Smolenskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line)

Smolenskaya Смоленская
Moscow Metro station
Coordinates	55°44′51″N 37°34′56″E / 55.7474°N 37.5823°E / 55.7474; 37.5823Coordinates: 55°44′51″N 37°34′56″E / 55.7474°N 37.5823°E / 55.7474; 37.5823
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	3  Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Pylon station
Depth	50 metres (160 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	043
History
Opened	5 April 1953; 63 years ago (1953-04-05)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Kiyevskaya toward  Pyatnitskoye Shosse Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line Arbatskaya toward  Shchyolkovskaya
Route map Mitino yard Pyatnitskoye Shosse Mitino Volokolamskaya Mitinsky Bridge  Moskva River Myakinino Strogino Krylatskoye Molodyozhnaya Kuntsevskaya  4  Slavyansky Bulvar Park Pobedy  8A  Kiyevskaya  4   5  Moskva River Smolenskaya Arbatskaya  1   4   9  to Fili yard Ploshchad Revolyutsii  2  ( 1 ) Kurskaya  5   10  Baumanskaya Elektrozavodskaya Semyonovskaya Partizanskaya  14  (OSI) Pervomayskaya (closed) Izmaylovo yard Izmaylovskaya Pervomayskaya Shchyolkovskaya This diagram:
Location
Smolenskaya Location within Central Moscow

Smolenskaya (Russian: Смоленская) is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was built in 1953 to replace an older station of the same name, though that one was later reopened as part of the Filyovskaya Line. The two stations are not connected.

Smolenskaya has square, white marble columns with fluted corners, decorative cornices, and ventilation grilles concealed behind ornamental sconces. At the end of the platform is a bas-relief by G.I. Motovilov entitled "The Defenders of Russia," which depicts soldiers of the Red Army in battle. The architects of the station were Igor Rozhin and G. P. Yakovlev. At 50 m below the surface, Smolenskaya was the deepest station on the line until Park Pobedy opened in 2003.

Station escalators

Station Artwork on platform

Station lighting

Station platform