Krasnogvardeyskaya (russian: Красногварде́йская) is a

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in the

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. It is on 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 ...

, between Domodedovskaya and Alma-Atinskaya. Krasnogvardeyskaya opened on 7 September 1985 and was named after the former Krasnogvardeysky district.

Location

The station is located in the

. Entrances lead to Orekhovy boulevard, Musa Dzhalil and Yasenevaya streets.

Transfer

Krasnogvardeyskaya is a transfer station. The transfer to Zyablikovo station which belongs to

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was opened on 2 December 2011. At the time of opening the transfer, both Krasnogvardeyskaya and Zyablikovo were the terminal stations on their respective lines.

Building

Krasnogvardeyskaya was designed by architects I. Petukhova and N. Shumakov. It is a vault-type station with a

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and walls faced with red

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, similar to the architecture of many of the stations on the

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in Washington, DC. The theme of the station's decorative elements, which include stained-glass panels by L. Berlin, is "The

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, 1917."

References

{{Moscow Metro Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1985 Zamoskvoretskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia