Cherkizovskaya (russian: Черки́зовская) is a Moscow Metro station in the

Preobrazhenskoye District Preobrazhenskoye District (russian: райо́н Преображе́нское) is a district of Eastern Administrative Okrug in the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Geography Nearby districts include: * Bogorodskoye (russian: Богород ...

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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 million ...

. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between

Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad (russian: Преображе́нская пло́щадь, en, Transfiguration Square) is a Moscow Metro station in the Preobrazhenskoye District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line ...

and Ulitsa Podbelskogo stations.

Design

Cherkizovskaya opened in 1990 and was the work of architects V. Cheremin and A. Vigdorov. The station is named after the former village of Cherkizovo which is a district of Moscow nowadays. The design of the station is a single vault, with a curved ceiling and a platform free of pillars. The outer walls are faced with panels of corrugated metal. Both ends of the platform are decorated with

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panels above the exit stairs. Cherkiz-mm

Entrances

The station's vestibule is located at Okruzhnoy Proyezd near the intersection with Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya Street. Lokomotiv Stadium is situated nearby.

References

{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1990 Sokolnicheskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia