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4 unusual facts about Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line


Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line

These three stations demonstrated a change of design priorities straying away from Stalinist architecture to the new minimalism centipede designs supported under Nikita Khrushchev's leadership.

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The line was planned to be extended west to the District of Fili, but yet another policy change led to that extension not being built.

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However, Nikita Khrushchev's inspiration after visiting the New York City Subway prompted all works to be cancelled and the shallow stations to be reopened with a westward surface track creating the Filyovskaya Line.

Moscow Kremlin

The nearest stations to the Moscow Kremlin are: Biblioteka Imeni Lenina (Sokolnicheskaya Line), Arbatskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line), Alexandrovsky Sad (Filyovskaya Line) and Borovitskaya (Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line).



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