Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Russian:Площадь Революции) is a station of theMoscow Metrosystem, in theTverskoy District of central Moscow,Russia. The station is on theArbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and named afterRevolution Square (Resurrection Square until 1918), under which it is located.
When the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line was first built, the tracks from Ploshchad Revolyutsii extended westward toAleksandrovsky Sad rather thanArbatskaya. When the westward extension of the line was completed in 1953, trains were rerouted through the new segment.
The station opened in 1938, its architect wasAlexey Dushkin. The station features red and yellowmarblearches resting on low pylons faced with blackArmenian marble. The spaces between the arches are partially filled by decorative ventilation grilles and ceilingtracery.
The station contains 76 statues in thesocialist realism style. Originally, 80 sculptures were created for the space—10 pairs, each replicated 4 times throughout the station. Today, nine pairs are in the archways, and a copy of the final pair ("The Pioneers") appears on each of the two platforms, bringing the total number of statues to 76.[1] Each arch is flanked by a pair ofbronze sculptures byMatvey Manizer depicting the people of theSoviet Union, including soldiers, farmers, athletes, writers, aviators, industrial workers, and schoolchildren. The series is meant to be considered in order, symbolizing Russia's transformation from the pre-revolutionary past, through the revolution, into the (then) contemporary era.[1] The order of sculpture pairs are:
Several of the sculptures are widely believed to bring good luck to those whorub them. The practice is targeted at specific areas on individual sculptures, including the soldier's pistol, the patrolman's dog, the roosters, and the female student's shoe.[2]
From this station, passengers can transfer toTeatralnaya on theZamoskvoretskaya Line andOkhotny Ryad on theSokolnicheskaya Line, but the latter can be reached only through Teatralnaya as there is no direct transfer.
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 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line |
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 Filyovskaya line |
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 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line |
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 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line | |||||
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 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line |
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 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line |
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 Moscow Monorail | |||||
 Moscow Central Circle |
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 Nekrasovskaya line | |||||
 Troitskaya line | |||||
 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line | |||||
 Biryulyovskaya line | |||||
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