This is a list of metro systems which were built under the Soviet Union and continue operating in the post-Soviet states.
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), Almaty Metro in Kazakhstan (2011) and Astana Light Metro in Kazakhstan (2026).
Additionally the Volgograd Metrotram, the Kryvyi Rih Metrotram and the Kyiv Pravoberezhna line are three 'metrotram' systems with elements of rapid transit, opened in 1984, 1986 and 1978 respectively. The latter one – being the oldest – is regarded to be the archetype of the other two systems.
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City Republic Name Year opened Year of last expansion Stations Lines System length Ridership (millions) Moscow Moscow Metro 1935 2025 311 16 2378.3 (2016) Leningrad(Now Saint Petersburg) Leningrad Metro 1955 2025 75 6 740.4 (2016) Kiev Kiev Metro 1960 2013 52content 3 484.6 (2016)Відправлення (перевезення) вантажів за видами транспорту (in Ukrainian). Kyiv.ukrstat.gov.ua. Retrieved on 1 October 2015. Tbilisi Tbilisi Metro 1966 2017New Metro Station University Opens in Tbilisi, 23 2 138.8 (2019) Baku Baku Metro 1967 2022 27 3 217.5 (2016) Kharkiv Kharkiv Metro 1975 2016 30 3 231.1 (2016)Пасажирські перевезення (щомісячна інформація). Kh.ukrstat.gov.ua. Retrieved on 23 September 2015. Tashkent Tashkent Metro 1977 2023The Yunusobod Line was opened in 2001. 50https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2025/11/12/metro/ 4 https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2025/11/12/metro/ 286.8 (2025)https://stat.uz/en/press-center/news-of-committee/66658-2025-jilda-metropoliten-or-ali-286-milliondan-zijod-j-lovchi-tashilgan-4 Yerevan Yerevan Metro 1981 1996Charbakh, 10 1 15.4 (2016) Minsk Minsk Metro 1984 2024 36 3 291.0 (2016) Gorky(Now Nizhny Novgorod) Gorky Metro 1985 2018Gorkovskaya, 16 2 30.4 (2016) Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Metro 1986 2025Opening of Sportivnaya station, 13 2 79.0 (2016) Kuybyshev(Now Samara) Kuybyshev Metro 1987 2015 10 1 15.6 (2016) Sverdlovsk(Now Yekaterinburg) Sverdlovsk Metro 1991 2012Chkalovskaya, 9 1 49.2 (2016)
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