Grand Prix winner at Paris, Mayakovskaya is surely one the most beautiful metro stations in Moscow's entire enormous system, if not the world. Its main entrance opens onto Bolshaya Sadovaya, the street made famous in Bulgakov's 'Master and Margarita' (Patriarch's Ponds are just a short walk away) and is a well known meeting place for Muscovites. Named after tragic Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovskii, it is a testament to what Russians can do when they get their act togther.
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Mayakovskaya is my favorite also. Could you post some pics of some of the newer stations? They opened just as I left and I didn't get to visit.
Other all time favorites: Ploshad revoliutsii, Komsomol'skaya (I think the ring station), and of course Kievskaya ring). In fact all the ring stations are beautiful.
Hello Sean and thanks very much for the comment! I'll be including as many of the famous metro stations as possible and I think its a good idea for the next one featured to be a newer station. I'll get the pics and post them. Park Pobedy is quite an impressive new station, though not beautiful.
I'll confess, I was quite disoriented (and a bit saddened) to discover upon my return to Moscow this year that they've opened up the other end of Mayakovskaya and now have a big elaborate second entrance to the station. The previous entrance, near the Tchaikovsky concert hall, is currently closed for renovations. You can imagine my surprise when I popped out for the first time a couple blocks away from there and had no idea where I was!
Of course, this doesn't take away from the beauty of the original station. In fact, I read somewhere that in opening the other end for another entrance, they did away with a small room that was hiding another mosaic in the ceiling. A bit of hidden treasure for metro lovers, I suppose!
Rubashov,
thanks for the comment. I have to say I am unimpressed with the new entrance as well but am laothe to cricise anything metro related. It hasnt added anything to it and I was confused myself at the same entrance. Still, the main vestibule is as lovely as ever and we cant complain too much really.
Whats your view on Park Pobedy? What about that escalator!?
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