Mayakovskaya, Metro station, Moscow

Mayakovskaya (Russian: Маяковская), is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line, in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow.

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. The name as well as the design is a reference to Futurism and its prominent Russian exponent Vladimir Mayakovsky.

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• 1 History
• 2 Design
• 3 Gallery
• 4 References

Mayakovskaya
Moscow Metro station
Art Deco columns

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