Станция метро «Комсомольская-кольцевая»: рождение замысла

Abstract

As part of the study “Komsomolskaya-Koltsevaya Metro Station. The project of architect A.V. Shchusev”, the authors investigate the birth of the idea of one of the best Moscow’s metro stations. Komsomolskaya-Koltsevaya is considered as part of the urban-planning ensemble of Komsomolskaya Square and as a kind of continuation of the architectural ensemble of Kazan railway station. The station was dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War and was created in the Russian style, reflecting the rise of the national consciousness of the winners. This dedication also left an imprint on its architecture and decoration. The Russian-style pro­jects brought Shchusev fame even before the October Revolution. After the revolution, the architect turned to this direction again in a number of his works, the last of which was Komsomolskaya-Koltsevaya. Shchusev's participation in the creation of the Moscow Metro since the 1920s has also been considered, a number of metro facilities co-engineered by Shchusev have been identified. The new data present a completely different picture of the early metro station design.