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Topic: Avtozavodskaya


  
  Avtozavodskaya Information
Avtozavodskaya (Автозаводская), "Auto Factory," is one of the Moscow metro stations on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line.
Additionally, Avtozavodskaya is decorated with eight mosaics depicting events of the Great Patriotic War.
In February 2004 there was a terrorist bomb explosion between Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya in which more than 40 people were killed.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Avtozavodskaya   (99 words)

  
 KavkazCenter - Blasts ripping through Moscow
At least 50 people died and 150 were injured in the blast that happened in the early rush hour in Moscow subway between the stations Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya.
The photos made at the scene of the incident show that the car in the epicenter of the blast was totally destroyed and bodies of victims are lying all around it.
Reuters reported that after the blast all roads were blocked within the 300-meter radius around Avtozavodskaya station when the victims of the blast and fire were being brought out.
kavkazcenter.com /eng/content/2004/02/06/2354_print.html   (818 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Avtozavodskaya
Avtozavodskaya is one of the Moscow metro stations on the Zamoskvoretskaya line.
In February 2004 there was a terrorist bomb explosion beetwen Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations with more than 40 people killed, so this name became badly known to all people watching news channels.
Two Metro sections were put into service: Teatralnaya - Avtozavodskaya (3 stations, crossing the Moskva river in a deep tunnel) and Kurskaya - Izmaylovskiy Park (4 stations).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Avtozavodskaya   (258 words)

  
 KavkazCenter - Blasts ripping through Moscow
At least 50 people died and 150 were injured in the blast that happened in the early rush hour in Moscow subway between the stations Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya.
The photos made at the scene of the incident show that the car in the epicenter of the blast was totally destroyed and bodies of victims are lying all around it.
Reuters reported that after the blast all roads were blocked within the 300-meter radius around Avtozavodskaya station when the victims of the blast and fire were being brought out.
www.kavkazcenter.com /eng/content/2004/02/06/2354_print.html   (818 words)

  
 Moscow Commemorates Victims of Terrorist Act in Subway a Year Ago
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) -- About 800 Muscovites attended a ceremony near Avtozavodskaya subway station commemorating the victims of the terrorist act a year ago.
After the meeting, the participants opened a memorial plaque on the platform of Avtozavodskaya station bearing names of the victims and an inscription saying: "In eternal memory of the victims of the terrorist act in the Moscow subway on February 6, 2004." The participants kept a moment of silence in memory of the victims.
The terrorist act on the subway train heading between Paveletskaya and Avtozavodskaya stations occurred at 8:30 am on February 6, 2004.
nyjtimes.com /Stories/2005/MoscowRemembersSubwayAttackVictims.htm   (194 words)

  
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The ill-fated train left Avtozavodskaya at about 8:30 in the morning, and after traveling only a few hundred meters an explosion ripped apart the second car of the train.
Ambulances crowded outside the entrances to Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations, ferrying the injured to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Train drivers say they are driving faster through Avtozavodskaya to Paveletskaya station as clothing and blood stain the tunnel walls.
english.mn.ru /english/printver.php?2004-5-1   (1878 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Terrorist attack in Moscow metro (New Developments)
The train was traveling from "Paveletskaya" to "Avtozavodskaya" station.
The accomplice could be waiting at Avtozavodskaya Station, and from there he/she could activate the fuse when it reached the zone of his remote control operation.
There is also a version that the explosion could be some auxiliary action in the plans of terrorists.
www.newsfromrussia.com /main/2004/02/06/52155_.html   (582 words)

  
 About 800 Muscovites attended a ceremony near Avtozavodskaya subway station commemorating the victims of the terrorist ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
February 6 - About 800 Muscovites attended a ceremony near Avtozavodskaya subway station commemorating the victims of the terrorist act a year ago.
After the meeting, the participants opened a memorial plaque on the platform of Avtozavodskaya station bearing names of the victims and an inscription saying: "In eternal memory of the victims of the terrorist act in the Moscow subway on February 6, 2004." The participants kept a moment of silence in memory of the victims.
The terrorist act on the subway train heading between Paveletskaya and Avtozavodskaya stations occurred at 8:30 am on February 6, 2004.
russiansabroad.com /news/Russian_News_Print.asp?articleId=41165&topic=   (222 words)

