The first line of the Moscow Metro opened on May 15, 1935 and ran from Sokolniki station to Park Kultury station. Since then, 14 lines and more than two hundred stations have appeared, 48 of which are recognized as objects of cultural heritage, and another 40-architectural monuments. Here are pictures from the municipal archive of Trondheim, Norway, which show the Moscow Metro in the year of its opening.
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"Lenin Library»
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Entrance to the station " Krymskaya Ploshchad»
"Red Gate»
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The lobby of " Kirovskaya»
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"Komsomolskaya Square»
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"Komsomolskaya Square»
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Krymskaya Ploshchad metro station»
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"Kropotkinskaya»
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"Kropotkinskaya»
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Okhotny Ryad Escalator Hall»
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Passage to the trains at the Okhotny Ryad station»
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"Sokolniki»
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Komsomolskaya Square platform»
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Train at Sokolniki station»
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Lobby of the Komsomolskaya Ploshchad metro station»