Panfilovskaya (russian: Панфиловская) is a station on the

Moscow Central Circle The Moscow Central Circle or MCC (russian: Московское центральное кольцо, МЦК), designated Line 14 and marked in a strawberry red/white color is a orbital urban/metropolitan rail line that encircles historical M ...

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 opened in November 2016 and was the 31st and final station to open on the line. The station is named for the street on which it is situated, Ulitsa Panfilova. Ulitsa Panfilova is named for

Ivan Panfilov Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov (russian: Иван Васильевич Панфилов; – 18 November 1941) was a Soviet general and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union, known for his command of the 316th Rifle Division during the defense of Mo ...

, a Soviet general at the

Battle of Moscow The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between September 1941 and January ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. During construction, the station's name was slated to be Khodynka; however, prior to the line's opening, the city changed the name, citing resident requests. Panfilovskaya offers out-of-station transfers to

Oktyabrskoye Pole Oktyabrskoye Pole (russian: Октябрьское Поле) is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. The station was opened on 30 December 1972 as part of the Krasnopresnenskiy radius, and for exactly three years ...

on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line, away.

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