Akademicheskaya (Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya Line)

Akademicheskaya (, , English: Academy's) is a station on the

Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a rapid transit system in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one l ...

Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line The Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line (, ) (Line 6; Orange Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines, Rizhskaya and Kaluzhskaya opened in 1958 and 1962, respectively. Only in 1971 were they united into a si ...

. It is named for the several Akademichesky Proyezd streets formerly located nearby, which were themselves named after the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such ...

but have all been renamed since. Akademicheskaya opened on October 13, 1962, and was designed by

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, Petukhova, and Fokina. Built to the relatively new pillar-trispan design (aka ''Sorokonozhka'', centipede), which became prevalent in the 1960s due to its low construction costs. The station has white

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pillars accented with a stripe of black marble near the top. The walls, originally faced with white

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with four horizontal blue stripes, were re-covered in 2003 with similarly coloured aluminium planes for a cleaner, more modern look. The entrances to the station are located around

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Square, at the intersection of Profsoyuznaya and Dmitriy Ulyanov streets. Currently the station serves 67,400 passengers daily. In 2025, a transfer to Akademicheskaya on the

Troitskaya line The Troitskaya line (, named after its planned terminus in the town of Troitsk) (Line 16; Emerald Line), previously ''Kommunarskaya line'', , after the suburb of Kommunarka is a line of the Moscow Metro that will initially extend to the settleme ...

is planned. Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1962 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia {{Moscow-metro-stub