Opening date: 11.12.1999
The station was opened as a part of a line section between Krestyanskaya Zastava and Kozhukhovskaya.
Station design: three-vaulted deep-level station with wide pillars. The station is an unusual project with no underplatform spacing and all the infrastructure sitting on a massive monolithic plate.
Station architects: V.Filippov, S.Belyakova
Design engineers: Е.Barsky, М.Belova
Sculptor: V.Bubnov
The station is named for the nearby district.
The track walls and the columns are faced with light-coloured marble. The pylons along the station visually form a wall. Original light guides illuminate the station. The floor is paved with red, black and grey granite. The north end of the station is adorned with a mosaic panel by Z.Tsereteli.
Way out:
via the south vestibule (opens at 5:39) up the escalators to Sharikopodshipnikovaya ulitsa.
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