The Moscow Metro was first opened in 1935 under Stalin’s Soviet Union, with a single 11km line serving 13 stations. In the eight decades that have followed, the metro system has been expanded to ...

Moscow's Voikovskaya metro station -- named in 1964 in honor a Bolshevik revolutionary who participated in the 1918 murder of the Russian royal family -- has inexplicably escaped the wave of name ...

The shortest platform of the Moscow Metro (just 26 meters), the Troitse-Lykovo was meant to be a fully functional station on the stretch between ‘Krylatskoye’ and ‘Strogino’ stations of ...

On May 15, 1935, a bold new chapter in Moscow’s history began underground. The city unveiled its first metro line — just 11.5 kilometres long, with 13 stations connecting Sokolniki to Park ...

The recently-revealed designs for two new Moscow Metro stations reflect a shift towards global transport design practices, but many stations on the network exist in a world of their own. Looking ...

A replica of a Soviet-era statue of Josef Stalin has been unveiled in a Moscow metro station as part of an attempt by the Kremlin to reappraise the dictator’s legacy. The life-sized sculpture ...

Reuters. A view shows Kievskaya metro station in Moscow, Russia, April 17, 2025. The Moscow metro, which is one of the world's most efficient public transport systems and Europe's largest ...

The Moscow Metro is among the largest in the world in terms of network length and number of stations, and it is a global leader in construction pace.