Sportivnaya () is a

Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a rapid transit system in the Moscow Oblast of Russia. It serves the capital city of Moscow and the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy, and Kotelniki. Opened in 1935 with one l ...

station on the Sokolnicheskaya line. It is in the

Khamovniki District Khamovniki District () is a administrative divisions of Moscow, district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: The district extends from Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge into the Lu ...

in the

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of Moscow. Named for the nearby

Luzhniki Olympic Complex The Luzhniki Olympic Complex () is one of the biggest multifunctional sports complexes of the world, built between 1955 and 1956, it is located in the Khamovniki district of Moscow, Russia. Formerly known as the Central Lenin Complex, it served a ...

, it opened in 1957. Passengers may make out-of-station transfers from Sportivnaya to Luzhniki on the

Moscow Central Circle The Moscow Central Circle or MCC (, МЦК), (Line 14) and marked in a strawberry red/white color is a orbital urban rail transit, urban/metropolitan rail line that encircles historical Moscow. The line is rebuilt from the Little Ring of the M ...

, which is about 200 meters away. The architects were Nadezhda Bykova, I. Gokhar-Kharmandaryan, Ivan Taranov, and B. Cherepanov. Sportivnaya has white

marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

pylons with green marble accents and a ceiling of embossed asbestos-cement tiles rather than the usual plaster. The upper two floors of the three-story vestibule are home to the Moscow Metro Museum, which displays 70 years of Metro memorabilia.

Gallery

File:Sportivnaya subway Moscow southern vestibule 2.jpg, South entrance File:Metro MSK Line1 Sportivnaya (img2).jpg, Boarding platform and "retro-train"

References

Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1957 Sokolnicheskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia Khamovniki District {{Moscow-metro-stub