Oktyabrskaya (Koltsevaya line)

Oktyabrskaya Октябрьская ( Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Yakimanka District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55°43′47″N 37°36′33″E / 55.7297°N 37.6091°E / 55.7297; 37.6091
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Koltsevaya line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: Б, м1, м16, е10, е12, е85, 111, 196, 297, с910, н11
Construction
Depth	40 metres (130 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	075
History
Opened	1 January 1950; 74 years ago (1950-01-01)
Previous names	Kaluzhskaya (1950-1961)
Passengers
2002	19,235,500
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Dobryninskaya anticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya line Park Kultury clockwise / inner Shabolovskaya towards Novoyasenevskaya Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line transfer at Oktyabrskaya Tretyakovskaya towards Medvedkovo
Route map Legend Belorusskaya Krasnaya Presnya yard Krasnopresnenskaya Moskva River Kiyevskaya Moskva River Park Kultury Moskva River Oktyabrskaya Dobryninskaya Paveletskaya Vodootvodny Canal Moskva River Taganskaya Kurskaya Komsomolskaya Prospekt Mira Suvorovskaya Novoslobodskaya This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Oktyabrskaya Location within Central Moscow

Oktyabrskaya (

Both the central and platform vaults are divided by arches which have large bas-reliefs which contain medallions of Soviet Army soldiers surrounded by ornaments. The pylons contain a bas-relief centred ventilation grilles which are flanked by two anodized aluminum torches that give the overall golden glow to the bright grey marble that faces them. The station walls are ceramic tiles and are decorated with relief images of gilded wreaths and stars. The end of a central hall contains a miniature triumphal arch with a metallic gate that walls of a blue lit room, symbolising the time of peaceful life. The floor of the station is laid with grey and red granite, and the perimeter of the central hall is also bordered out by a pattern of bright and dark marble.

The station has a large vestibule on the

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  1950 stamp depicting the station; it uses its original name, "Kaluzhskaya"
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  Gate at the dead end of the hall, informally known as 'Nebo' (The Sky)
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  Platform of the station
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  Detail of the ceiling

References

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