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1954 Press Photo The 33 Mile Long and 39 Station Moscow Subway In Soviet Russia

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This is the second in a series of exclusive photo stories on life in Soviet Russia today, made on the candid camera of Richard Elden, Northwestern University student, during a 5,000 mile tour of the USSR. They afford the free world its closet look in a decade at the fearful land behind the iron curtain, from Red Square in Moscow to important cities and uneasy villages throughout the soviet Union. Moscow is as proud of its Subway as Mussolini was of making the Italian trains run on time. Up to now, the Moscow subway has been little more than a story to the great majority of the people outside the iron curtain. But these photos give you a close up of Moscow's pride and joy. The subway, arranged in a circle with three sections radiating from a central point to the outside, is 33 miles long and has 39 stations, decor of which is somewhat too fancy for Western taste.

Photo is dated 1954.

Photo measures 9.25 x 7 inches.
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