Novoslobodskaya (russian: Новослобо́дская) 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 unde ...

station in the

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of the

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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 Koltsevaya Line, between Belorusskaya and Prospekt Mira stations. Novoslobodskaya was opened on 30 January 1952. From 21 November 2020 to 4 March 2022, the entrance of the station is closed for reconstruction.

Architecture and art

Moscow Novoslobodskaya metro entrance asv2019-06

Alexey Dushkin Alexey Nikolayevich Dushkin (24 December 1904 – 8 October 1977) was a Soviet architect, best known for his 1930s designs of the Kropotkinskaya and Mayakovskaya stations of the Moscow Metro. He worked primarily for subway and railroads and ...

, the station's architect, has long wished to utilise stained glass in decoration of a metro station, and the first drawings date to pre–World War II times. In 1948, with the aid of a young architect Alexander Strelkov, Dushkin came across the renowned artist

Pavel Korin Pavel Dmitriyevich Korin (russian: Павел Дмитриевич Корин; - 22 November 1967) was a Russian painter and art restorer. He is famous for his preparational work for the unimplemented painting ''Farewell to Rus''. Life and ...

, who agreed to compose the artworks for the panels. The rest of the station was designed around the glass panels. Dushkin, taking the standard pylon layout designed the overall impression to resemble that of underground crypt. It is best known for its 32 stained glass panels, which are the work of Latvian artists E. Veylandan, E. Krests, and M. Ryskin. Each panel, surrounded by an elaborate

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border, is set into one of the station's pylons and illuminated from within. Both the pylons and the pointed

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es between them are faced with pinkish

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and edged with brass molding. At the end of the platform is a

mosaic A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly pop ...

by Pavel Korin entitled "Peace Throughout the World." The stained glass panels, the mosaic, the brass trim, and the elegant conical chandeliers were all carefully cleaned and restored in 2003. The vestibule is an imposing structure with a grand

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, located on the northeast corner of Novoslobodskaya and Seleznevskaya streets.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to

Mendeleyevskaya Mendeleyevskaya (russian: Менделе́евская, ) is a Moscow Metro station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line. It is located in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow. It was opened on 31 December 1988. The station was designe ...

station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line.

Gallery

File:Novoslobodskaya (Новослободская) (6208381622).jpg, Platform. File:Moscow Metro lighting - Novoslobodskaya.jpg, Lighting. File:Novoslobodskaya (Новослободская) (6200895430).jpg, Artwork on the platform. File:Novoslobodskaya (Новослободская) (6203165656).jpg, Rusich train on the platform. Note the upper pass is the transfer walkway to the

on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line File:Novoslobodskaya stained glass panel.jpg, One of the decorative glass panels. File:Stamp 1952 1712.jpg, Image on a 1952 stamp

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External links

{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Koltsevaya Line Public art in Russia Tverskoy District Railway stations in Russia opened in 1952 Stalinist architecture Railway stations located underground in Russia Cultural heritage monuments in Moscow