Oktyabrskoye Pole (russian: Октябрьское Поле) is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line 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 ...

. The station was opened on 30 December 1972 as part of the Krasnopresnenskiy radius, and for exactly three years it was the original terminus of the Krasnopresnenskaya Line. The station received its name from a nearby locality which was initially known as Voyennoye Pole (''Military Field'') and as Oktyabrskoye Pole (''October Field'', named after October Revolution) since 1922, during the Soviet era. Designed by

Nina Alyoshina Nina Aleksandrovna Aleshina (russian: Нина Александровна Алёшина, IPA: []; July 17, 1924 – November 17, 2012) was a Russian architect and head of the design department ' for the Moscow Metro for a decade. Nineteen stations ...

and L. Zaitseva, the station features a typical pillar-trispan "Novaya Sorokonozhka" design, with polygonal aluminium coated pillars and walls with bright-grey coloured marble decorated with anodized aluminium artworks (artists Bodnieks and Rysin). The floor is coated white marble except for the area around the pillars where it gives way to black granite. The two vestibules are interlinked with subways that allow access to Narodnogo Opolcheniya Street (russian: улица Народного Ополчения) and Marshala Biryuzova Street (russian: улица Маршала Бирюзова). The station has a daily passenger flow of 75,910 people.

External links

Yuri Gridchin's Site.KartaMetro.info
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