Moscow, 1935. At the presidium of the solemn meeting in the House of Columns dedicated to the inauguration of the Moscow Metro's first stage (from left to right): People's Commissar for Military and Navy Affairs and Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR K.Ye.Voroshilov, Deputy Chairman of the Sovnarkom of the USSR V.Ya.Chubar , CC CPSU General Secretary I.V.Stalin, First deputy chairman of USSR Gosplan and deputy chairman of the Council of Peop!e's Commissars V.I. Mezhlauk, Head of the Soviet Government V.M. Molotov and the chairman of the Supreme Council for Economy G.K. Ordzhonikidze.