Turgenevskaya (russian: Турге́невская) is a station on the
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the
Moscow Metro.
Name
It was named after
Turgenevskaya Square
Turgenevskaya (russian: Турге́невская) is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line of the Moscow Metro.
Name
It was named after Turgenevskaya Square, to which the entrances to the station lead; the square itself was named after a ...
, to which the entrances to the station lead; the square itself was named after a Russian novelist and playwright
Ivan Turgenev.
Design
The station was designed by Ivan Taranov, Yu. Vdovin, and I. Petukhova and opened on 5 January 1972. Turgenevskaya has simple white
marble pylons which follow the curve of the station tube and a ceiling composed of reinforced
plastic panels. Metal
cornice
In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...
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 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.
Sretensk ...
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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