ARMORED TRAIN NO. 746. THE HISTORY OF THE ARMOREDTRAIN BUILT AT THE EXPENSE OF WORKERS AND EMPLOYEESOF THE MOSCOW METRO

The purpose of the article is to reconstruct the history of construction and combat application of the armored train No. 746. The study is based on the analysis of archival materials, periodicals, memoirs and historiography. This analysis summarizes scattered information about the armored train. A conclusion is made that, despite a short period of fighting, the crew of the armored train destroyed and misled significant enemy forces. The armored train became one of the success factors in the defensive operation on the southern face of the Kursk Bulge.