Novoslobodskaya

Novoslobodskaya Новослободская
Moscow Metro station
Location	Novoslobodskaya Street Tverskoy District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow
Coordinates	55°46′48″N 37°36′10″E / 55.7799°N 37.6028°E / 55.7799; 37.6028Coordinates: 55°46′48″N 37°36′10″E / 55.7799°N 37.6028°E / 55.7799; 37.6028
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	5  Koltsevaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Trolleybus: 3, 15, 47, 69 Tram: 19
Construction
Structure type	Deep pylon tri-vault
Depth	40 metres (130 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	068
History
Opened	30 January 1952 (1952-01-30)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Belorusskaya anticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya line Prospekt Mira clockwise / inner Savyolovskaya toward Altufyevo Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line Transfer at: Mendeleyevskaya Tsvetnoy Bulvar toward Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo
Route map  9  Novoslobodskaya Prospekt Mira  6   2  Belorusskaya Komsomolskaya  1  to Krasnaya Presnya yard Kurskaya  3   10   7  Krasnopresnenskaya Taganskaya  7   8  Moskva River Moskva River  3   4  Kiyevskaya Vodootvodny Canal Moskva River Paveletskaya  2   1  Park Kultury Dobryninskaya  9  Moskva River Oktyabrskaya  6
Location
Novoslobodskaya Location within Central Moscow

Novoslobodskaya (Russian: Новослобо́дская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Tverskoy District of the Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Koltsevaya Line, between Belorusskaya and Prospekt Mira stations. Novoslobodskaya was opened on 30 January 1952.

Architecture and art

Alexey Dushkin, the station's architect, has long wished to utilise stained glass in decoration of a metro station, and the first drawings date to pre–World War II times. In 1948, with the aid of a young architect Alexander Strelkov, Dushkin came across the renowned artist Pavel Korin, who agreed to compose the artworks for the panels. The rest of the station was designed around the glass panels. Dushkin, taking the standard pylon layout designed the overall impression to resemble that of underground crypt.

It is best known for its 32 stained glass panels, which are the work of Latvian artists E. Veylandan, E. Krests, and M. Ryskin. Each panel, surrounded by an elaborate brass border, is set into one of the station's pylons and illuminated from within. Both the pylons and the pointed arches between them are faced with pinkish Ural marble and edged with brass molding. At the end of the platform is a mosaic by Pavel Korin entitled "Peace Throughout the World." The stained glass panels, the mosaic, the brass trim, and the elegant conical chandeliers were all carefully cleaned and restored in 2003.

The vestibule is an imposing structure with a grand portico, located on the northeast corner of Novoslobodskaya and Seleznevskaya streets.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Mendeleyevskaya station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line.

Gallery

• 
  Platform.
• 
  Lighting.
• 
  Artwork on the platform.
• 
  Rusich train on the platform. Note the upper pass is the transfer walkway to the Mendeleyevskaya on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
• 
  One of the decorative glass panels.

Notes

External links

Media related to Novoslobodskaya at Wikimedia Commons