Metro Stations
Sokol Metro Station: 1938 Terminus with Coffered Vault and Marble
A shallow Metro station of 1938 on Line 2, the old north-western terminus, with pillars that flare into a coffered vault and…
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Aeroport Metro Station: 1938 Aviation-Themed Hall on Line 2
A Metro station of 1938 on Line 2 with an aviation-themed single-vault hall, named after the old Khodynka Aerodrome and not after…
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Maryina Roshcha Metro Station: Deep Line 10 Stop and Museum Access
A deep Metro station of 2010, about 60 meters underground, on Line 10 in north Moscow. It was the northern terminus until…
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Aviamotornaya Metro Station: Golden Ceiling, Icarus and Transfers
A Metro station of 1979 with an aviation theme: a ceiling of golden pyramids like a flying carpet and a metal sculpture…
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VDNKh Metro Station: Gateway to VDNKh Park, Depth and Visit Tips
The Metro station for the VDNKh exhibition grounds, opened in 1958 and about 53.5 meters deep, with a round vestibule on Prospekt…
Metro Stations
Sokolniki Metro Station: 1935 Terminus, Ufaley Marble and Park Access
The original eastern terminus of the first Moscow Metro line, opened in 1935 and designed by Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova, with…
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Dostoevskaya Metro Station: Dostoevsky Murals, Lines and Visit Tips
A Metro station of 2010 on Line 10 dedicated to the writer Fyodor Dostoevsky, with marble murals by Ivan Nikolaev showing scenes…
Metro Stations
Park Pobedy Metro Station: Moscow’s Deepest Station, Murals and Exits
The deepest station of the Moscow Metro, 84 meters underground, with escalators of about 126 meters and murals by Zurab Tsereteli on…
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Krasnopresnenskaya Metro Station: 1905 Reliefs and Red Granite
The Circle Line station that completed the ring in 1954, with red granite pylons and 14 bas-reliefs about the 1905 uprising and…
Metro Stations
Dobryninskaya Metro Station: Mosaics, White Vaults and Transfers
A Circle Line station of 1950, first called Serpukhovskaya, with a bright white-vaulted hall, red marble walls, a Cosmic Era mosaic and…
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Explore Moscow's Arbat district on a walking tour connecting neoclassical architecture, Russian music, Asian art, theatre, experimental design and Pushkin's former home.
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A literary walk from the Bulgakov Museum and Patriarch's Ponds past the church where Pushkin married to the Maly Theatre and Theatre…
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A riverside walk from the pedestrian Patriarshy Bridge past the Muzeon sculpture park and Krymsky Bridge to Gorky Park and the quiet…
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