Rizhskaya Metro Station (Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line) (Moscow)

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Rizhskaya (Russian: Рижская) is a station on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It is named after the nearby Rizhsky railway terminus (which serves trains to and from the Latvian capital, Riga) and was designed by Latvian architects A. Reinfelds and V. Apsītis. The brightly colored 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-colored cornices. The ventilation grilles above the pylons are decorated with the Latvian coat of arms, probably the coat of arms of the Latvian SSR. The station opened on May 1, 1958.