The Reconstruction of Moscow

Kirovsky Subway Sfation

THE ROLE OF THE SUBWAY IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MOSCOW

Municipal transportation facilities play a great role in the life of big cities. They, are of special importance in the land of socialism. Having the shortest working day in the world— a seven hour-day— the workers and toilers of the cities of the. Soviet Union enjoy enough leisure time to take anr active part in the political and social life of the country. Leisure time is widely used for cultural development, for the satisfaction of the varied cultural demands and re- quirements which have grown so tremendously since the Revolution. In no city in the world has the utilization of urban transportation facilities by the population developed at

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