Conocido como uno de los sistemas de transporte subterráneo más grandes del mundo, el Metro de Moscú ha sido construido con materiales que uno suele asociar con palacios y museos. Estamos hablando de mármol, muros de granito, columnas de bronce y lámparas de lágrimas, todos bajo las calles de la capital de Rusia.
A pesar de su renombre, el gobierno de Moscú no suele permitir a los fotógrafos profesionales capturan la belleza de las estaciones. Sin embargo, en 2014 el fotógrafo David Burdney tuvo la oportunidad. Burdney pudo registrar con su cámara las estaciones completamente vacías, luego que las puertas hayan cerrado para la atención de público.
El interés original por parte de Burdney surgió por el especial rol que ha jugado el sistema de transporte en la historia de Rusia. Conocido como "palacios para el pueblo", las estaciones originales abrieron sus puertas en 1935 como elemento clave en la propaganda comunista. Empleando el eslogan "El país entero es un Metro construido", Joseph Stalin empleó a cerca de 75.000 trabajadores para finalizar la construcción del sistema como un símbolo del nuevo gobierno.
Hoy el Metro de Moscú transporta diariamente a más de 9 millones de personas en sus 206 estaciones. Con una serie de extensión en construcción, esta red se convertiría en la de mayor extensión en 2020.
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