Opening date: 15.05.1935
The station was opened as a part of the first Moscow metro line section.
Station design: single-vaulted shallow station with cast-in-situ lining built to an individual project.
Station architects: À.Gontskevich, S.Suslin
Design engineer: N.Komarov
The station hall is single-vaulted (it was the first time such design was employed in Moscow metro). The track walls are faced with yellow ceramic tiles and yellow marble. The supports for the arches are concealed with broad marble pilasters. The floor was originally made of parquet, but now it is made of grey granite. The station contains a mosaic portrait of V.Lenin (sculptor G.Opryshko, 1970-ies).
Exit to: Mokhovaya ulitsa, Vozdvizhenka ulitsa, Russian State Library, Manezh exhibition hall, Aleksandrovsky Sad.
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| Photo by Anatoliy Shestakov |
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