Turgenevskaya () is a station on the
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
The Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line (, ) (Line 6; Orange Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines, Rizhskaya and Kaluzhskaya opened in 1958 and 1962, respectively. Only in 1971 were they united into a si ...
of the
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 ...
.
Name
It was named after
Turgenevskaya Square, to which the entrances to the station lead; the square itself was named after a Russian novelist and playwright
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( ; rus, links=no, Иван Сергеевич ТургеневIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; – ) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poe ...
.
Design
The station was designed by Ivan Taranov, Yu. Vdovin, and I. Petukhova and opened on 5 January 1972. Turgenevskaya has simple white
marble
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pylons which follow the curve of the station tube and a ceiling composed of reinforced
plastic
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panels. Metal
cornice
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s run the length of the station along the base of the ceiling. The walls, which are faced with white and black marble, are decorated with chased
brass
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panels by Kh. Rysin and D. Bodniek.
Transfers
From this station, passengers can transfer to
Sokolnicheskaya Line at
Chistye Prudy station and to
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line
The Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line (, ) (Line 10; Lime Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro. The line first opened in 1995 as a radial stretch of rail connecting Chkalovskaya station in the center with Maryino station in the southeast and has been ...
at
Sretensky Bulvar
Sretensky Bulvar () is a Moscow Metro station in the Meshchansky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is located on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line, between and stations.
Sretensky Bulvar opened on 29 December 2007 after more th ...
station.
Moscow Metro stations
Railway stations in Russia opened in 1971
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line
1971 establishments in the Soviet Union
Ivan Turgenev
Railway stations located underground in Russia
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