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The Tashkent Metro: Soviet Propaganda Underground
In 1977, Tashkent opened its first metro line, a glittering subterranean palace of chandeliers, marble, and mosaics celebrating Soviet unity, the Uzbek people, and the friendship of nations. But this was more than just a transport project. It was a deliberate piece of ideological engineering, designed to impress upon Central Asians the supposed triumph of Soviet civilization. We walk through the stations—Kosmonavtlar, Alisher Navoiy, Mustaqillik Maydoni—and decode the hidden messages in their art. We explore how the metro's construction, led by workers from Leningrad, mirrored the…
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