Each old city has its own legends. Surrounded by tradition and the Moscow metro. Some of them are absolutely fantastic, but in some there is not a drop of mysticism. The writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, the author of science fiction books Metro 2033 and Metro 2034, added fuel to the fire . These works, films made on them and video games developed on their basis have become simply cult ones, having heated public interest in the subway to the maximum limit. Now more and more often adventurers and professional diggers are going down to the ground, and the secrets of the Moscow metro are starting to open up to curious looks. We will also look into this wonderful world.
A bit of history
The first metro project was developed back in 1872 and involved laying tracks from the current Kursk Station to the Lubyanka. The second project (1890) provided for a significant expansion of the subway network. The necessary preparatory studies began. But because of the discontent of the people (primarily cab drivers and clergy), the Moscow Duma rejected the draft. They returned to the idea of building the metro only under Stalin, when the start of construction was laid.
Archaeological secrets of the Moscow metro
Until now, when building new lines, tunnels stumble upon the most valuable archaeological finds: the remains of ammonites and belemnites, fish hunters (plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs). A fanciful pattern of petrified nautilus and sea lilies decorates the station “Ilyich Square”. In the passage between the Lenin Library and Borovitskaya stations, the shell of a gastropod mollusk found in the vicinity flaunts. Marble itself is also mined in the capital. According to legend, the first metro stations were decorated with a noble white stone, which later went to the restoration of the Serpukhov Kremlin.
Underground shrines
The secrets of the Moscow metro, having a religious meaning or sacred meaning, have attracted researchers for more than a dozen years. As an example, first of all, we can recall the altar built on the "October". The royal gates are clearly visible , decorated with a complex ornament, which from afar is perceived as a huge Orthodox cross. Station "Komsomolskaya" is decorated with a rare beauty mosaic, also bearing religious elements. The author of the mosaic is the hereditary icon painter P. Kochin, who revived the lost face of Savior Nereditsky in the panel “Alexander Nevsky”. The artist put the Banner of Savior into the hands of Dmitry Donskoy. However, a risky step - in Soviet times! They say that the icon painter almost paid for his amateur performances. But Catherine Furtseva, Minister of Culture, saved him. The beauty of the paintings touched her so much that she personally stood up for the artist before the leader.
Mysterious new buildings
Since 1996, metro schemes with the PhysTech station icon appeared in the cars. Rumors circulated about the start of construction. However, it turned out that there was no such station in the project either. It turned out: this is just a joke of physics students who created on the computer and printed a fake. Since then, “ducks” schemes appear periodically with stations in Biryulyovo, Dolgoprudny, Mytishchi. It seems to be revealing the topographic secrets of the Moscow metro is not so difficult (because the real scheme is in free sale!), But from year to year the story with non-existent stations repeats itself.
Quite the opposite: absent in the diagram
Many secrets of the Moscow metro are connected with allegedly existing but absent from official sources stations, surface exits, entire branches and even armored bunkers. For example, a certain "Small Ring" is surrounded by rumors. The logic is this: There is Big, there must be Small. In fact, Malaya Koltsevaya was indeed planned, but the project was not implemented. Inspired by rumors and the mysterious "Soviet". Its construction was not completed; the station did not become a station. But it turned into the headquarters of the Civil Defense, towering 2 floors above the ground and extending several tens of meters in depth.
Pervomayskaya and Kaluga are old stations that have lost their significance. Their fate is similar: in the past, the terminal stations, after extending the branches, were abandoned or refitted, and their namesakes appeared on new routes. Passing by the empty hall of Volokolamskaya passengers can see gloomy arches and traces of tiles. Lifeless-looking station - the usual unfinished. As you can see, many secrets of the Moscow metro lend themselves easily to logical explanation. But, following the same logic, did these superstitions come from somewhere? Will the mysterious Moscow metro once reveal all its secrets?