Partizanskaya (Moscow Metro)

Partizanskaya (Russian: Партизанская, IPA: [pərtʲɪˈzanskəjə]), known until 2005 as Izmailovsky Park (Измайловский парк), is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was built during World War II (it opened in 1944) and is dedicated to the Soviet partisans who resisted the Nazis. The name was changed on the 60th anniversary of Soviet victory to better reflect the theme of the station. The station's design was the work of architect Vilenskiy.

Partizanskaya Партизанская
Moscow Metro station
Location	Izmaylovo District Eastern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7886°N 37.7506°E / 55.7886; 37.7506
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Shallow column station
Depth	9 metres (30 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	050
History
Opened	18 January 1944 (1944-01-18)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Semyonovskaya toward Pyatnitskoye Shosse Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Izmaylovskaya toward Shchyolkovskaya   Out-of-station interchange   Lokomotiv anticlockwise / outer Moscow Central Circle Transfer at: Izmaylovo Sokolinaya Gora clockwise / inner
Route map Mitino yard Pyatnitskoye Shosse Mitino Volokolamskaya Mitinsky Bridge over Moskva River Myakinino Strogino Krylatskoye Molodyozhnaya Kuntsevskaya Slavyansky Bulvar Park Pobedy Kiyevskaya Moskva River Smolenskaya Arbatskaya to Fili yard Ploshchad Revolyutsii () Kurskaya () Baumanskaya Elektrozavodskaya Semyonovskaya Partizanskaya Pervomayskaya (closed) Izmaylovo yard Izmaylovskaya Pervomayskaya Shchyolkovskaya Golyanovo
Location
Partizanskaya Location within Moscow Metro

Partizanskaya is an unusual three-track layout with two island platforms. The centre track was built to handle crowds from a nearby stadium that was planned but never built because of the war. The centre track is used rearly. There is one row of pillars per platform. Both the walls and pillars of the station are faced with white marble and decorated with bas-reliefs honouring the partisans. The two pillars closest to the exit stairs are adorned with statues: Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya on the left and Matvey Kuzmin on the right.

The circular ceiling niche at the foot of the stairs originally contained a fresco by A.D. Goncharov, though this has since been painted over. At the top of the stairs is a sculptural group by Matvey Manizer entitled "Partisans" and bearing the inscription "To partisans and partisan glory!".

Station's original name was "Izmailovsky park kul'tury i otdyha imeni Stalina" (English: Stalin Ismailovsky Park of Culture and Leisure). It was changed to "Izmailovskaya" in 1948. In 1961, new station, named "Izmailovsky Park" at the time of its opening, was introduced. And in 1963, names of stations "Izmailovskaya" and "Izmailovsky Park" were switched, reason being which station was closer to the actual park's main entrance.

The 2005's rename to "Partizanskaya" has been mentioned in the open letter of a resigning Moscow's toponymy commission member, as one of a number of then-recent renames with political causes rather than the historical toponymy upholding ones.[1]