17 May 2025 в 09:02

Sergei Sobyanin told about seven Moscow metro stations opened during the war years

For almost a century of its history, the Moscow Metro has been a symbol of reliability, safety and stability. It is a part of the history not only of Moscow, but of Russia as a whole.

Reflecting various architectural styles, the Moscow Metro is one of the most beautiful ones in the world. Prominent Soviet and Russian architects took part in its construction. This was written by Sergei Sobyanin in his Telegram channel.

“Today, almost 50 stations are recognized as objects of cultural heritage of Russia. Each of them is unique in its own way,” the Mayor of Moscow said.

Source: Sergei Sobyanin’s Telegram channel @mos_sobyanin

For example, in 1947 the Chistye Prudy station was the first in the Moscow Metro to use luminescent lighting, and the Mayakovskaya station was decorated with aircraft steel in addition to the usual marble.

This year our country celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Sergei Sobyanin reminded that during the war years seven metro stations were opened in the city.

The mosaic panels for the Avtozavodskaya and Paveletskaya stations were created by the artist Vladimir Frolov during the siege of Leningrad. However, in the end, the mosaics intended for Paveletskaya were placed in Novokuznetskaya. At the same station you can see unique plaster sculptural friezes with figures of soldiers and officers of the Red Army.

The Semyonovskaya station is decorated with bas-reliefs of tanks, airplanes, ships and other military equipment. The main theme of Baumanskaya was the unity of the front and the rear. In the niches of the pylons there are eight figures of the sculptor Vyacheslav Andreev.

The Elektrozavodskaya design tells about the work of the Moscow Electric Lamp Plant during the war years. The ceiling is decorated with more than 300 hemispheres with lamps inside. The historical value of the Partizanskaya station is represented by white plaster bas-reliefs dedicated to the military theme and sculptures of the heroes of the Soviet Union Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and Matvey Kuzmin.

This year the Moscow Metro is celebrating its 90th anniversary. For almost a century, it has been a symbol of reliability, safety and stability. It is part of the history not only of Moscow, but of Russia as a whole.

“We regularly carry out comprehensive repair and restoration work and localized infrastructure upgrades to preserve the cultural heritage for future generations,” the Mayor of Moscow summarized.