Entrance to the first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Moscow, Russia, in the Soviet Union in 1991. The 900-seat restaurant opened at dawn on 31 January 1990 on Pushkin Square in Central Moscow. The Soviet Union ended on 31 December of 1991. McDonald’s stopped operating in Russia in 2022 and the restaurant reopened under Russian management as Vkusno & tochka (Tasty and that’s it).

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Entrance to the first McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Moscow, Russia, then the Soviet Union in 1991. It has been reported that more than 5,000 Soviets were waiting for the 900-seat restaurant to open its doors for the first time at dawn on 31 January 1990 on Pushkin Square in Central Moscow. The new and world’s largest McDonald’s at the time set a record by serving over 30,000 people that day in central Moscow. The Soviet Union ended on 31 December of 1991. McDonald’s stopped operating it’s 682 fast-food outlets in Russia in 2022 after the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. The original restaurant on Pushkin Square reopened in June 2022 under Russian management as Vkusno & tochka (Tasty and that’s it).

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Size: 5050px × 3484px
Location: Bolshaya Bronnaya Ulitsa 29, Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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