Arbatskaya — Local services in Arbat District

Line 4, No so deep, not like line 3, with this line you can go to Afimall and Park Fili, but remember, in kievskaya the line 4 it's split in two. Arbatskaya (Russian: Арба́тская) is a station on the Filyovskaya line of the Moscow Metro. Completed in 1935, it was one of the original Metro stations. The design is the same standard pillar-trispan template used for Smolenskaya, Sokolniki, and Park Kultury. The pillars are faced with pinkish marble and the platform is a matching shade of granite. The walls are covered with cream-colored ceramic tile. The architect was L. Teplitskiy. Arbatskaya's vestibule is a unique five-tiered, pentagonal structure with the word "Metro" written on all sides. The building is currently painted bright red, making it noticeable and instantly recognizable.

The station and Arbatskaya on the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya line are featured in the Resident Evil: Retribution...

Beautiful place in Moscow The Arbat is a unique phenomenon both for Moscow and for the whole Russia. It became a pedestrian street after its reconstruction in 1986. This street still attracts hundreds and thousands of tourists from all over the world. It is simply impossible to walk along the Arbat without meeting a foreigner. The Arbat is a synonym to all the pedestrian streets in Russian cities. It is not a very long street with the length of only 1.2 km (0.75 miles). That is why it is better to combine a walk along the street with a visit to the Red Square or Alexander Garden.

Although one can walk along the Arbat all day long. In the Arbat one can visit plenty of souvenir shops, have lunch or dinner in one of its restaurants, order a portrait from a street artist or stop and listen to street musicians. With such a program a day will go too quickly and may be will not be enough for the...

Blue Line

Arbatskaya station was designed by Leonid Polyakov who also designed one the seven Stalinist skycrapers (Seven Sisters). And guess what, right next to the station there is the Ministry of Defense. That’s why some people claim that the station was meant to be used also as an emergency bunker for military official in case of a conflict. By the way it is one of the longest...