Mayakovskaya (Moscow Metro)

Majakovskaya (Russian Маяковская (debate? / I ) ) is a 1938 erbauter Metro Station, Moscow Metro on the Samoskworezkaja - line (or " line 2" or " green line ").

It is located in the center of Moscow directly under the Tverskaya Street in the area of ​​their intersection with the Garden Ring. The station has no interchanges to other stations, but has two outputs - the south exit and the 2005 post-installed north exit. Your name has received the station Majakovskaya at its opening in honor of the early Soviet futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky.

History

Majakovskaya was opened on 11 September 1938. She was among the six stations along the 8.5 km -long first phase of Samoskworezkaja - line, the first led by Teatralnaja by Sokol. Originally ordered the 33 meters deep under the ground station via a single output, which was installed in the same building erected the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall.

Since the station was built in an area where the soil is relatively stable, and because of their deep location, it was very often used as an air raid shelter during the Battle of Moscow in World War II. In addition, several times Congress and other political meetings were conducted in the spacious concourse of Majakovskaya at this time. So held there on November 6, 1941 President Josef Stalin a speech during the meeting of the Moscow Council Deputies to the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution. In the 1950s, the output of the station hall was supplemented by a second access from the odd side of the Tverskaya street.

On 2 September 2005, the north exit of Majakovskaya was put into operation after several years of construction, the north of the Garden Ring and also located on Tverskaya Street. At the same time the southern exit was closed for a complete renovation to also replace the escalators still installed at station opening. This work was completed in May 2007, since then both outputs are of Majakovskaya available.

Architecture

The main architect of the Majakovskaya was Alexei Dushkin, who is also known for designs of a number of other Moscow Metro stations and among other things, for the building of the department store Detski Mir.

Due to the stable subsoil the platform area of the station could be equipped in spite of their deep location with much lighter support structures than is the case with other subway stations in central Moscow. This explains that the platform hall of Majakovskaya is not, as is usual in Moscow, stabilized with thick pylons, but with arcade -like rows of stainless steel-clad columns. This gives the room a very spacious and open shape. The walls were alternately covered with marble and diorite. The circular booths in the vault were decorated with mosaics by the artist Alexander Deineka, which have, among other things, the Soviet aviation theme. In these niches is also the station lighting.

Especially because of the Moscow Metro rather unusual steel columns Majakovskaya is one of the most architecturally interesting subway stations of the Moscow network and is partially attributed to the Art Deco style. Duschkins concept proved in retrospect to be very successful: So the design of the station was awarded in 1938 to a New York exhibition with the grand prize. 2001 Majakovskaya was included in the list of the most valuable architectural monuments of Moscow and thus is under special preservation.

The halls of the building built in 2005 north output were fitted with new ceiling mosaics, in which futuristic motifs are combined with quotations from Mayakovsky's poems. The hall is equipped grüßzügig with marble columns and stainless steel elements in the functional area; in the entrance vestibule, a bust of the poet is placed. The new output has compared to the old to a special feature: From the station platform to ticket hall is accessed via an intermediate level, several meters deep located as the platform.