Semyonovskaya (Moscow Metro)

Location
	Semyonovskaya Location within Moscow Metro

Route map
	Legend
	Mitinsky Bridge
	over Moskva River
	Pervomayskaya (closed)
	Izmaylovo yard
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Semyonovskaya

Семёновская
Semyonovskaya; Семёновская
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Semyonovskaya square; Sokolinaya Gora District; Eastern Administrative Okrug; Moscow; Russia
Coordinates	55°47′00″N 37°43′15″E / 55.7833°N 37.7208°E
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 36, 83, 141, 254, 702, 730; Trolleybus: 22, 87; Tram: 2, 11, 12, 32, 34, 36, 43, 46
Construction
Structure type	Deep tri-vault column-pylon
Depth	40 metres (130 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	049
History
Opened	18 January 1944; 80 years ago
Services
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Mitinsky Bridge
	over Moskva River
	Pervomayskaya (closed)
	Izmaylovo yard
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;
Location
Location
	Semyonovskaya Location within Moscow Metro

Semyonovskaya (Russian: Семёновская) is a station of the Moscow Metro in the Sokolinaya Gora District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, between Elektrozavodskaya and Partizanskaya stations. Semyonovskaya opened in 1944.

Originally, the station was called Stalinskaya, as it was built under Stalinskaya Ploshchad. As part of De-Stalinization, the station was renamed in 1961 to Semyonovskaya for the settlement from which the Semyonovsky Regiment took its name.^[4]

It was the deepest station in Moscow Metro from 1944 until 1950.

Design

Built concurrently with Partizanskaya, it too is war-themed, sporting plaques along the outer walls depicting a variety of Soviet weapons used in the war, including swords, sniper rifles, and machine guns. A much larger plaque at the end of the platform includes an image of the Order of Victory and the words "Our Red Army- Glory!".

Semyonovskaya is an unusual design, with a double-width platform and four rows of pillars instead of the usual two. This was because the station was built as a pylon type, but was later changed in design and the pylons were transformed into pillars. The pillars are faced with red and white marble. The outer walls are grey marble. There is a row of square-pedestaled, green marble floor lamps along the center of the platform. The architects of the station were S. Kravets and V.Akhmetev.

The station was closed for escalator replacement and general renovation on the 70th anniversary of the first Metro line, May 15, 2005. It reopened on April 28, 2006, with new escalator machinery and new interior and exterior finishes for the surface vestibule.^[5]