Rizhskaya (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line)

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	Kaluzhskaya (closed)
	Kaluzhskoye yard

Rizhskaya

Рижская
Rizhskaya; Рижская
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Rizhskaya Square; Meshchansky District; North-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Coordinates	55.7936°N 37.6362°E
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Rizhskaya; Bus: 0, 19, 84, 85, 265, 714, 778; Trolleybus: 9, 14, 18, 37, 42, 48;
Construction
Depth	46 metres (151 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	092
History
Opened	1 May 1958
Closed	22 August 2020
Rebuilt	7 May 2022
Passengers
2009	15 304 450
Services
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Route map
	Kaluzhskaya (closed)
	Kaluzhskoye yard
Location
	Rizhskaya Location within Moscow Metro

Rizhskaya (Russian: Рижская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Meshchansky District, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, between Prospekt Mira and Alekseyevskaya stations. It is named after the nearby Rizhsky railway station (which was named after and serves trains to the Latvian capital, Riga) and was designed by Latvian architects Artūrs Reinfelds and Vaidelotis Apsītis.

The brightly coloured Latvian ceramics employed throughout the station make it instantly recognizable. The pylons, which follow the curve of the station tube, are faced with reddish-brown tile and sandwiched between piers faced with lemon yellow tile and decorated with gold-coloured cornices. The ventilation grilles above the pylons are decorated with the coat of arms of the Latvian SSR. The station opened on 1 May 1958.

The round vestibule, which was designed by S.M. Kravets, Yu.A. Kolesnikova, and G.E. Golubev, is located on the east side of Prospekt Mira at Rizhskaya Square.

The station reopened after reconstruction on 7 May 2022. A transfer to the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Rizhskaya was opened on 1 March 2023.

2004 terrorist bombing

The street outside of the entrance to the Rizhskaya station was the site of a terrorist attack by Chechen separatists that occurred shortly after 8 pm on 31 August 2004, in which a bomb was detonated killing 10 people and injuring another 50,[1][2] some 30 of them seriously. The suicide bombing was thought initially to have been carried out by Roza Nagayeva,[2] but she in fact took part in the Beslan school siege in North Ossetia that started the next day, and was herself killed when the school was stormed several days later.[3]

References

"Крестовский поход" (in Russian). Kommersant. 1 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
Erin E. Arvedlund; Sophia Kishkovsky (2 September 2004). "After a Spate of Bombings, Moscow's Full of Foreboding". New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
Zaur Farniev (20 April 2005). "Московские террористки взорвались в Беслане". Kommersant (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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[kommersant-1] "Крестовский поход" (in Russian). Kommersant. 1 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

[nytimes-2] Erin E. Arvedlund; Sophia Kishkovsky (2 September 2004). "After a Spate of Bombings, Moscow's Full of Foreboding". New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

[farniev-3] Zaur Farniev (20 April 2005). "Московские террористки взорвались в Беслане". Kommersant (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2023.