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The Tashkent Metro: Soviet Architecture Under Uzbekistan's Streets
When the 1966 earthquake leveled much of Tashkent, the Soviet government rebuilt the city with an ambitious project: a metro system that would double as a propaganda showcase. This episode takes you underground through the Tashkent Metro, opened in 1977, to explore its stunning stations—each designed as a 'palace for the people' with chandeliers, marble, mosaics, and murals extolling Soviet values. We discuss how the metro served as both a functional transit system and a Cold War prestige project, with stations named after cosmonauts, revolutionary heroes, and abstract concepts like…
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