Metro station "Ilyich Square"
Description:
The metro station "Ilyich Square" is included in the Kalinin line of the Moscow metro. It was opened for general use in December 1979. The station is located under the square of Rogozhskaya Zastava, which was formerly called Ilyich Square.
Pylon station with three vaults is built at a depth of 46 meters. It was built from a prefabricated cast iron finishing architects Klokov and Popov. The vaults support 8 massive pylons. Petukhova worked over the lobby.
The pylons and floor of the station are covered with dark granite, the basements with labradorite, the track walls with marble. On the columns, decorated with marble limestone, fossils are often found, which causes great interest from paleontologists. In the central hall, a bust of Lenin by the sculptor Tomsky is fixed on the end wall.
From the station you can go to the streets of Sergei Radonezhsky, International and Working, Enthusiasts Boulevard and Rogozhskaya Zastava Square.