Teatralnaya (Russian:Театра́льная, English:Theater) is an undergroundmetro station on theZamoskvoretskaya line of theMoscow Metro, named for the nearbyTeatralnaya Square, the location of numerous theaters, including the famedBolshoi Theatre. The station is unique in that it does not have its own entrance halls. The north escalator leads toOkhotniy Ryad and the south escalator toPloshchad Revolyutsii.
The station was originally calledPloshchad Sverdlova when it opened on September 11, 1938, as part of the second stage of construction of the Moscow Metro system. It was theterminal station of theZamoskvoretskaya line until the line was extended on January 1, 1943. Teatralnaya's architect wasIvan Fomin. The station is located at a depth of 33.9 meters (111 feet). The central hall has a diameter of 9.5 meters (31 feet), with an 8.5 meters (28 feet) lateral lining of cast-iron tubing.
From its opening until 1990, the station's name was Ploshchad Sverdlova, which was named in honor of the prominentBolshevik,Yakov Sverdlov. In 1990, the city changed the name of the square to Teatralnaya Ploshchad. The name of the station followed accordingly.[1]
Teatralnaya Station has fluted pylons faced withlabradorite and whitemarble taken from the demolishedCathedral of Christ the Saviour. Crystal lamps in bronze frames attached to the center of the room give the central hall a festive appearance. The vault of the central hall is decorated with caissons andmajolicabas-reliefs byNatyla Danko on the theme of theatre arts of theUSSR, manufactured byLeningrad Porcelain Factory. These bas-reliefs are a series of fourteen different figures, each representing music and dance from various nationalities of the Soviet Union. Seven male and seven female figures attired in their national costumes are either performing an ethnic dance or are playing a distinctively ethnic musical instrument. The series includedArmenia,Byelorussia,Georgia,Kazakhstan,Russia,Ukraine andUzbekistan. Each figure is reproduced four times for a total of 56 figures.[2] Initially, the floor was of black-and-yellowgranite patterned as a chessboard; however in 1970, the yellow panels were replaced with gray.
A bust ofYakov Sverdlov, for whom the station was originally named, was located at the end of the platform opposite the escalators. Only the base remains today. A bust ofVladimir Lenin was however, preserved.
From this station it is possible to transfer toOkhotniy Ryad on theSokolnicheskaya Line andPloshchad Revolyutsii on theArbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.
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The station is limited to the sections: Teatralnaya "Tverskaya" and Teatralnaya "Novokuznetskaya". The Teatralnaya metro station is located in the very center of Moscow. The northern lobby is built into a former apartment building located at Bolshaya Dmitrovka street, exit toTheatre Square (Moscow). The southern lobby facesRevolution Square, Moscow.
There are a lot of attractions near the Teatralnaya metro station:
Exit to Teatralnaya Square:
Exit to the Revolution Square:
At this station, you can change to the following routes of urban passenger transport [37]:
Buses: 38, 101, 144, 904, m1, m2, m3, m10, m27, s43, n1, n2, n6, n11
 Sokolnicheskaya line |
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 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line |
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 Filyovskaya line |
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 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line |
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 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line | |||||
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 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line |
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 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line |
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 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line |
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 Butovskaya line | |||||
 Moscow Monorail | |||||
 Moscow Central Circle |
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 Nekrasovskaya line | |||||
 Troitskaya line | |||||
 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line | |||||
 Biryulyovskaya line | |||||
 19 line | |||||