  
 Article - Witnesses describe metro blast ordeal - News From Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
According to him, the train driver opened doors, and the passengers, at least those who were in the first carriage, got off the train into the tunnel, and most of them moved through the tunnel towards the Paveletskaya station.
He said it was impossible to return to the Avtozavodskaya metro station because the area was filled with smoke.
The train was leaving the Avtozavodskaya metro station and entering a tunnel when the blast occurred.
www.gateway2russia.com /st/art_207984.php   (357 words)

  
 Russia Fiery Metro Explosion Kills at Least 39
Most of them headed back to Avtozavodskaya, some 300 meters away, while those in the first car had to walk about 2 kilometers to Paveletskaya because the exploded car blocked their path, police said.
Police cordoned off Avtozavodskaya for most of Friday while rescuers evacuated the injured and removed bodies.
Avtozavodskaya, located in the south of the city, is just a five-minute drive from the Dubrovka theater, where Chechen rebels took hundreds of people hostage in 2002.
www.templetonthorp.com /fr/news527   (2517 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Terrorist attack in Moscow metro (New Developments)
The train was traveling from "Paveletskaya" to "Avtozavodskaya" station.
The accomplice could be waiting at Avtozavodskaya Station, and from there he/she could activate the fuse when it reached the zone of his remote control operation.
There is also a version that the explosion could be some auxiliary action in the plans of terrorists.
newsfromrussia.com /main/2004/02/06/52155_.html   (582 words)

  
 WXIA-11alive.com - Print Article - Atlanta,Georgia,11Alive,ATLANTA,News,Weather,Doppler,sports,events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Friday's blast struck the second car of a train after it pulled away from the Avtozavodskaya station, heading northwest to the Paveletskaya station on the Moscow metro's busy circle line.
Valery Draganov, a member of parliament representing the Avtozavodskaya district, told Echo of Moscow radio that body parts were scattered along the tracks.
The line where the explosion occurred is one of Moscow's deepest underground, and the wounded were brought up on stretchers on the long escalators to ambulances crowded outside the entrance to the Avtozavodskaya station, southeast of downtown Moscow.
www.11alive.com /news/printarticle.aspx?storyid=42562   (489 words)

  
 Moscow Metro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Two Metro sections were put intoservice: Teatralnaya - Avtozavodskaya (3 stations, crossing the Moskva river in a deep tunnel) andKurskaya - Izmaylovskiy Park (4 stations).
After the war construction started on the fourth stage of the Metro, which included the Kol'tsevaya line and a deeppart of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line from Pl.
On February 6, 2004, an explosionrocked a train between Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations on line 2 of the metro, killing 39 and wounding 120.
www.therfcc.org /moscow-metro-96169.html   (929 words)

  
 Moscow bombing unleashes fear, grief and suspicion / More than 100 still hospitalized as police search for clues
At rush hour on Friday morning, Lvova said, she was standing and reading a magazine in the second car of a train on Moscow's green line as it began to speed north from the Avtozavodskaya station, near Moscow's center, toward the big Paveletskaya rail hub.
The Avtozavodskaya station, which was only briefly closed, quickly became an impromptu memorial for those killed, with people coming to lay flowers on the platform.
The Tekstilshchiki subway station, not far from Avtozavodskaya in southeast Moscow, was evacuated on Saturday afternoon after an anonymous telephone call warned of a bomb there.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/02/08/MNGQE4RII21.DTL&type=printable   (597 words)

