The History of the Moscow Metro: The Development of the Moscow Underground and Its Cultural Symbols

Viktoria Frolkova is a lecturer and an accredited guide in Moscow. For many years she has been telling about architecture, the history of theatre and cinema, and of course about the history of her hometown. She also collaborates with the educational project “Through an Engineer’s Eyes,” sharing her perspective on the megapolis through surprising lectures and мастер-класи that reveal the capital from the most unusual side.

The book “History of Moscow Metro. The Development of the Moscow Metro and Its Cultural Symbols” is an exciting journey through the most beautiful and extensive metro in the world—with its secrets, discoveries, and the spirit of the Soviet era. The author tells step by step about the creation of a unique transport artery: starting with discussions about the construction of the Moscow City Duma and moving through the first projects, the opening of the first section up to the fourth; from “Kropotkinskaya” and “Park Kultury” to “Kutuzovskaya” and “File.”

The listener will travel from the earliest conversations about the metro back in 1897, to the opening of the first section in 1935, and beyond—while, as if alive on the pages of the book, all the characters who left their mark in the city’s history will appear.

You will learn:
— What difficulties engineers and builders faced.
— What traditions appeared among the city residents.
— What the station “Stalin Plant” is called now and what the station “VDNH” might have been called.
— Which architects participated in the design.