Opening date: 30.12.1972
The station was opened as a part of a line section between Barrikadnaya and Oktyabr’skoe Pole.
Station design: three-vaulted column-type shallow station built to the standard project.
The station features two platforms, three tracks and a row of 25 columns.
Station architects: А.Fokina, L.Popov
Design engineer: N.Silina
The station is named after Vasily Polezhaev (1909-1972), who was a hero of Socialist labor and the head of Moscow Metrostroy in 1958-1972.
The octagonal pillars are faced with white and yellow marble of different shades and the track walls are lined with white glazed ceramic tiles. The floor is paved with grey granite. The walls and columns of the ticket halls are faced with grey marble. There is a memorial plate in honour of Polezhaev in the vestibule.
Only one platform and two tracks are used for passenger service. The third track was supposed to be used to link the station with Serebryany Bor, however this plan was never fulfilled.
Exit to: Khoroshevskoe shosse and ulitsa Kuusinena.
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