  
 The St. Petersburg Times - News - Fiery Explosion in Metro Kills at Least 39
Alexander Kosorukov, a student, placing his scarf on a makeshift memorial to the dead at Avtozavodskaya metro on Sunday.
Alexei Maximov, an 18-year-old student, said he was on the platform at Avtozavodskaya when he heard the blast.
Tatyana Lenyova, whose window looks out on the entrance to the Avtozavodskaya station, said she could see from her fourth-floor window "a sea of people" being treated for minor wounds on the sidewalk.
www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=100&story_id=12253   (1153 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Police seek clues in Moscow subway blast; two men held   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The sketch, released Saturday, was based on a videotape from the subway station nearest to the blast, showing a woman believed to be the bomber and her accomplice standing on the platform before boarding the train.
The bomb ripped through the subway car after it left the Avtozavodskaya station and headed for the city center, shattering windows throughout the train and leaving the car a hulk of twisted metal.
Putin, who is expected to win the March 14 presidential elections handily, has built much of his strong image on a firm refusal to negotiate with the Chechen rebels whom Russia has been fighting for most of the past decade.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-02-07-moscow-subway_x.htm   (869 words)

  
 CNN.com - Terror probe into metro bombing - Feb. 7, 2004
Police officers carry the body of a victim out of the Avtozavodskaya subway station.
The blast ripped apart the metro train car during morning rush hour as the train was traveling from Paveletskaya station to Avtozavodskaya station, southwest of the city center.
"It (the train) moved 300 meters (from the metro station Avtozavodskaya) when there was an explosion by the first door of the second carriage," Moscow's Vice Mayor Valery Shantsev said.
cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/02/07/moscow.blast.0909   (1303 words)

  
 KSL.com News Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Friday's blast struck the second car of a train after it pulled away from the Avtozavodskaya station, heading northwest to the Paveletskaya station on the Moscow metro's busy circle line.
Valery Draganov, a member of parliament representing the Avtozavodskaya district, told Echo of Moscow radio that body parts were scattered along the tracks.
The line where the explosion occurred is one of Moscow's deepest underground, and the wounded were brought up on stretchers on the long escalators to ambulances crowded outside the entrance to the Avtozavodskaya station, southeast of downtown Moscow.
tv.ksl.com /index.php?sid=73961&nid=6&template=print   (863 words)

  
 FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
Friday's blast struck the second car of a train after it pulled away from the Avtozavodskaya station, heading northwest toward the Paveletskaya station on the Moscow metro's busy circle line.
Lawmaker Valery Draganov, who represents the Avtozavodskaya district, told Echo of Moscow radio that body parts were scattered along the tracks.
The line where the explosion occurred is one of Moscow's deepest, and the injured were brought up on stretchers on the long escalators to ambulances crowded outside the Avtozavodskaya station, southeast of downtown Moscow.
www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=14469   (895 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Russian Federation: Suspected suicide bomb attack in Moscow subway kills 39, ...
Havoc reigned outside the Avtozavodskaya station, the closest to the train that ground to a halt in the underground tunnel after the blast, as distraught parents searched for their children.
Officials told ITAR-TASS news agency that police were looking for a man with "Caucasian" features who, accompanied by two women, had come up to an employee at the Avtozavodskaya station shortly before the blast, said "you'll have a party on your hands" and swore.
The bombing occurred as the train was heading toward the center of the Russian capital between the Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations in southeast Moscow.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/27925c9063ba6c10c1256e3200505d7c   (980 words)

  
 Moscow Subway Blast Kills 39, Injures 122
Havoc reigned outside the Avtozavodskaya station, the closest to the train that ground to a halt in the underground tunnel after the blast, as distraught parents searched for their children.
Officials told ITAR-TASS that police were looking for a man with "Caucasian" features who, accompanied by two women, had come up to an employee at the Avtozavodskaya station shortly before the blast, said "you'll have a party on your hands" and swore.
The bombing occurred as the train was heading toward the center of the Russian capital between the Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations in southeast Moscow.
www.rense.com /general48/blasat.htm   (806 words)

