Ploshchad Revolyutsii to Okhotny Ryad

Transfer from Ploshchad Revolyutsii - Alex 'Florstein' Fedorov

Transfer from Ploshchad Revolyutsii – Alex ‘Florstein’ Fedorov

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Ploshchad Revolyutsii to Okhotny Ryad

The long corridor between the two stations is remarkable not just for the imagery that still exists but for the great number of empty spaces that, at one time, would have included sculptures and representations of the Soviet Union’s struggle to build Socialism.

Transfer from Ploshchad Revolyutsii - 01

Transfer from Ploshchad Revolyutsii – 01

Presented here is an introduction to this corridor used by thousands of people everyday, few of whom will take notice of the beauty and the work that went into the construction of the system dating from the mid-1930s. In what that remains there’s an emphasis on imagery from the Great Patriotic War

Transfer from Ploshchad Revolyutsii - 02

Transfer from Ploshchad Revolyutsii – 02

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Moscow Metro – Paveletskaya – Line 2

Paveletskaya - Line 2 - Ludvig14

Paveletskaya – Line 2 – Ludvig14

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Moscow Metro – Paveletskaya – Line 2

Paveletskaya (Russian: Павелецкая) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya line, located in the Zamoskvorechye District, Central Administrative Okrug. The station has entrances to the Paveletsky rail terminal and the Garden ring. It was opened in 1943 and was designed by S.V. Lyashchenko and E.S. Demchenko. Paveletskaya features tall white marble pillars decorated with the hammer and sickle and a high, arched ceiling. The walls are faced with white marble.

Paveletskaya - Line 2 - 04

Paveletskaya – Line 2 – 04

The long run between Teatralnaya (then Ploshchad Sverdlova, opened in 1938) and Avtozavodskaya was opened January 1, 1943. Work on Novokuznetskaya and Paveletskaya continued throughout 1943, and these two stations were opened 20 November 1943. Novokuznetskaya was commissioned as a completed station (most of its 1943 interiors surviving to date); Paveletskaya was built to a design by Alexey Dushkin as a temporary deep (33.5 meters underground) pylon station of London type – with two side platforms, but without a central hall.

Paveletskaya - Line 2 - 03

Paveletskaya – Line 2 – 03

Work on converting Paveletskaya to a fully functional station commenced in 1950; the station was reopened February 21, 1953. Fragments of original pylons were retained in the southern end of the station; the rest was expanded to a spacious column type hall of the same structure as Mayakovskaya. Bronze-coloured inserts with hammer and sickle motive, the sole example of figurative art in this station, were actually painted ceramic castings.

Paveletskaya - Line 2 - 02

Paveletskaya – Line 2 – 02

On 20 April 1987, at 19:55 local time, fire erupted in a northbound train approaching Paveletskaya. The train reached Paveletskaya, all passengers disembarked safely (the sole injury was a subway worker hospitalized with smoke poisoning). However, the train burnt out completely, damaging the interiors in the southern end on the station. It had to be partially rebuilt again.

Paveletskaya - Line 2 - 01

Paveletskaya – Line 2 – 01

On 6 February 2004, at 08:40 local time, 40 passengers were killed in a terrorist attack on a train that left Avtozavodskaya for Paveletskaya.

Paveletskaya - Line 2 - 08

Paveletskaya – Line 2 – 08

On 15 January 2007, both Paveletskaya stations were evacuated due to a fire in the tunnel connecting them. No injuries were reported.

Paveletskaya - Line 2 - 07

Paveletskaya – Line 2 – 07

Paveletskaya has two transfers to a station of the same name on the Koltsevaya line – either through tunnel, or through the common surface vestibule on the northern side of Garden Ring.

Paveletskaya - Line 2 - 06

Paveletskaya – Line 2 – 06

Southern exit directly connects to Paveletsky railway terminal which, in particular, provides express train service to Domodedovo International Airport.

Paveletskaya - Line 2 - 05

Paveletskaya – Line 2 – 05

Text from Wikipedia.

Location:

GPS:

55.7305°N

37.6377°E

Depth:

33.5 metres (110 ft)

Opened:

20 November 1943

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Moscow Metro – Baumanskaya – Line 3

Lenin in Baumanskaya Metro Station

Lenin in Baumanskaya Metro Station

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Moscow Metro – Baumanskaya – Line 3

Female Miner

Female Miner

Baumanskaya (Бауманская) is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, named after the revolutionary Nikolai Bauman. It was designed by Boris Iofan and Yury Zenkevich and opened in 1944. The Art Deco design features white marble pylons with rounded corners, projecting, fluted piers faced with red ceramic tile, and decorative ventilation grilles. In the bays between each set of piers are bronze sculptures by V.A. Andreev depicting Russian soldiers and workers of the home front during World War II. At the end of the platform is a mosaic portrait of Vladimir Lenin. This station is very busy, as one of the biggest Moscow institutes (Moscow State Technical University) is located not far away.

Partisan in snow camouflage

Partisan in snow camouflage

Baumanskaya is the second busiest station in Moscow Metro. The facts:

  • There are at least 3 major universities near the station: Bauman Moscow State Technical University main and secondary buildings Moscow State University of Civil Engineering and Moscow State Academy of Law.
  • Army Officer

    Army Officer

  • Specific configuration of central hall like garmon (Russian accordion) before the escalator, where some passengers try to short jump queue.
  • Bricklayer

    Bricklayer

  • Most passengers prefer Baumanskaya to other station if they would get to the area which is at half-way between Baumanskaya and another station even if causes additional transfer or even best accessible by ground transport.
  • Female Partisan

    Female Partisan

  • The escalators here were the oldest working in Moscow Metro and the entire world. Their replacement began on 8 February 2015 and was completed on 24 December 2015.
Intellectual

Intellectual

A cryptic inscription is on the wall of station. It is situated near the first car stop towards the Shchyolkovskaya station just under the last ventilation lattice. The inscription is deeply carved in marble on about 120 centimetres (47in) above the floor, is about 8 centimetres (3.1in) in length and 1.5 centimetres (0.59in) in height. It consists of two dates, divided by hyphen:

19 14/XI 46 – 19 15/XII 54

These dates translate to 14 November 1946 – 15 December 1954. The way of writing is very similar to the way dates are written on gravestones. The origin of that artefact is unknown. [I missed this on my visit.]

Soldier with Red Flag

Soldier with Red Flag

Text from Wikipedia.

Airman

Airman

Location:

GPS:

55.7730°N

37.6806°E

Depth:

32.5 metres (107 ft)

Opened:

18 January 1944

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A second picture gallery contains pictures from the vestibule area and the exterior of the principal entrance.