Moscow metro station Mayakovskaya by Yuri Depeche

Moscow metro station Mayakovskaya by Yuri Depeche

Mayakovskaya (Russian: Маяковская), is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line, in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow. The station was built as part of the second stage of the Moscow Metro expansion, opening on 11 September 1938. The name as well as the design is a reference to Futurism and its prominent Russian exponent Vladimir Mayakovsky. Considered to be one of the most beautiful in the system, it is a fine example of pre-World War II Stalinist Architecture and one of the most famous Metro stations in the world. It is most well known for its 34 ceiling mosaics depicting “24 Hours in the Land of the Soviets.” During World War II, it was used as a command post for Moscow’s anti-aircraft regiment. Design:
Alexey Dushkin’s Art Deco architecture was based on a Soviet future as envisioned by the poet Mayakovsky. The station features streamed columns faced with stainless steel and pink rhodonite, white Ufaley and grey Diorite marble walls, a floating pattern of white and pink marble, and 35 niches, one for each vault. Surrounded by film lights there are a total of 34 ceiling mosaics by Alexander Deyneka with the theme “24-Hour Soviet Sky.”

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