1977 Moscow Bombings - Bombings

Bombings

On January 8, 1977 three explosive devices detonated in Moscow. The first bomb went off at 17:33 on a crowded train between the Izmailovskaya and Pervomaiskaya stations of the Moscow Metro. At 18:05, a second bomb detonated inside the grocery store in the Bauman area. Five minutes later the third bomb exploded near yet another grocery store on the 25th of October Street, just a few hundred meters away from KGB and CPSU headquarters. On February 8, 1977, Izvestia, an official newspaper of the Soviet government, reported that the attacks had resulted in seven deaths and 37 injuries.

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