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Elektrozavodskaya (Russian:Электрозаво́дская) is aMoscow Metro station on theArbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line in theRussian capitalMoscow. It is one of the better-known stations of the system. Built as part of the third stage of the Moscow Metro and opened on 15 May 1944 duringWorld War II, the station is one of the iconic symbols of the system, famous for its architectural decoration which is work of architectsVladimir Shchuko (who died whilst working on the station's project in 1939) andVladimir Gelfreich, along with participation of his studentIgor Rozhin.
The station serves the Basmanny district and is located on the Bolshaya Semyonovskaya Street, next to theYauza River. The railway station Elektrazavodskaya of theKazan direction is also located nearby. In May 2007, the station was closed for a year during which the escalators were completely replaced, along with the floor panels. Most of the details and finishes including Motovilov's bas-reliefs were refurbished. The station was reopened on 28 November 2008.On 30 December 2024, the station opened a transfer to go to theBolshaya Koltsevaya line namedElektrozavodskaya.
Named after the electriclight bulb factory nearby, the preliminary layout included Schuko's idea of making the ceiling covered with six rows of circular incandescent inset lamps (of which there were 318 in total). However, the outbreak ofWorld War II halted all works until 1943 when construction resumed. Gelfreich and Rozhin finished the design by adding an addition theme to the station the struggle of thehome front during the war, which is highlighted by the 12 marble bas-reliefs on the pylons done by Georgiy Motovilov. The rest of the station's interior features most of the 1930s plans including powder-ballada marble on the rectangular pylons (the outside faces have sconces and decorative gilded grilles depicting thehammer and sickle), red salietti marble on the station walls, a dark olive duvalu marble on the socle and a chessboard layout on the main platform floor of granite and labradorite.
The station's hexagonal shaped vestibule, features a domed structure on a low drum, on the corner niches of which are six medallions with bas-reliefs of main pioneers in electricity and electrical engineering:William Gilbert,Benjamin Franklin,Mikhail Lomonosov,Michael Faraday,Pavel Yablochkov, andAlexander Popov along with their pioneering apparatus. The interior of the vestibule is further punctuated by the same bright red salietti marble. Outside the vestibule in the archway there is a sculpture to the metro-builders byMatvey Manizer.
The station's legacy was that it serves as a bridge between the pre-warArt Deco-influencedStalinist architecture as seen on the second stage stations and their post-war counterparts on theKoltsevaya Line. Both Gelfreich and Rozhin were awarded theStalin Prize in 1946 for their work.
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