Mayakovskaya, Metro station in Tverskoy District, Moscow, Russia.
The station features columns clad in polished stainless steel and decorated with Ural rhodonite stones, reaching down 112 feet (34 meters) below the surface.
Opened on September 11, 1938, as part of the second stage of the Moscow Metro expansion, Mayakovskaya received the Grand Prix at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Named after prominent Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, the station displays 34 mosaic panels by artist Alexander Deineka depicting themes of Soviet progress and daily life.
The station serves the Zamoskvoretskaya Line and provides connections to multiple bus routes including m1, e30, and 239 near Tverskaya Street and the Garden Ring intersection.
During World War II, the station functioned as a bomb shelter for thousands of civilians and hosted a speech by Joseph Stalin on November 7, 1941.
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