  
 CNN.com - Moscow mourns metro bomb victims - Feb. 7, 2004
Police officers carry the body of a victim out of the Avtozavodskaya subway station.
Russian troops have fought a separatist movement for most of the past decade in Chechnya, which Putin has made a central issue in his presidential re-election campaign.
Friday's blast ripped apart the subway car as the train was traveling from Paveletskaya station to Avtozavodskaya station, southwest of the city center.
www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/02/07/moscow.blast/index.html   (683 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Explosion hits Moscow metro, killing at least 22   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A severe fire broke out in the underground train and passengers were being evacuated from Avtozavodskaya station, which was about 300 yards from the site of the explosion, ministry spokesman Viktor Beltsov said.
Beltsov said at least 22 people were killed at 30 wounded, but he could not confirm the cause.
The explosion occurred in the second wagon of a train after it left the Avtozavodskaya station and headed northwest to the central Paveletskaya station, which is on Moscow's busy circle line, said Kirill Mazurin, spokesman for Moscow police, told NTV television.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/02/06/explosion_hits_moscow_metro_killing_at_least_22   (496 words)

  
 TonyRogers.com | Explosion Rocks Moscow Subway
Ambulances crowded outside the entrance to the Avtozavodskaya station, southeast of downtown Moscow.
Rescue workers carrying empty stretchers or wearing equipment on their back rushed down the stairs into the station, and television networks showed footage of rescuers carrying a motionless body out on a stretcher.
The explosion occurred in the second car of a subway train after it had pulled about 1,640 feet from the Avtozavodskaya station and headed northwest to Paveletskaya station on the city's busy circle line, Mazurin told NTV television.
www.tonyrogers.com /news/0205_moscow_subwaybomb.htm   (997 words)

  
 Moscow Terror Blast Survivors Remain in Hospital
A man lays flowers at the Avtozavodskaya metro station in Moscow, February 7, 2004.
Russian security forces launched a massive hunt on Saturday after a powerful explosion, apparently set off by a suicide bomber, ripped through a packed underground train in Moscow in morning rush-hour on Friday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 100.
The blast occurred at 8.45 a.m., during the rush hour, while the train was moving from Paveletskaya to Avtozavodskaya along the Zamoskvoretskaya line.
nyjtimes.com /cover/02-09-04/MetroAttack.htm   (593 words)

  
 Moscow Train Explosion Kills at Least 22 - www.ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The explosion occurred in the second wagon of a train after it left the Avtozavodskaya station and headed northwest to Paveletskaya station, which is located on Moscow's busy circle line, Mazurin told NTV television.
When I arrived at Avtozavodskaya, the station closest to the blast, I counted 40 ambulances, as well as an emergency helicopter and dozens of fire fighters.
There are two lines running through to Avtozavodskaya station and the unaffected one is still running this afternoon.
p076.ezboard.com /fthedailyfrm53.showPrevMessage?topicID=29.topic   (2945 words)

  
 Suicide Bomber suspected in Blast on Moscow subway
The train had just left Avtozavodskaya station enroute to the central Paveletskaya station and was crowded with morning commuters.
A spokesman from Russia's Emergency Situations Minister, Viktor Beltsov, said that hundreds of people had been evacuated from the Avtozavodskaya station, after a fire broke out in the underground train.
He confirmed that at least 22 people were killed, however that number was expected to rise as more casualties are evacuated.
www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=965   (308 words)

  
 CNN.com - Moscow metro blast kills 39 - Feb. 6, 2004
Prosecutors said they were treating the blast as a suspected suicide bombing and had opened a terrorism investigation.
The blast ripped apart the metro train car during morning rush hour as the train was traveling from Paveletskaya station to Avtozavodskaya station, southwest of the city center, around 8:40 a.m.
Russian officials said the attacker wanted to send a political message by exploding a bomb at the center of the Russian government.
www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/02/06/moscow.blast/index.html   (694 words)

  
 Muslim American Society
The bombing occurred as the train was heading toward the center of the Russian capital between the Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations in southeast
Anna Kolmikova, 51, who had also been inside one of the cars, sobbed uncontrollably as she said that "the train was packed."
Officials told ITAR-TASS news agency that police were looking for a man with "Caucasian" features who, accompanied by two women, had come up to an employee at the Avtozavodskaya station shortly before the blast, and said "you'll have a party on your hands" and then swore.
www.masnet.org /aroundworld.asp?id=916   (1017 words)

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