Alekseyevskaya (Moscow Metro)

Alexeyevskaya (Russian: Алексе́евская, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲeɪfskəjə]) is a station on the Moscow Metro's Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line. It serves Alexeyevsky District. The station's round entrance is located on the east side of Prospekt Mira between Staroalexeyevskaya and Novoalexeyevskaya streets. From its opening in 1958 to 1966 the station was known as "Mir" (Russian: Мир) and thus bore the shortest name in the history of the Moscow Metro.[1]

Alexeyevskaya Алексеевская
Moscow Metro station
Location	Alexeyevsky District North-Eastern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.8088°N 37.6390°E / 55.8088; 37.6390
Owned by	Moscow Metro
Line(s)	Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 85, 714 Trolleybus: 9, 14, 37, 48
Construction
Depth	51 metres (167 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	091
History
Opened	1 May 1958 (1958-05-01)
Previous names	Mir (1958–1966) Scherbakovskaya (1966–1990)
Traffic
Passengers (2002)	19,783,000
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Rizhskaya toward Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line VDNKh toward Medvedkovo
Route map Medvedkovo Yauza River Babushkinskaya Sviblovo yard Sviblovo Botanichesky Sad VDNKh Alekseyevskaya Rizhskaya Prospekt Mira Sukharevskaya Turgenevskaya Kitay-gorod Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Tretyakovskaya Oktyabrskaya Shabolovskaya Leninsky Prospekt Akademicheskaya Profsoyuznaya Novye Cheryomushki Kaluzhskaya (closed) Kaluzhskoye yard Kaluzhskaya Belyayevo Konkovo Tyoply Stan Yasenevo Novoyasenevskaya
Location
Alexeyevskaya Location within Moscow Metro

History

It was designed by S. Kravets, Yu. Kolesnikova, and G. Golubev and opened on 1 May 1958. The station was originally planned to be as heavily decorated as previous stations, but the design was modified due to Khrushchev's opposition to unnecessary decorative elements. As a result, Alexeyevskaya has surprisingly clean lines for a station built in the 1950s. Its octagonal pylons are white marble with green stripes, and the arches, ceiling, and ventilation grilles are painted white. Lighting comes from restrained yet elegant chandeliers.

The station was originally named Mir, but was changed to Scherbakovskaya in 1966 in honor of Aleksandr Shcherbakov, a founding member of the Union of Soviet Writers. In November 1990, the city renamed the station Alekseyevskaya for the historical settlement of Alekseyevskoye, which once belonged to Prince Dmitry Troubetskoy.[2]

Alekseyevskaya platform

References

1. "Алексеевская (станция метро, Москва)", Википедия (in Russian), 2019-03-23, retrieved 2019-04-10
2. "Какие станции московского метро были переименованы и почему?" (in Russian). Argumenty i Fakty. 2014-10-04.