80th Anniversary: Inside The Moscow Metro, A Collection Of 20th-Century Art

Men stand in front of a mosaic depicting former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina metro station in Moscow.

A couple kisses in front of a stained-glass panel at the Novoslobodskaya metro station, which was built in 1952.

People wait for the train at the Mayakovskaya metro station, built in 1938.

A ceiling panel at the Novoslobodskaya metro station

A woman touches the nose of the so-called "lucky dog" statue at the Ploshchad Revolyutsii station.

People walk under a mosaic of Lenin at the Komsomolskaya metro station.

A couple in front of a stained glass panel at the Novoslobodskaya metro station

Women walk past a statue at the Belorusskaya metro station.

The interior of the Prospekt Mira metro station

The Moscow metro also boasts interesting benches and seats.

Two men go down an escalator at a Moscow metro station.

A stained-glass panel inside the Novoslobodskaya station

Crowds at the Prospekt Mira station

A map of the Moscow metro system is seen behind a poster warning passengers to avoid the closing doors on the train.