From the very beginning, the Moscow Metro was designed as an instrument of propaganda as well as transportation. Its grandiose stations were not only a projection of the power of the regime but ...

In a symbolic gesture to strengthen cultural and diplomatic ties with China, Moscow launched a special metro train decorated with traditional Chinese symbols on Wednesday to mark the Lunar New Year.

So in Moscow the people joined to build the Metro, and regard it today as a thing of beauty, their common achievement, their common possession." Source: "A Bright Future" The styles of the ...