Narodnoye Opolcheniye (russian: Народное Ополчение) is a station on the

Bolshaya Koltsevaya line The Bolshaya Koltsevaya line (russian: Большая кольцевая линия), known in English as the Big Circle Line, designated Line 11 and 11A is an under construction rapid transit line of the Moscow Metro. When complete, it will beco ...

of the

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 unde ...

. It opened on 1 April 2021.

Name

During the construction of the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line, the station was named ''Ulitsa Narodnogo Opolcheniya'' (" People's Militia Street") after the nearby street of the same name. From March to May 2020, the station was named Mnyovniki in the design documentation (while the current Mnyovniki was planned to be renamed Terekhovo). In November 2020, it was proposed to name the station "Karamyshevskaya", and on December 8, Mayor of Moscow

Sergei Sobyanin Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin (russian: link=no, Сергей Семёнович Собянин; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian politician, serving as the 3rd Mayor of Moscow since 21 October 2010. Sobyanin previously served as the Governor of ...

signed a decree assigning this name to the station. This was done for the convenience of navigation, since the Oktyabrskoe Pole station of Line 7 already exists on Narodnogo Opolcheniya Street. The name "Karamyshevskaya" was given after the Karamyshevo defence line constructed during the 1941

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, which was defended by the 3rd Communist division of the People's Militia. In turn, the defence line was named after the village of Karamyshevo, which was located in this area and later became part of Moscow. On 23 March 2021, a poll was initiated on the ''Active Citizen'' portal to change the station name. 55% of the poll participants voted for "Narodnoye Opolcheniye" and about 36% for "Karamyshevskaya".

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