Hill, MichaelaOtto, JonStrachan, KierstenThompson, RitaHurd, ElizabethCole, EmilySmith, RobertMiles, SarahCapps, SarahCollins, AdrianaDixon, ArthurRodríguez, MoniqueRomines, RichardOtis, FranklinClark, Matthew2016-11-152021-04-142016-11-152021-04-144/1/16https://hdl.handle.net/11244.46/1212Runner-up for the Griswold Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Historical ScholarshipThe Moscow Metrostroi Project began as a much-hated proposal by Soviet government officials to alleviate congestion in the 1920s. But in a fascinating process described by Hill, this proposal evolved into the construction of a metro line that symbolized the possibility of a socialist utopia for Muscovites. She argues that the USSR’s first metro line was significant as a state-initiated project in which workers collectively overcame the obstacles of creating a socialist society. Workers equated building the metro with building socialism, and the metro’s 1935 completion seemed to herald the beginning of a decidedly urban socialist society. –Monique Rodríguez.