Kuznetsky Most (Metro)
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Kuznetsky Most (Russian: Кузнецкий Мост) is a station on Metro's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Designed by Nina Aleshina and N.A. Smailova the station became the first column type since the 1950's. Opened in the 1975 as part of the linking segment between the Zhdanovskaya and Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Decoratively the station is a column trivault. The columns are faced with "gazgan" marble archways (reminding a viaduct). Floor is covered with polarised black granite. The snow-white marble of the walls are decorated with decorative artworks done by M.N. Alekseev. The vestibule of the station is located in the courtyard of house №6 on the Rozhdestvenka street. In the opposite end of the station is a transfer to the Lubyanka station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line.
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- (Russian) Mostmetro.ru Station description
- (Russian) News.metro.ru Station description
- (Russian) Mymetro.ru Station description
- (Russian) Russos Extensive photogallery
- Google Maps Satellite image centred on the vestibule
