The Moscow Metro

The Moscow Metro System is HANDS DOWN the best subway system I have ever ridden....and perhaps in the world.  D and I never waited more than 3 minutes for a train.  But wait, there's more.

Trubnaya Station

On our way to get our circus tickets, we exited the train at Trubnaya Station and encountered this.

And on our way to the connecting station.....

Tsvetnoy Bulvar Station

It was at this station we realized that there was a theme to each station.

Tsvetnoy Bulvar, being nearest to the Nikulin Circus, has a circus theme.  Do you see it?

Mendeleevskaya Station

Have to know your science to figure this one out!

Komsomolskaya Station

At this point, we were on line #5, which circles central Moscow and decided to stop off at every station.  We eventually got to about two-thirds of them.

The themes of the station glorify the Soviet Union but also are a font of art from the era of Soviet Socialist Realism, which I LOVE.

The ceiling mosaics (think 10 feet in length) of Komsomolskaya tell the story of Russian History.  The two I include here are the ones that include Lenin.

Novoslobodskaya Station

Prospekt Mira Station

Belorusskaya Station

This one turned out to be a favorite.  The ceiling tiles were Socialist Realism.  So, you've got a bunch coming at you.

 

Krasnopresnenskaya Station

Krasnopresnenskaya was a tribute to the revolutions of 1905 and 1917.  Again, paying tribute to D's iPhone as she was able to Wikipedia so we could learn about the 1905 revolution.

 

Kievskaya Station

Stalin shows up in most of the wall mosaics in Kievskaya

Park Kultury Station

These final pictures are from the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.  I'm only including my favorite paintings.  Trust me, there are a lot more that I'm not posting.

My absolute favorite is called "Queue"