Learn how the décor of these stations serve as silent evidence of how Russian ideology and politics have shifted over time, from when leading Soviet artists and sculptors were hired to design the stations in a Stalinist Empire style, to when the former Premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, ordered a “De-Stalinization” process throughout Russia, which resulted in many of Stalin’s images and statues being removed. Listen to intriguing stories of how these stations were used as bomb shelters during World War II, and how they even became makeshift hospitals, eateries, and important gathering places for members of the communist party during that time.