Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Moscow Metro)

Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Russian: Площадь Революции) is a station in the Moscow Metro, in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow. The station is named after Revolution Square (Resurrection Square until 1918), under which it is located. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line.

Ploshchad Revolyutsii

Площадь Революции
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationTverskoy District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°45′24″N 37°37′18″E / 55.7566°N 37.6216°E / 55.7566; 37.6216
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typePylon station
Depth33.6 metres (110 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
ArchitectAlexey Dushkin
Architectural styleStalinist Architecture, Socialist Realism
Other information
Station code045
History
Opened13 March 1938; 86 years ago (1938-03-13)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Arbatskaya Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Kurskaya
Tverskaya
towards Khovrino
Zamoskvoretskaya line
transfer at Teatralnaya
Novokuznetskaya
Biblioteka Imeni Lenina
towards Potapovo
Sokolnicheskaya line
via Teatralnaya platform
transfer at Okhotny Ryad
Lubyanka
Location
Ploshchad Revolyutsii is located in Central Moscow
Ploshchad Revolyutsii
Ploshchad Revolyutsii
Location within Central Moscow

History

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When the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line was first built, the tracks from Ploshchad Revolyutsii extended westward to Aleksandrovsky Sad rather than Arbatskaya. When the westward extension of the line was completed in 1953, trains were rerouted through the new segment.

Architecture

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The station opened in 1938, its architect was Alexey Dushkin. The station features red and yellow marble arches resting on low pylons faced with black Armenian marble. The spaces between the arches are partially filled by decorative ventilation grilles and ceiling tracery.

Sculptures

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The station contains 76 statues in the socialist realism style. Originally, 80 sculptures were created for the space—10 pairs, each replicated 4 times throughout the station. Today, nine pairs are in the archways, and a copy of the final pair ("The Pioneers") appears on each of the two platforms, bringing the total number of statues to 76.[1] Each arch is flanked by a pair of bronze sculptures by Matvey Manizer depicting the people of the Soviet Union, including soldiers, farmers, athletes, writers, aviators, industrial workers, and schoolchildren. The series is meant to be considered in order, symbolizing Russia's transformation from the pre-revolutionary past, through the revolution, into the (then) contemporary era.[1] The order of sculpture pairs are:

  1. Male worker-partisan & male enlisted soldier
  2. Male agricultural laborer & male sailor with pistol
  3. Male sailor & female aviator
  4. Male soldier with dog & female sharpshooter
  5. Male miner & male engineer
  6. Male & female agricultural laborers
  7. Female & male students
  8. Male football player & female athlete
  9. Mother & father in swim clothing
  10. Male & female students in Young Pioneers uniforms

Several of the sculptures are widely believed to bring good luck to those who rub them. The practice is targeted at specific areas on individual sculptures, including the soldier's pistol, the patrolman's dog, the roosters, and the female student's shoe.[2]

 
The transfer to Teatralnaya on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line

Transfers

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From this station, passengers can transfer to Teatralnaya on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line and Okhotny Ryad on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, but the latter can be reached only through Teatralnaya as there is no direct transfer.


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References

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  1. ^ a b O'Mahony, Mike (January 2003). "Archaeological Fantasies: Constructing History on the Moscow Metro". The Modern Language Review. 98 (1): 138–150. doi:10.2307/3738180. JSTOR 3738180. S2CID 161592843.
  2. ^ "Ploschad Revolyutsii Metro Station". Discover Moscow. Moscow Government. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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