- Baumanskaya
Baumanskaya (Бауманская) is a station on the
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of theMoscow Metro , named after the revolutionary Nikolai Bauman. It was designed byBoris Iofan andYu.P. Zenkevich and opened in1944 . TheArt Deco design features whitemarble pylons with rounded corners, projecting, fluted piers faced with red ceramic tile, and decorative ventilation grilles. In the bays between each set of piers are bronze sculptures by V.A. Andreev depicting Russian soldiers and workers of the home front duringWorld War II . At the end of the platform is a mosaic portrait ofVladimir Lenin .Interesting facts
A very strange manuscript is on the wall of station. It is situated near the first car stop towards the
Shcholkovskaya station just under the last ventilation lattice. The inscription is deeply carved in marble on about 120 cm above the flour, about 8 cm in length and 1,5 cm in height. It consists of two dates, divided by hyphen. They are written just like that: 19 14/XI 46 - 19 15/XII 54 (14/11/1946 - 15/12/1954). That way of writing is very similar to the way dates are written on gravestones. The origin of that artefact is unknown. For further information see [http://mishanya2004lj.narod.ru/Baum.html here] (Russian).External links
* [http://www.metro.ru/stations/arbatsko-pokrovskaya/baumanskaya/ metro.ru]
* [http://www.mymetro.ru/cgi-bin/list.pl?lng=ru&a=1&b=3&c=07 mymetro.ru]
* [http://www.kartametro.info/?hl=EN&ms=Baumanskaya&z=17&t=k KartaMetro.info] — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)
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