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Metro Stations

A deep Metro station of 1958 on Line 6, about 51 meters down, once called Mir and later Shcherbakovskaya, with a round…

Metro Stations

A Metro station of 1959 on Line 1, named after Moscow State University, with rectangular white marble pylons, tiled walls and two…

Metro Stations

A deep Metro station of 1957 on Line 1, named after the Luzhniki sports complex, with a link to the Moscow Central…

Metro Stations

A deep Metro station of 1957 on Line 1, one of the last built fully in the Stalinist style, with cream marble…

Metro Stations

A ground-level Metro station of 1961 on Line 3 with an elevated vestibule above the platform and a direct entrance to Izmaylovsky…

Metro Stations

A deep Metro station of 1944 on Line 3, once called Stalinskaya, with a double-width platform, four rows of red and white…

Metro Stations

A shallow Metro station of 1944 on Line 3, built in wartime and dedicated to the Soviet partisans, with three tracks and…

Metro Stations

A Metro station of 1943 on Line 2 by Alexey Dushkin, opened as Zavod imeni Stalina during the Battle of Stalingrad, with…

Metro Stations

A deep Metro station of 1938 on Line 2 under Leningradsky Prospekt, with sport-themed reliefs, colonnaded entrance halls and an underground walkway…

Metro Stations

A shallow Metro station of 1938 on Line 2, the old north-western terminus, with pillars that flare into a coffered vault and…