There was a special subway line, Metro 2†, which ran from the Kremlin to Khodynka Airfield, Moscow's downtown airport, next to GRU HQ. In the event of an immine

There was a special subway line, Metro 2†, which ran from the Kremlin to Khodynka Airfield, Moscow's downtown airport, next to GRU HQ. In the event of an imminent threat, the Soviet leadership would have hopped onto Metro 2, been transported to Khodynka, and been flown from there to a secure command post somewhere in the Urals. †http://books.google.com/books?id=rsB-5-e0RwgC&pg=PA65&dq=subway+kremlin+khodynka&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tHg2UpqrAba14AP3qoDoBQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=subway%20kremlin%20khodynka&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=rsB-5-e0RwgC&pg=PA65&dq=sub... Also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-2