The architecture of the Moscow metro. 1935-1980s

The book is dedicated to the artistic appearance of the Moscow metro and is an art history research that considers the architecture and monumental art of metro in the context of the socio-historical development of Russia. The Moscow metro was given one of the significant places in the mythological picture of the art of the USSR. The words of L.M. Kaganovich, who sounded in 1935 from the government rostrum at a solemn meeting in honor of the launch of the subway: "Whatever the station, is the palace, that neither the palace, then in a special way designed, became determining the construction of the metro for ideological leadership, and for creative thought, and for creative thought architects. Nevertheless, the aesthetic images of the stations were formed in the context of independent spatial-stylistic searches of architects. The central theme of the book is the historical evolution of the volumetric-spatial and figurative-plastic concepts of domestic metro construction, the addition of its unique traditions. Passing in 2016 at the Museum of Architecture. A.V. Shchuseva exhibition "Moscow metro - underground architectural monument" provided the opportunity to take a fresh look at the aesthetic problems of metro construction. The publication includes the documents and memoirs of the creators of the first lines of the metro (some of them were recorded by the author of the book back in the 1980s), illustrated with color photographs and archival materials