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Baumanskaya (Russian:Бауманскаяpronunciationⓘ) is a station on theArbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of theMoscow Metro, named after the revolutionaryNikolai Bauman. It was designed byBoris Iofan andYury Zenkevich and opened in 1944. 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. This station is very busy, as one of the biggest Moscow institutes (Moscow State Technical University) is located not far away.
The station was closed in 2015 for repairs, maintenance and escalator shaft replacement. The escalators at Baumanskaya were the oldest on the network, having operated non-stop since 1944. They were the last H-series escalators in operation on the whole network.[1][2]

Baumanskaya is the second busiest station in Moscow Metro.The facts:


A cryptic inscription is on the wall of station. It is situated near the first car stop towards theShchyolkovskaya station just under the last ventilation lattice. The inscription is deeply carved in marble on about 120 centimetres (47 in) above the floor, is about 8 centimetres (3.1 in) in length and 1.5 centimetres (0.59 in) in height. It consists of two dates, divided by hyphen:
19 14/XI 46 – 19 15/XII 54
These dates translate to 14 November 1946 – 15 December 1954. The way of writing is very similar to the way dates are written on gravestones. The origin of that artifact is unknown.[3]