The Moscow Metro’s most beautiful stations: Novokuznetskaya (PHOTOS)

The station on the Zamoskvoretskaya (green) line opens onto the historic Pyatnitskaya Street in Moscow’s Zamoskvorechye district.

The ground-level pavilion is a rotunda with columns (once upon a time, the Church of Paraskeva Pyatnitsa stood on this spot, giving the street its name). Its inner dome appears right above the heads of passengers as they ascend the escalator.

The station's vaults are decorated with seven mosaics by Alexander Frolov, created from sketches by the renowned artist Alexander Deyneka. The duo had earlier also worked on the design of the Mayakovskaya station.

Let's take a closer look at what is depicted in the mosaics:

Parade of athletes.

Skiers.

Aviators.

Builders.

Steelworkers.

Gardeners.

Machine builders.

The wall at the passage to Tretyakovskaya metro station is decorated with a large mosaic panel on the theme of ‘The Front and Rear in the Fight Against the German Invaders’.

In addition, the perimeter of the central passage is richly decorated with bas-reliefs, the overarching theme of which is the resilience of the Soviet people during World War II.

Orders, columns, chandeliers – all of this adds a sense of grandeur to the station. Above the benches are metal shields and banners with inscriptions reading: ‘Glory to the heroic defenders of the city of Leningrad’, as well as Sevastopol, Stalingrad and other cities.

In the side halls, similar shields bear the profiles of great Russian military commanders.