Dobryninskaya

Coordinates: 55°43′45″N 37°37′27″E / 55.7291°N 37.6243°E / 55.7291; 37.6243
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Dobryninskaya

Добрынинская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationZamoskvorechye District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°43′45″N 37°37′27″E / 55.7291°N 37.6243°E / 55.7291; 37.6243
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#5 Koltsevaya line Koltsevaya line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Depth35.5 metres (116 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code074
History
Opened1 January 1950; 74 years ago (1950-01-01)
Previous namesSerpukhovskaya
Passengers
200212,702,000
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Paveletskaya
anticlockwise / outer
Koltsevaya line Oktyabrskaya
clockwise / inner
Polyanka
towards Altufyevo
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line
transfer at Serpukhovskaya
Tulskaya
Location
Dobryninskaya is located in Central Moscow
Dobryninskaya
Dobryninskaya
Location within Central Moscow

Dobryninskaya (

Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Opened on 1 January 1950 it was part of the first segment of the fourth stage of the system. It was originally named Serpukhovskaya (Russian
: Серпуховская), after the Serpukhovskaya Square.

History

On 6 June 1961 the station was renamed in honour of

Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
was opened (also a work of Popov) and a transfer-passage was created from the middle of Dobryninskaya to the middle of the new station. On 22 December 2006 the vestibule was closed for nearly 18 months during which time the old escalators were replaced, new turnstiles were installed and a complete overhaul of all communication systems, new security and a thorough restoration was carried out. The renewed vestibule was re-opened on 11 June 2008

Architecture

The station has a

, which is repeated in the design of the portals and the beige marble composition.

Other innovations by Popov include the station walls on the platform halls where (above dark red marble) run white cylindrical marble plinths designed to reflect directly into the eyes of passengers. To keep the bright and light appearance of the station, the vaults of the station were left simply plastered and painted white, with lighting coming from a zigzag arrangement of horizontal fluorescent tubes. The floor is a dark grey granite, typical of older Orthodox Churches.

Contrasting with the ancient connotations are 12 bas-reliefs on the pylons by Yelena Yason-Manizer depicting traditional labours (hunting, fishing, grape-picking etc.) of different nationalities of the

Coat of Arms of the Soviet Union
. This was removed in 1961 and in 1967 replaced with the present mosaic by the same artist, titled Morning of the Cosmic Era.

Further works of Popov (and co-architect Tatarzhinskaya) include the station's large vestibule, located on the corner of Lyusinovskaya Street and Serpukhovskaya Square. Like the platform halls the portico was based on medieval Russian themes and the pilaster was copied from an archaeological discovery in

torchieres
which flank the escalator ascend and a massive chandelier which is adorned with a large red glass star.

Platform of Dobryninskaya
Entrance pavilion