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The Tashkent Metro: Soviet Architecture Under Central Asia's Streets
When the Tashkent Metro opened in 1977, it wasn't just a transit system — it was a Soviet showpiece carved through earthquake-prone earth and decorated like an underground palace. This episode takes you station by station: the chandeliers of Alisher Navoiy, the blue mosaic cosmos of Kosmonavtlar, the carved marble of Pakhtakor. Lucas explains why Brezhnev personally approved the project after the 1966 earthquake, how Central Asian motifs like the suzani and girih tilework were woven into socialist realism, and why photography was banned until 2018. Luna asks about the workers who built…
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