Giant escalators going down to metro station

Komsomolskaya metro designed by Aleksey Shchusev

Large mosaics like this decorate the walls symbolising aspects of Russian life

Life size bronze statues depicting ordinary citizens

Moscow Komsomolskaya metro

Moscow metro

Moscow's metro stations are themselves tourist attractions

With chandeliers, sculptures and splendid mosaics, station platforms and concourses resemble small palaces