Turgenevskaya, Moscow Metro station
Turgenevskaya is a metro station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line in the central Krasnoselsky District of Moscow. It has a single center platform, walls lined with white and black marble, and light-colored plastic ceiling panels.
The station opened on January 5, 1972, as part of an extension of the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line toward the city center. Its original appearance from the early 1970s has remained largely unchanged since then.
The station takes its name from Turgenevskaya Square nearby, named after the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. Leaving the station, you step into a busy central neighborhood where offices, cafes, and apartment buildings sit close together.
The station is close to the surface, and the signs to exits are easy to follow. Passengers who need to change lines can do so at neighboring stations connected to the Moscow Metro network.
The platform walls carry brass relief panels made by artists Kh. Rysin and D. Bodniek, which most passengers walk past without noticing. Looking closely at these panels, you can see detailed figurative and ornamental motifs worked into the metal.
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