Babushkinskaya (russian: Бабушкинская) is a

Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first ...

station in the Babushkinsky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

. It was opened on September 29, 1978 as a part of the VDNKh – Medvedkovo sector. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Sviblovo and Medvedkovo stations after the commissioning of which there were 107 stations in the Moscow Metro.

Name

Babsuhkinskaya was named after Babushkinsky District where the station is located, which in turn was named after

Mikhail Babushkin Mikhail Babushkin (russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Ба́бушкин; October 6, 1893 – May 18, 1938) was a Soviet polar aviator and a Hero of the Soviet Union (June 27, 1937). Together with Mikhail Vodopyanov, he was the first ...

, a polar aviator. On March 29, 2020 due to the

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in Russia, the management of the Moscow Metro temporarily renamed the station to "DomaBabushkinskaya" (rus. Домабабушкинская) which refer to "Grandmother at home" to remind the citizen of Moscow to stay their elderly parents at home.

Design

Babushkinskaya is a single vault-type station, elliptical in cross-section with slightly canted, grey

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side walls. All of the signs and light fixtures are attached to the ceiling, so the platform is completely open except for a few minimalist benches located along the central axis. At the end of the platform, above the exit stairs, is a sculpture by A. M. Mosichuk commemorating Babushkin's

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flight.

Entrances

The entrances to the station are located at the intersection of Yeniseyskaya and Menzhinskogo Streets.

References

{{Reflist Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1978 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia