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The
first line was opened in 1935, its length was 11.6 kilometers and it
could carry an average of 350.000 passengers a day. The whole
country participated in building Metro. It was turned into an
underground kingdom of socialism. No expense was too much in terms
of materials or manpower. More than 50 varieties of marble, granite
and finishing stones were used in decorating the stations. They
became the luxurious palaces, breathtaking in the originality of
their architecture, sculptures, moldings and mosaics.
Over
the years Metro has been expanding together with the city. Now
it has 11 lines with 162 Stations. Its overall length is 262 kilometers and it carries
10,000,000 passengers a
day.
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Mayakovskaya
Station
The
ceiling of the hall is decorated with
mosaic panels made from opaque squares of colored glass,
designed on the theme “A Day in the Land of
Socialism”.
This station was awarded the Grand Prix at the Paris World Fair in
1937.
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 Ploshchad
Revolutsii Station
opened
in 1938, was designed with great symbolism. It has 76 bronze figures
that show the creators of the new socialist world - soldiers,
workers and collective farm workers.
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