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A visitor with a backpack pauses inside a mosaic-lined Moscow metro station.

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Моя первая поездка в Московском метро

My First Ride on the Moscow Metro

Mosaics, a long escalator, and a crowded train: a first ride on the Moscow Metro brings nerves and a little pride.

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Today I am riding the Moscow metro for the first time.

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. Today I am riding the Moscow metro for the first time. «» . I enter the “Kievskaya” station and immediately notice beautiful mosaics on the walls. , . People are in a hurry, almost no one is smiling. — . I feel slight anxiety — everything here is fast and noisy. , , . The escalator is long, and it seems to me that it will never end. , , . When the train arrives, the doors open suddenly, and I go inside. , . In the carriage it’s clean but cramped. . I hold onto the handrail and try not to bother others. — , , . Around me are many sounds — announcements, conversations, the noise of wheels. , : , . Despite all this, I feel pride: I am in Moscow, I am riding through the city on my own. . The metro helps me feel like part of a big and vibrant world.
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