List of metro systems in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia
This is a list of metro systems which were built under the Soviet Union and kept on working in the post-Soviet states. There were 13 metro systems in 7 of the 15 Soviet republics just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Moscow Metro - Wikipedia
Opened in 1935 with one 11-kilometre (6.8 mi) line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union.
Metro-2 - Wikipedia
Metro-2 (Russian: Метро-2) is the informal designation for a clandestine and officially unacknowledged deep underground metro system in the Moscow metropolitan area.
The Stunning Grandeur of Soviet-Era Metros - The New York Times
2021年11月1日 · The Moscow Metro alone, which opened in 1935 and serves as a propagandistic model of Soviet might, has more than 200 stations and spans hundreds of miles.
‘Palaces of the people’: Inside the lavish metro stations of the Soviet ...
2019年11月11日 · Traveling along one of the metro networks built across the Soviet Union between the 1930s and 1980s feels a bit like entering a series of historic underground monuments. Filled with decadent...
The Former Soviet Union's Surprisingly Gorgeous Subways
2019年9月29日 · At the height of the Soviet Union, just 30 in every 1,000 Soviet citizens owned a car. Even the scrappiest lemons cost a fortune, so instead of driving to work, lots of people took the...
The Soaring Symbolism of Moscow’s Subways - JSTOR Daily
2018年5月9日 · The subway, designed to shuttle Moscow’s poor laborers from point A to point B, nonetheless adopted aesthetics that upheld the supposed beauty of Soviet life. Lofty ceilings, massive slabs of marble, and colorful mosaics celebrated Soviets in all their incarnations, from military leaders to collective farmers.
CCCP UNDERGROUND - sold out - Frank Herfort
In this volume, photographer Frank Herfort presents the subway systems of the Soviet era. His photographs combine to form a holistic and comprehensive representation of socialist subway architecture. Over a period of more than 5 years he visited more than 770 metro stations on all 19 Soviet subway networks.
Moscow Metro | Description, History, & Facts | Britannica
The Metro is one of the busiest subway networks in the world and on a normal weekday will carry more than 8 million passengers along 286.8 miles (461.5 km) of track, visiting 258 stations on route. Work began on an underground railway system for the city of Moscow in the 1930s, and the opening stage was built from 1935 to 1937; the first line ...
Subterranean Secrets: Moscow’s Metro-2 and the DIY-Subway …
2011年2月1日 · Russian citizens have propagated them as proof of the Soviet regime’s paranoia and self-indulgence. A subterranean exploration group called the Diggers has claimed to know its way around Metro-2...