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Some interesting facts about the Moscow's M. The Metro could have appeared as early as 1875 in Moscow, but the Russian Orthodox Church blocked it by claiming t
by avenoir 9y ago
Some interesting facts about the Moscow's M.
The Metro could have appeared as early as 1875 in Moscow, but the Russian Orthodox Church blocked it by claiming that "a man, created in the image of God, cannot humiliate himself by descending into the underworld."
In the October of 1941, during 2nd world war, the soviet government was preparing complete liquidation of the Metro. It was supposed to be flooded but the government order was soon abolished.
The total combined length of the M is 300km or 186 miles.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/victorstepanov/mscw-metro https://www.buzzfeed.com/victorstepanov/mscw-metro
- XaspR8d 9y agoWow, very literal meaning of liquidating government assets...
- negus 9y agoThe story about Church protest has no proof. At least I tried to find it and found nothing worthy
- avenoir 9y agoAccording to this source [1] the quote was supposedly from a bishop's letter to the Patriarch of Moscow at the time. > Церковники распускали разные, порою до глупости нелепые слухи. Один из архиереев писал московскому митрополиту: «Возможно ли допустить сию греховную мечту? Не унизит ли себя человек, созданный по образу и подобию божию разумным созданием, спустившись в преисподнюю? А что там есть, то ведает один бог, и грешному человеку ведать не надлежит». И подобная нелепость воспринималась всерьез. Seems like it was one of many letters, but not the sole factor that forced Duma to scrap the project. [1] http://www.metro.ru/library/metropoliteny/147/ http://www.metro.ru/library/metropoliteny/147/
- cat199 9y agoConsidering the presence of famously well known cave monasteries within the Russian Empire's borders dating back for 800 or so years even already at that time, with many famed ascetics, elders, and saints, I would hope that the letter yielded a sharp rebuke from the patriarch on that particular point.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Pechersk_Lavra#Caves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Pechersk_Lavra#Caves Not to mention the well known knowledge of Roman Christian persecution and the related subterranean activities required to survive at that time.. But since the quote is out of context and has no reference to an actual response, who is to say... All the better to make the church seem backwards though..
- clydethefrog 9y agoWhat was the motivation behind the liquidation? A quick search does not provide any details.
- danielvf 9y agoProbably the approaching German army. The Germans launched their attack on Moscow in October, 1941, which would line up with the timeline.