This is the best guide to Moscow available. The maps are fantastic. It was INDISPENSABLE when I lived there in '94. I have not seen anything that can come close to it on the market. One plus was that it was small and discreet. You did not have to look like an idiot folding and unfolding a huge map. Just glancing at the cover gave you metro information. New guides like the Insight Guide, or the Rough Guide are useless in comparison, they are totally glossy and superficial.