Alma-Atinskaya (russian: Алма́-Ати́нская) is a southern terminus station of the

Zamoskvoretskaya Line The Zamoskvoretskaya line (russian: link=no, Замоскворе́цкая ли́ния, ), formerly Gorkovsko–Zamoskvoretskaya () (Line 2), is a line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1938, chronologically it became the third line. There are 24 ...

of the

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. The station was opened on 24 December 2012. On 29 November 2011 Moscow government decided to rename the station from "Brateyevo" (russian: Брате́ево) into "Alma-Atinskaya" after the Russian name of the city of Almaty, former capital of

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. The change reflects the rename of "Molodyozhnaya" station of

Almaty Metro Almaty Metro ( kk, Алматы метрополитені, ''Almaty Metropolitenı''; russian: Алматинский метрополитен) is a rapid transit/metro system in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The first line of the system was opened on 1 ...

, still under construction in 2012, to Moskva station as a sign of friendship between

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and

Location

The station located in the Brateyevo District. Entrances are near Brateyevskaya, Paromnaya and Klyuchevaya streets (In English: Brateyevo, Ferry and Sourse streets).

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* Moscow Metro stations Zamoskvoretskaya Line Brateyevo District Railway stations located underground in Russia {{Moscow-metro-stub