closed and was not intended to be reopened). There are still two sets of exit stairs on the platform, but one leads to a dead end where the passage to the old vestibule (very similar to the one still in use at Chistye Prudy) used to be.
See also
- Smolenskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya)
Smolenskaya is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was built in 1953 to replace an older station of the same name, though this was later reopened as part of the Filyovskaya Line...
for another Moscow Metro station with the same name.
- Smolensky Metro Bridge
Smolensky Metro Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River in Dorogomilovo District of Moscow, Russia. It is the first bridge built for the Moscow Metro in 1935–1937, designed by N.P.Polikarpov, P.K.Antonov and Yakovlev brothers...
over the Moskva RiverThe Moskva River is a river that flows through the Moscow and Smolensk Oblasts in Russia, and is a tributary of the Oka River.-Etymology:Moskva and Moscow are two different renderings of the same Russian word Москва. The city is named after the river. The origin of the name is unknown, although...
connecting the station to KievskayaKiyevskaya is a station on the Filovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro . It initially opened in 1937 and closed in 1953 when the new Kiyevskaya station, intended to replace it, was completed...
.
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