Novokuznetskaya is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. The station was opened on 20 November 1943.

Construction of the station began shortly after the launch of the second stage in 1938. Despite World War II the station was opened on time. Later in 1978 the platform was lengthened. This part is in a more modern style than the rest of the station.

The interior of the station is rich in decorative elements. The theme of the design is the steadfastness and struggle of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War. The pylons of the old part of the station, lined with Prokhor-Balandinsky marble, are massive. The architects focused on the transverse passages between the pylons, which, as a rule, are given little attention in such a design. The passages were decorated with powerful portals, as a result of which the squat passages acquired a deliberate solemnity. Between them, on the side of the hall and the platforms, in shallow niches at the base of the pylons, there are massive marble benches-sofas with high backs, decorated in the form of half-unfolded scrolls, and cantilever armrests decorated with a carved pattern. They appeared here at the suggestion of academician I. V. Zholtovsky, who advised the young architects of the station. There is a legend that these benches were removed from the Cathedral of Christ the Savior before its demolition, but this is unlikely to have happened in reality. The floor in front of the benches is decorated with colorful marble mats. Above the light backs of the sofas, in the niches of the pylons, there are inserts of marble from the Agveran deposit (Armenia). They also completely lined the walls of the new part of the station. In general, the floors of the station are lined with light-colored Prokhor-Balandinsky marble with geometric inserts of dark gray Karkodinsky marble (Ural) and black Khorviran marble (Armenia).

Metal shields framed by banners are mounted above each bench from the central hall, on which it is written "Glory to the heroic defenders of the city of Leningrad", "Glory to the heroic defenders of the city of Sevastopol", "Glory to the heroic defenders of the city of Odessa", "Glory to the heroic defenders of the city of Stalingrad". From the side halls, similar shields depict profiles of great Russian generals — Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky, Alexander Suvorov and Mikhail Kutuzov. They illustrate a fragment of I. V.'s speech. Stalin's speech delivered at the parade on November 7, 1941:

May the courageous image of our great ancestors — Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Kuzma Minin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Alexander Suvorov, Mikhail Kutuzov inspire you in this war!

Between the pylons and the vault of the central hall, starting from the exit to the city, there is a plaster sculptural frieze with figures of soldiers and officers of the Red Army who either plan operations or directly participate in a combat operation (sculptors — A. E. Zelensky, N. V. Tomsky, S. L. Rabinovich, N. M. Strain). Among them are signalmen, pilots, tankers, infantrymen, marines, cavalrymen. The sculptural groups are separated from each other by the Orders of the Great Patriotic War. Above the exit to the escalator there is a shield with the inscription "Glory to the valiant soldiers of the Great Patriotic War". In May 2015, on the eve of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War, the frieze was inconsistently painted beige[, and in March 2023, work began on its cleaning and restoration.

The architects borrowed the geometric pattern of the vault from the Roman tomb of the Valerii, but smalt mosaics are reinforced along its main axis. They were originally intended for the Paveletskaya station, but because of the war it was not possible to build a central hall, and the mosaics became unnecessary. They were made by V. A. Frolov based on sketches by A. A. Deineka in the besieged Leningrad (after the death of the artist, they were taken out of the besieged city by sailors of the Ladoga flotilla) and dedicated to the heroic work of Soviet people in the rear. Architect I. G. Taranov decided to install them on Novokuznetsk Street. Due to the relatively short length of the central hall, only seven were installed, and another one was installed in the lobby.
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