Moscow Metro Through The Ages

The first line of the Moscow metropolitan railway opened on May 15, 1935. Although such a project was discussed as early as 1875, the metro's first 11.2-kilometer stretch from Park Kultury to Sokolniki ?€” pictured here before its opening ?€” was not completed for another 60 years.

The entrance hall of the Smolenskaya metro station, pictured in 1935.

One of the bronze sculptures in the metro station Ploshchad Revolyutsii.

The entrance to the Kropotkinskaya metro station.

The hall of the Mayakovskaya metro station.

The Moscow metro and Sergei Andriyaka's school of watercolor techniques prepared a special gift to Muscovites and their children for International Children's Day. The 'Aquarelle Train' ?€” a gallery on wheels ?€” came into public service on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro on June 1, 2007.

The Moscow metro and Sergei Andriyaka's school of watercolor techniques prepared a special gift to Muscovites and their children for International Children's Day. The 'Aquarelle Train' ?€” a gallery on wheels ?€” came into public service on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro on June 1, 2007.

Construction of the Petrovsko-Razumovskaya station, 1990.

Turnstiles made for 5-kopek coins at Kolkhoznaya, now Sukharevskaya, station, 1990.

Coin change machines at Kolkhoznaya, now Sukharevskaya, station, 1990.

A train hanging suspended during checks at a depot, 1990.

The ceiling at Sretensky Bulvar station, 2012.

Roman mythical figures Romulus and Remus playing on faux-classical columns at Rimskaya station, 2012.

Muscovites traveling in a typical rush-hour crush, 2010.

Smog from fires around Moscow penetrates Oktyabrskoye Pole station, 2010.