{"id":381,"date":"2015-01-14T00:39:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T08:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/?p=381"},"modified":"2019-07-12T13:32:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T20:32:42","slug":"7-myths-about-moscow-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/7-myths-about-moscow-metro","title":{"rendered":"7 Myths about Moscow Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/fun-facts-about-moscow-metro\">Moscow Metro<\/a> <\/strong>is arguably the<strong> most beautiful subway in the world.\u00a0<\/strong>However, it\u00a0is famous not only for it`s beauty, but also for history and&#8230; enormous amount of myths!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_65150\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gTUKjTIeSg?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>7\u00a0myths about Moscow Metro<\/h2>\n<h2>1. Rat-mutants<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1203\" style=\"width: 426px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1203\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1203 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/\u0421\u043f\u043b\u0438\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440.jpg\" alt=\"Fun facts about Moscow\" width=\"416\" height=\"432\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun facts about Moscow metro, Rat Mutants. Photo: ninjaturtles.ru<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They are said to be as big as dogs! They live in the subway tunnels and regularly gnaw cables. Commandos hunt them with flamethrowers. The rumor was born during the restructuring, but was extremely tenacious.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Metro-2<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1200\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1200\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1200 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/metro21.jpg\" alt=\"How does Moscow metro look like\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts about Moscow Metro, Metro-2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From\u00a0the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense. For example, during World War II it was actively used as a bomb shelter, and after the Second World War new metro stations were constructed as a defense for\u00a0a possible attack on the Soviet Union, including nuclear. Therefore, the stations are provided with sealed doors that can withstand strong shock wave, and the subway ventilation shafts are equipped with special filters.<\/p>\n<p>At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of \u00a0Metro-2 Moscow subway. Metro-2 has\u00a0four lines, and it has a passage in the Kremlin, through the corridors and offices of the red line of metro. Metro-2 is equipped with everything you need, from food storage\u00a0to the nuclear button.<\/p>\n<p>According to some sources, this system has another name\u00a0&#8220;D-6&#8221; that\u00a0consists of three main lines with a total length of more than 150 kilometers.<\/p>\n<h2>3. Metro dogs<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1201\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1201\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/metro_03.jpg\" alt=\"How to use Moscow Metro\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts about Moscow Metro, Subway Dogs. Photo: \u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0434\u043e\u0433\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0435\u0440.\u0440\u0444<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are supposedly 500 dogs living in the subway. No one knows how well they are oriented in the system of \u00a0Moscow metro and what kind of directions they give to tourists.\u00a0However, it is believed that the dogs have a home in one station and daily commute to work, which is situated in another one.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Coffee Ring<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1202\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1202\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1202 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/coffee-ring-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Guide to Moscow Metro\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts about Moscow Metro, Coffee Ring<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like\u00a0a bunch of separate lines. There is a myth about how Joseph Stalin accidentally\u00a0put a\u00a0coffee cup on the Metro construction project, which was just\u00a0the center of the city. The cup left a brown ring stain&#8230; allegedly that&#8217;s how we got our\u00a0brown color ring line in Moscow metro. People, drink more coffee, it makes miracles\u00a0;)<\/p>\n<h2>5. Zodiac Metro<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1204\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1204\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1204 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/metro600.gif\" alt=\"Unusual undergrounds in the world\" width=\"600\" height=\"737\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts about Moscow Metro, Zodiac Moscow. Photo: timsviridov.ru<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector. Kursk metro stop corresponds to Aries , Taganskaya to Taurus, Paveletskaya &#8211; Twins, Dobryninskaya &#8211; Cancer, Oktyabrskaya &#8211; Lion, Park Kultury &#8211; Virgo, Kievskaya \u00a0&#8211; Libra, Krasnopresnenskaya &#8211; Scorpio, Belarusskaya &#8211; Sagittarius, Novoslobodskaya &#8211; Capricorn, Prospekt Mira &#8211; Aquarius, Komsomolskaya &#8211; Pisces.<\/p>\n<p>Astrologers believe that being in a particular zodiac sector of Moscow for a long time,\u00a0you attract certain energy and events into your life.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Paleontological finds<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1205\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1205\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1205 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dobrynya2.jpg\" alt=\"most beautiful subways in the world\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts about Moscow Metro, Paleontological finds. Photo: russian7.ru<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you look\u00a0carefully at\u00a0red marble-like limestone walls of some of the Metro stations, you can see the petrified inhabitants of ancient seas, corals, snails, shells of ammonites and even sea lilies.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Conspiration game<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_1206\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1206\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1206 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/9J8uZeE8HP4.jpg\" alt=\"most beautiful underground stations in the world\" width=\"604\" height=\"405\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun Facts about Moscow Metro, Conspiracy Game. Photo: cs623929.vk.me<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If two people stand at the opposite columns of Metro station Mayakovskaya and one says something to the column, the second will be able to hear the words, even among\u00a0the noise of the train!<\/p>\n<p>True? Not true? There&#8217;s only one way to find out &#8211; on our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/tours\/metro-tour-moscow\">Moscow Metro Tour<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow Metro is arguably the most beautiful subway in the world.\u00a0However, it\u00a0is famous not only for it`s beauty, but also for history and&#8230; enormous amount of myths! 7\u00a0myths about Moscow \u2026<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/7-myths-about-moscow-metro\">Continue<i class=\"icon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[1029,1146,1151,1149,1143,1141,880,970,1140,1139,1145,1152,942,1142,1148,1041,1153,1147,1150,1144],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6275,"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/6275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}