Moscow's metro turns 80

‘Meduza' collects photos of one of the oldest, busiest subway systems in the world

This year, the Moscow metro is 80-years-old. With more riders than almost anywhere in the world today, Moscow's subway system is one of the Soviet Union's greatest lasting achievements. When it opened in 1935, the metro had a single 11-kilometer (6.8-mile) line and just 13 stations. Today, the Moscow subway system boasts 12 lines and nearly 200 stations, covering more than 325 kilometers (more than 200 miles). In light of this eight-decade milestone, Meduza has collected photographs from some of the Moscow metro's most celebrated stations.

Sokolniki (the very first station)

Novoslobodskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Mayakovskaya

Mayakovskaya

Kiyevskaya

Taganskaya

Taganskaya

Partizanskaya

Ploshchad Revolyutsii

Belorusskaya

Arbatskaya

Komsomolskaya

Vystavochnaya

Aeroport

Vorobyovy Gory

Spartak (the newest station)

Park Kultury