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 Kultury and ...

Metro Two is widely regarded as one of Moscow’s most secretive engineering projects, a subterranean transit network allegedly designed to safeguard Soviet and later Russian leadership during crises.

The Kremlin has increasingly embraced the Soviet dictator and his legacy, using them to exalt Russian history in a time of war, but he remains a deeply divisive figure in Russia. By Ivan Nechepurenko ...

MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - In Moscow, some of the best architecture may lie many metres underground. With its vaulted ceilings, marble floors and tiled mosaics of Vladimir Lenin and the Red Army, the ...

Moscow metro unveils new Stalin monument Some Russians say it's important to remember Stalin Critics say his victims should be honoured instead MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - A monument to Soviet dictator ...

A monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin erected in Moscow’s subway is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it’s a mistake to commemorate ...