List of metro systems in the Soviet Union

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This is a list of metro systems which were built under the Soviet Union and kept on working in the post-Soviet states.

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There were 13 metro systems in 7 of the 15 Soviet republics just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. A 14th metro system, the Dnipro Metro, started construction in 1982, but due to financial difficulties was not opened until 1995. Other than in Dnipro, the only metro systems built in the post-Soviet states after 1991 are Kazan Metro in Russia (2005) and Almaty Metro in Kazakhstan (2011). Additionally the Volgograd Metrotram, the Kryvyi Rih Metrotram and the Kyiv Pravoberezhna line [1] are three metrotram systems with elements of metro, opened in 1984, 1986 and 1978 respectively. The latter one –being the oldest– is regarded to be the archetype of the other two systems. [2] [3]

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CityRepublicNameYear openedYear of last expansionStationsLinesSystem length Ridership (millions)
Moscow Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Moscow Metro [4] 19352023 258 [5] 17460.5 km (286.1 mi) [5] 2378.3 (2016) [R 1]
Leningrad
(Now Saint Petersburg)		Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Leningrad Metro 19552019 71 [6] 5118.6 km (73.7 mi) [6] 740.4 (2016) [R 1]
Kyiv Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Kyiv Metro 19602013 52 [7] 367.6 km (42.0 mi) [7] 484.6 (2016) [R 1] [R 2]
Tbilisi Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR Tbilisi Metro 1966 [8] 2017 [9] 23 [10] 227.1 km (16.8 mi) [10] 105.4 (2016) [R 1]
Baku Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR Baku Metro 1967 [11] 2022 27 [11] 340.3 km (25.0 mi) [11] 217.5 (2016) [R 1]
Kharkiv Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR Kharkiv Metro 19752016 30 [7] 338.1 km (23.7 mi) [7] 231.1 (2016) [R 1] [R 3]
Tashkent Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg  Uzbek SSR Tashkent Metro 19772023 [Nb 1] 43 [7] 459.5 km (37.0 mi) [7] 53.5 (2016) [R 1]
Yerevan Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR Yerevan Metro 1981 [12] 1996 [13] 10 [12] 113.4 km (8.3 mi) [12] 15.4 (2016) [R 1]
Minsk Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Byelorussian SSR Minsk Metro 1984 [14] 2020 33 [15] 340.8 km (25.4 mi) [15] 291.0 (2016) [R 1]
Gorky
(Now Nizhny Novgorod)		Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Gorky Metro 19852018 [16] 16 [6] 221.6 km (13.4 mi) [6] 30.4 (2016) [R 1]
Novosibirsk Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Novosibirsk Metro 19862010 [17] 13 [6] 215.9 km (9.9 mi) [6] 79.0 (2016) [R 1]
Kuybyshev
(Now Samara)		Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Kuybyshev Metro 1987 [18] 2015 [19] 13 [19] 112.7 km (7.9 mi) [18] [19] 15.6 (2016) [R 1]
Sverdlovsk
(Now Yekaterinburg)		Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR Sverdlovsk Metro 19912012 [20] 9 [6] 112.7 km (7.9 mi) [6] 49.2 (2016) [R 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Yunusobod Line was opened in 2001.

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