Baltiyskaya (Moscow Central Circle)

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	Baltiyskaya Location within Moscow Metro

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Baltiyskaya

Балтийская
Baltiyskaya; Балтийская
Moscow Metro station
General information
Coordinates	55°49′33″N 37°29′47″E / 55.8259°N 37.4965°E
Line(s)	Moscow Central Circle
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
History
Opened	10 September 2016; 8 years ago
Services
Out-of-station interchange
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	Baltiyskaya Location within Moscow Metro

Baltiyskaya (Russian: Балтийская) is a station on the Moscow Central Circle of the Moscow Metro that opened in September 2016. Passengers may make out-of-station transfers to Voykovskaya on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line.

Name

Originally the working name was Glebovo after a local park in the area; however, a proposal to rename the station Voykovskaya for the nearby Metro station generated controversy and opposition, in particular from the Russian Orthodox Church.^[1] Voikovskaya station is named for Pyotr Voykov, a Soviet revolutionary who was involved in the murder of the Tsar's family in 1917.

The controversy over the name led to an effort to rename the Voykovskaya Metro station that was ultimately unsuccessful after a public survey. Despite this, the concern over naming a new station after Voykov remained. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin indicated in 2016 that the decision on the station was still an open question and that the issue would be put to citizens via a separate survey.^[2]

A survey conducted by the city in July 2016 only showed support for the name Voykovskaya at 19% out of over 173,000 responses. This led to a decision to include Baltiyskaya as one of 15 name changes prior to the opening of the line in September.^[3]