Belorusskaya (Koltsevaya line)

Belorusskaya (Russian: Белору́сская) is a station on the Moscow Metro's Koltsevaya line. It is named after the nearby Belorussky Rail Terminal. It opened in 1952, serving briefly as the terminus of the line before the circle was completed in 1954. Designed by Ivan Taranov, Z. Abramova, A. Markova, and Ya. Tatarzhinskaya, the station has low, white marble pylons, an elaborately patterned plaster ceiling, light fixtures supported by ornate scroll-shaped brackets, and a variety of decorations based on Belarusian themes.

Vestibule

Belorusskaya Белорусская
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Tverskoy District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7764°N 37.5844°E / 55.7764; 37.5844
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Koltsevaya line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Depth	42.5 metres (139 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	035
History
Opened	30 January 1952 (1952-01-30)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Krasnopresnenskaya anticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya line Novoslobodskaya clockwise / inner Dinamo towards Khovrino Zamoskvoretskaya line transfer at Belorusskaya Mayakovskaya towards Alma-Atinskaya
Route map Belorusskaya Krasnaya Presnya yard Krasnopresnenskaya Moskva River Kiyevskaya Moskva River Park Kultury Moskva River Oktyabrskaya Dobryninskaya Paveletskaya Vodootvodny Canal Moskva River Taganskaya Kurskaya Komsomolskaya Prospekt Mira Suvorovskaya Novoslobodskaya
Location
Belorusskaya Location within Central Moscow

Station interior on a 1952 stamp

Overhead, twelve octagonal mosaics by G. Opryshko, S. Volkov, and I. Morozov depict Belarusian daily life, and underfoot the platform is intricately tiled to resemble a Belarusian quilt.[1] A sculptural group by sculptor Matvey Manizer called "Soviet Belorussia" used to stand at the end of the platform before it was removed in 1998 to make room for a second entrance. Another sculptural group, "Belarusian Partisans," by S.M. Orlov, S. M. Rabinovich, and I. A. Slonim, is located in the passage between this station and Belorusskaya–Radialnaya.

The station's original vestibule is located at the southwest corner of Belorusskaya Square. A newer entrance opens onto Butirsky Val Street.

In 2002, a bomb exploded under one of Belorusskaya's marble benches, injuring seven people.