Palats Ukraina (Kyiv Metro)

Palats Ukraina (Ukrainian: Палац Україна, ) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. The station was opened on 30 December 1984, and is named after Ukraine's biggest concert hall located near it. The architecture was designed by A.S. Krushynskyi, T.A. Tselikovska, N. Alyoskin, with other design by S. Kirichenko and R. Kirichenko.

Palats Ukraina
Kyiv Metro
Kyiv Metro station
The Station Hall in 2010
General information
LocationPecherskyi District
Kyiv
Ukraine
Coordinates50°25′15″N 30°31′15″E
Owned byKyiv Metro
Line(s) Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code220
History
Opened30 December 1984
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesChervonoarmiyska
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station
Olimpiiska Obolonsko–Teremkivska line Lybidska
towards Teremky

Before 1991, the station was known as Chervonoarmiyska (Ukrainian: Червоноармійська, "Red Army") after the former name of the Velyka Vasylkivska street above it. All Soviet decorations in the station (thus including the ones pictured below) were removed due to 2015 decommunization laws.[1][2]

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.