Rave wake and Stalin’s speech: the most unusual events in the Moscow Metro
Sputnik; Olga Shveitser/TASS; Legion Media
Throughout its 85-year existence, the Moscow Metro has not only carried passengers, but served as a dance floor, a catwalk, a library and even a maternity ward. We tell about the most interesting events that have taken place deep under the Russian capital.
1. Library, maternity ward and speech hall during the Great Patriotic War
"I stop by almost daily. Not because this station’s on the way home, but to have time to read newspapers and other literature... The only drawbacks are the circulating air from the moving trains and the continuous flow of passengers,” civil engineer Bogdanov (first name unknown) described Kurskaya metro station in the first year of the Great Patriotic War.