From the web: “Celebrate the Moscow metro’s 80th birthday with a journey through the city’s history – in pictures”

When it opened on 15 May 1935, the Moscow metro was a subterranean Communist paradise: its chandeliers, marble, intricate mosaics and heroic statues created an opulent space that was accessible for the city’s workers.

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