Avtozavodskaya (Zamoskvoretskaya line)

Avtozavodskaya
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Danilovsky District Southern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7074°N 37.6576°E / 55.7074; 37.6576
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 8, 9, 99, 147, 186, 193, 216, 291, 234, 633, 670, 950 Trolleybus: 26, 40, 46, 67
Construction
Depth	11 metres (36 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	029
History
Opened	1 January 1943 (1943-01-01)
Services
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Route map Khovrino Belomorskaya Rechnoy Vokzal Vodny Stadion Voykovskaya Sokol yard Sokol Aeroport Dinamo Belorusskaya Mayakovskaya Tverskaya Teatralnaya Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Novokuznetskaya Paveletskaya Moskva River Avtozavodskaya Tekhnopark () Nagatinsky Bridge Moskva River Kolomenskaya Kashirskaya to Zamoskvoretskoye yard Kantemirovskaya Tsaritsyno Orekhovo Domodedovskaya  (shuttle bus for ) Krasnogvardeyskaya Brateyevo yard Alma-Atinskaya
Location Avtozavodskaya Location within Moscow Metro

Avtozavodskaya (Template:Lang-ru, lit. auto factory) is a station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It is named for the nearby Zavod Imeni Likhacheva, where ZIS and ZIL limousines were built. The station was opened in 1943, a few months before Novokuznetskaya and Paveletskaya. The architect was Alexey Dushkin. From 1943 to 1969, when Kakhovskaya opened, it was the southern terminus of the line.

History

The station was named Zavod imeni Stalina when it opened in 1943, after the factory at the site. As part of Destalinization, the factory's name changed to Zavod Imeni Likhacheva in 1956, and the station became Avtozavodskaya. Parts of the former factory have been demolished to accommodate the construction of a residential complex; however the name remains in place.

Both the tall pillars and walls are faced with pinkish Oraktuoy marble. Additionally, Avtozavodskaya is decorated with eight mosaics depicting events of the Great Patriotic War.

On February 6, 2004, a suicide bomber set off an explosion between Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya in which 41 people were killed and 250 were injured.

On March 2020 the neighboring Avtozavodskaya Moscow Central Circle station was one of those locations including Ostankino Tower, St Petersburg's Volkovskaya station and at least one Aeroflot flight which are said to be subjected to alleged bio-terrorist attacks by a group of entities including those with names of "Thomas Little Evil Utoyo", "Calton", "David Law", "Thanthom", "Hendy", "Gideon W", "Audentis", "Mister Eriee O", "Khengwin", "T-Zehang", "曾家顺", "Mr Castaigne", "kkkwan", "ronxi", "KC LING", "Le3p0ryuen", "Jayrulo", "S Teoh", "Ian Chew", "Mr Yiliang", "W. somboonsuk", "S Patcharaphon", "Victor pang", "jiangxin", "文_祥!", "Freddyisf0xy", "Masami", "Greg Galloway", "EncoreOngKai", "Alteredd State", "Jon@th@nlangdale" and "Dig Dejected" who had posted about it on the hacked University of Georgia's Grady Newsource website, the web page of US National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), a Council of Europe's Twitter account and that of Temple University's which they've taken over. They further said that they would target the RKA Mission Control Center at a later time and additionally claimed that "Elmo Chong" and "Krully" had contaminated the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, United States.

External links

• metro.ru
• mymetro.ru
• KartaMetro.info – Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)