Turgenevskaya (russian: Турге́невская) is a station on the
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya 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 und ...
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Name
It was named after
Turgenevskaya Square, to which the entrances to the station lead; the square itself was named after a Russian novelist and playwright
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (; rus, links=no, Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́невIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; 9 November 1818 – 3 September 1883 ( Old Style da ...
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Design
The station was designed by Ivan Taranov, Yu. Vdovin, and I. Petukhova and opened on 5 January 1972. Turgenevskaya has simple white
marble
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pylons which follow the curve of the station tube and a ceiling composed of reinforced
plastic
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panels. Metal
cornice
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s run the length of the station along the base of the ceiling. The walls, which are faced with white and black marble, are decorated with chased
brass
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panels by Kh. Rysin and D. Bodniek.
Transfers
From this station, passengers can transfer to
Sokolnicheskaya Line at
Chistye Prudy station and to
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line
The Lyublinsko–Dmitrovskaya line (russian: Любли́нско-Дми́тровская ли́ния, ) (Line 10) is a line of the Moscow Metro. It was known as "Lyublinskaya line" () before 2007. First opened in 1995 as a semi-chordial radius ...
at
Sretensky Bulvar
Sretensky Bulvar (russian: Сре́тенский бульва́р) is a Moscow Metro station in the Meshchansky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is located on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line, between and stations.
Sretensky ...
station.
Moscow Metro stations
Railway stations in Russia opened in 1971
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
1971 establishments in the Soviet Union
Ivan Turgenev
Railway stations located underground in Russia
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