Mayakovskaya is one of the favourites among my colleagues and students. It isn’t frequented nearly as often as Novoslobodskaya or Komsomolskaya since Mayakovskaya isn’t on the circle line, but even though I haven’t seen all of Moscow’s metro stations yet, I’m sure it’s going to end up on my final top five list.
If you’re into history, then this station is an absolute must. It was opened on Sept. 11th, 1938. During the Second World War, Stalin took residence here. Stalin also addressed a crowd of politicians and ordinary citizens here on the anniversary of the October Revolution in 1941. Mayakovskaya also served as a command post for the city’s anti-aircraft regiment as well as an air raid shelter since it’s 33m underground.
I love the little girl looking up at the ceiling holding her babushka’s hand.
Otherwise, Mayakovskaya is famous because of its Stalinist architecture and beauty. It’s considered to be one of the entire system’s most beautiful stations, and what people like most about Mayakovskaya is the ceiling mosaics. People are constantly walking while gazing up at the ceiling, especially kids.
Each mosaic is deep in the middle of one of the ceiling vaults in an imperfectly-shaped oval. The theme is 24-Hour Soviet Sky, so there are a lot of airplanes and other sky/air-related pictures. I like the ones with the flowers, like the first one, which reminds of cherry blossoms in Japan and the one with sunflowers because sunflowers always remind me of the sunflower field I saw in Hokkaido. Of course, I love the clock tower with the communist star that’s in Red Square.
Anyway, enjoy Mayakovskaya’s mosaics for this week’s Photo Friday! 
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My favourite mosaic is the one with sunflowers.
Which one is yours?
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