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Metro Stations

A Metro hub in Khamovniki beside Krymsky Bridge: the Circle Line hall of 1950 with large Chinese-style lamps and a Gorky panel,…

Metro Stations

A Metro hub beside Belorussky railway station: the Circle Line hall of 1952 with Belarusian ornament, twelve ceiling mosaics and the Belarusian…

Metro Stations

A Circle Line station of 1952 with white marble pylons topped by floral friezes, agriculture reliefs and a large smalt mosaic, Mothers…

Metro Stations

A Metro hub under Taganka Square with two stations: the Circle Line hall of 1950, with 48 majolica panels and 12 gilded…

Metro Stations

A wartime Metro station of 1943 by Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova, with ceiling mosaics, bas-reliefs of Red Army soldiers and bronze…

Metro Stations

A wartime Metro station of 1944, named after a light bulb factory, with a ceiling lamp theme and wall bas-reliefs about the…

Metro Stations

Two Metro stations with one name near the Kremlin: the deep Line 3 station of 1953, one of the largest in the…

Metro Stations

A metro hub of three linked stations beside Kiyevsky railway station, with the Circle Line hall of 1954 known for white marble…

Metro Stations

A Circle Line station of 1952 known for 32 stained-glass panels lit from within and framed in brass, from sketches by Pavel…

Metro Stations

A Moscow Metro station of 1938 by Alexey Dushkin, famous for 76 bronze sculptures by Matvey Manizer in its arches, including the…