Babushkinskaya is a Moscow Metro

Moscow Metro

The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...

 station in the Babushkinsky District

Babushkinsky District, Moscow

Babushkinsky District, Moscow is an administrative district of North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia....

, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug

North-Eastern Administrative Okrug

North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, or Severo-Vostochny Administrative Okrug is one of the ten administrative okrugs of Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1991 and has an area of...

, Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line

Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line

The Kaluzhsko–Rizhskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro, that originally existed as two separate radial lines, Rizhskaya and Kaluzhskaya opened in 1958 and 1962, respectively. Only in 1971 were they united into a single line as the central section connecting the stations Oktyabrskaya to Prospekt...

, between Sviblovo and Medvedkovo stations.

Name & Design

Babsuhkinskaya was named after the district where the station is located, which in turn was named after Mikhail Babushkin

Mikhail Babushkin

Mikhail Babushkin was a Soviet polar aviator, a Hero of the Soviet Union .Mikhail Babushkin was born in a village of Bordino , started military service in 1914, graduated from Gatchina aviation school in 1915. Since 1923 he served in the Arctic aviation...

, a polar aviator. Babushkinskaya is a single vault-type station, elliptical in cross-section with slightly canted, grey marble

Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...

 side walls. All of the signs and light fixtures are attached to the ceiling, so the platform is completely open except for a few minimalist benches located along the central axis. At the end of the platform, above the exit stairs, is a sculpture by A. M. Mosichuk commemorating Babushkin's Arctic

Arctic

The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...

flight. Babushkinskaya opened in 1978; the architects were Klokov and Popov.

Entrances

The entrances to the station are located at the intersection of Yeniseyskaya and Menzhinskogo Streets.