Taganskaya written in Cyrillic.
While stations like Komsomoldskaya, Ploshchad Revolyutsii, and others just make my jaw drop in amazement, Moscow’s Taganskaya subway station has a calming effect on me because of the light blue maiolica panels.
If you look directly at each of the 48 panels and examine its art, the calming effect may dissipate; I don’t know about you, but the military doesn’t give me a sense of relief. However, it’s not blatantly obvious because of the colour scheme. The floral elements are lovely, of course, and everything goes well with the cream-tiled walls and the marble, including the matching chandeliers. ↓
Don’t you just love the blue and the chandeliers?
I look forward to walking through this station every Friday when I’m going to and from my off-site lesson. I love the beautiful blue in my peripheral vision as I walk through the station.
Here are close-ups of some of the beautiful maiolica panels of Taganskaya, another amazing, old, Moscow subway station for you to enjoy. It was first opened on January 1st, 1950, and you can see all the station’s panels if you stop here on the circle line. 
Notice how all of them have a communist star above the frame featuring each person – soldiers, pilots, sailors, etc. ↓
If you’re exiting Taganskaya (on the circle line) via the escalators, look up right after you get off the first one. ↓
Another reminder of Russia’s communist past.
So, how do you like Taganskaya?
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