It all seems mysterious and it doesn’t sound like the most luxurious way to travel. But when in Moscow – take the Metro. The luxury isn’t in the comfort of the seats or transport system – it’s in what you see. There’s so much cultural influence and history in each station I’ll almost like to write a book about it. Isn’t it amazing how each stop you make will bring different flavours of Russia’s history to life?
With insufficient knowledge of every station, history and art at this stage, allow me to share some pictures I took at the various stations. Let’s start with Kievskaya Metro Station. (The first picture isn’t Kievskaya, FYI.)
Kievskaya, with a strong baroque style, boasts colourful mosaics that line the ceilings and a grand mural at the end of the subway depicting civil scenes from Soviet history. Each mosaic portrays scenes of daily life in the USSR. This station was the first Moscow subway station to be completed after Stalin’s reign and was named after the capital of Ukraine.
More to come in the next posts soon!
The underground in Kiev is pretty similar.
I haven’t been to Kiev! But now that you’ve mentioned it, I guess I need to put it on my list! Thanks for the info! 😀
Great post. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Wally! Will put up more when I’ve arranged the photos. Keep writing on your end too!
These … are metro stations? Looks more like a museum. Impressive.
Yes these are metro stations! Awesome aren’t they! You’re right – they’re like Museums! Each stop is like a trip to the museum, it’s great!
This looks like the nicest metro I’ve ever seen (or not seen!) I think that would be a very cool theme to use for a book. I wonder if that’s been done yet??
Hmmm, I’m sure someone must have done it for travel books or something. Unfortunately it’s going to take me ages to apply for a visa again to head over and stop by every station. If someone makes a fortune out of this I hope he remembers to share the fame and wealth! 😀
Magnificent architecture! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks for coming by! I’ll try to look for more in my album to share!
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