Metro Stations
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
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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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Oktyabrskaya Metro Station: Empire-Style Hall, Torches and Gorky Park
A Circle Line station of 1950 designed by Leonid Polyakov in an Empire style with the 1812 theme, with arches of soldier…
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Paveletskaya Metro Station: Circle Line Mosaics, Marble and Transfers
A Metro hub beside Paveletsky railway station: the Circle Line hall of 1950 with a Volga and farming theme, white Koyelga marble…
Metro Stations
Kurskaya Metro Station: Circle Line Hall, Wheat Sculpture, Hub
A major Metro hub beside Kursky railway station: the Circle Line hall of 1950, a rare deep column station, a large lobby…
Metro Stations
Baumanskaya Metro Station: Iofan’s 1944 Design, Heritage Hub and Tips
A wartime Metro station of 1944 on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, attributed to Boris Iofan and named after Nikolai Bauman. It is a…
Metro Stations
Kropotkinskaya Metro Station: Palace of Soviets Gateway and History
A Metro station of 1935 by Alexey Dushkin and Yakov Lichtenberg, built as the gateway to the planned Palace of the Soviets,…
Metro Stations
Park Kultury Metro Station: Gorky Park Access, Lamps and Transfers
A Metro hub in Khamovniki beside Krymsky Bridge: the Circle Line hall of 1950 with large Chinese-style lamps and a Gorky panel,…
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Belorusskaya Metro Station: Belarusian Ornament, Mosaics and Statues
A Metro hub beside Belorussky railway station: the Circle Line hall of 1952 with Belarusian ornament, twelve ceiling mosaics and the Belarusian…
Metro Stations
Prospekt Mira Metro Station: White Marble, Smalt Mosaic and Transfers
A Circle Line station of 1952 with white marble pylons topped by floral friezes, agriculture reliefs and a large smalt mosaic, Mothers…
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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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