The Monday Map: 80 years of Moscow Metro maps
The very first map of the archive – 1931. It’s actually a projection of the lines that will be open in 1935.
Metro.ru is a project by the Russian designer Artiom Lebedev. It was started in 1996 and is regularly updated. It features an extensive collection of maps of the metro of Moscow of the past 80 years.
The first one is from 1931 and the latest one is the official one released last year. It’s really amazing to see the evolution of the map but also all the “unofficial” maps that were designed during the soviet era.
You will find below some of our favorite ones but make sure to check this page to see the full archive. Also you can read the history of the metro of Moscow on the official website here.
Alex
The first colored map in 1946 with cute icons representing the monuments.
Beautiful illustrated map from 1946.
The first map in English – 1962
An unofficial map on a piece of fabric. Not sure what it was used for. 1967
The first map featuring the current design – 1984
The latest official map released – 2010
3 comments
1962 is my favorite so nice!
My favorite is the B&W 1946, cause I love this era of our civilization where everything was handwritten, simple but at the same time you can feel progress and technology improving every year people’s life.
I actually just got back from Moskva (Moscow) and before I return next week the only thing I need but lacked below Russian earth, is how do the “exit” signs look like… :D
It is just as complicated inside as in the 2010 map…
The 2010 map is actually a projecion of what the map will look like “in many years” (from the title)