Teatralnaya (Moscow Metro)

Teatralnaya (Russian: Театра́льная, English: Theater) is an underground metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow Metro, named for the nearby Teatralnaya Square, the location of numerous theaters, including the famed Bolshoi Theatre. The station is unique in that it does not have its own entrance halls. The north escalator leads to Okhotniy Ryad and the south escalator to Ploshchad Revolyutsii.

Teatralnaya
Moscow Metro station
Location	Tverskoy District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7578°N 37.6190°E / 55.7578; 37.6190
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: K, 12ts Trolleybus: 2, 12, 33
Construction
Depth	33.9 metres (111 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Architect	Ivan Fomin, Leonid Polyakov
Architectural style	Stalinist Architecture
Other information
Station code	032
History
Opened	11 September 1938 (1938-09-11)
Previous names	Ploshchad Sverdlova
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Tverskaya toward Khovrino Zamoskvoretskaya line Novokuznetskaya toward Alma-Atinskaya Biblioteka Imeni Lenina toward Kommunarka Sokolnicheskaya line Transfer at: Okhotny Ryad Lubyanka toward Bulvar Rokossovskogo Arbatskaya toward Pyatnitskoye Shosse Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Transfer at: Ploshchad Revolyutsii Kurskaya toward Shchyolkovskaya
Route map Khovrino Belomorskaya Rechnoy Vokzal Vodny Stadion Voykovskaya Sokol yard Sokol Aeroport Dinamo Belorusskaya Mayakovskaya Tverskaya Teatralnaya Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Novokuznetskaya Paveletskaya Moskva River Avtozavodskaya Tekhnopark Nagatinsky Bridge Moskva River Kolomenskaya Kashirskaya to Zamoskvoretskoye yard Kantemirovskaya Tsaritsyno Orekhovo Domodedovskaya  (shuttle bus for ) Krasnogvardeyskaya Brateyevo yard Alma-Atinskaya
Location
Teatralnaya Location within Central Moscow

History

Ploshchad Sverdlova station opened on September 11, 1938 as part of the second stage of construction of the Moscow Metro system. It was the terminal station of the Zamoskvoretskaya line until the line was extended on January 1, 1943. Teatralnaya's architect was Ivan Fomin. The station is located at a depth of 33.9 meters (111 ft). The central hall has a diameter of 9.5 meters (31 ft), with an 8.5 meter (28 ft) 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 prominent Bolshevik, Yakov Sverdlov. In 1990, the city changed the name of the square to Teatralnaya Ploshchad. The name of the station followed accordingly.[1]

Decoration

Teatralnaya Station has fluted pylons faced with labradorite and white marble taken from the demolished Cathedral 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 and majolica bas-reliefs by Natyla Danko on the theme of theatre arts of the USSR, manufactured by Leningrad 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 included Armenia, Byelorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Each figure is reproduced four times for a total of 56 figures.[2] Initially, the floor was of black-and-yellow granite patterned as a chessboard; however in 1970, the yellow panels were replaced with gray.

A bust of Yakov 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 of Vladimir Lenin was however, preserved.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Okhotniy Ryad on the Sokolnicheskaya Line and Ploshchad Revolyutsii on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.

Gallery

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  Platform
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  Pylon
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  The connection with Okhotny Ryad served by the Sokolnicheskaya Line

References

1. "Какие станции московского метро были переименованы и почему?" (in Russian). Argumenty i Fakty. 2014-10-04.
2. O'Mahony, Mike. Sport in the USSR. Page 119

• O'Mahony, Mike. Sport in the USSR: physical culture - visual culture. Reaktion Books (2006) ISBN 1-86189-267-5

External links

• Official Teatralnaya station webpage