Russians Fall in Line

Hundreds of Soviet patrons lined up outside Moscow's first McDonald's when it opened on Jan. 31, 1990.

People lined up to enter the Lenin mausoleum on Red Square, after it reopened for the public following its annual cleaning and maintenance ?€” March 25, 1997.

Russians lined up along the banks of the Moscow River to visit a relic of the Virgin Mary being shown in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Nov. 22, 2011.

People stand in line to enter a souvenir shop at the Olympic Park during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 16, 2014.

People stand in line to attend a memorial service before the funeral of Russian leading opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, with vehicles driving along a road in the foreground, in Moscow, March 3, 2015.

People, who took out loans and mortgages denominated in foreign currency, hold a rally demanding restructuring their debt at the currency exchange rate recommended by Russian Central Bank, at the Deltacredit bank in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 20, 2016.

Visitors to Moscow's State Tretyakov gallery broke an entrance door in an attempt to enter a popular exhibition, the Meduza news website reported last week.



The door was broken by visitors to the Valentin Serov exhibition, which opened in the Tretyakov gallery on Oct. 7, 2015.