Launch of the Moscow Metro train "Kurskaya Duga"

Russia. Moscow. World War II veteran, Chairman of the Council of Veterans of the Moscow Metro Valentin Alekseevich Bolotov (left) during the ceremony of donating to the Moscow Metro People's Museum from the Belgorod Railway Museum a painting by an unknown artist, "The Last Battle of the Moscow Metro Armored Train," as part of the presentation of the new Moscow Metro train, "Kurskaya Bulga," at the Severnoye depot on the eve of the 58th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The Moscow Metro armored train, built in 1943 with funds from Moscow Metro workers, took part in the battles of the first, defensive stage of the Battle of Kursk in the area of the Sazhnoye - Gostischevo railway stations. Oleg Buldakov/TASS