One of Josef Stalin’s greatest accomplishments, the Moscow Metro opened in 1935. To this day ,it is probably the best underground transit system in the world, with elegant stations everywhere along the lines.

The elaborate stations are a tribute to the Communist Ideal.

Chandeliers light the platforms.

A large mural at Kievskaya Station shows joyous Ukranian proletariats.

Murals on the ceilings. Hero workers.

Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic

A hub and spoke system.

Smolenskaya Station.

Comrade Soldiers.

Comrade Lenin.

Conrade Stalin.