It was originally constructed in 1975 as part of the northern extension of the Krasnopresnensky radius but was left unfinished for nearly 40 years.

[1] Consequently, the station's name was changed from the planned Volokolamskaya to Spartak, and the stadium was opened on 5 September of the same year.

Moscow's 1960's expansion plans called for a construction of a municipal housing district on the old Tushino airfield, and the station was to serve it.

[2] However, the planned estate was never built and the station was left unfinished, even though it was structurally complete.

Spartak is a typical pillar-trispan "Novaya Sorokonozhka" (Новая Сороконожка, new centipede) design with staircases at opposite ends.