Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv (Kyiv Metro)

Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv (Ukrainian: Площа Українських Героїв, lit. 'Ukrainian Heroes Square') is a station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. Until May 2023 it was named Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Ukrainian: Площа Льва Толстого, ^ⓘ). The station was opened on 19 December 1981, and was named after the writer Leo Tolstoy (who visited Kyiv only once[1]). It was designed by N.A. Levchuk and V.B. Zhezheryn.

Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv
Kyiv Metro station
The Station Hall
General information
Location	Shevchenkivskyi District Kyiv Ukraine
Coordinates	50°26′22″N 30°31′00″E
Owned by	Kyiv Metro
Line(s)	Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	218
History
Opened	19 December 1981 (1981-12-19)
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station Maidan Nezalezhnosti towards Heroiv Dnipra Obolonsko–Teremkivska line Olimpiiska towards Teremky Zoloti Vorota towards Syrets Syretsko–Pecherska line transfer at Palats Sportu Klovska towards Chervonyi Khutir

The station is located deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades in the walls. The central hall has been covered with orange-coloured marble and is lit by chandeliers and decorative lamps placed on the walls. Passenger tunnels connect the station to the Square of Ukrainian Heroes and another street.

The station forms a station complex with a transfer tunnel with the adjoining Palats Sportu station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line.

Voters chose to rename the station Vasyl Stus[2] - another choice was Lina Kostenko[3] - in a May 2022 online poll (with 170,000 respondents) taken during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]

On Friday 13 January 2023 the Kyiv City Council announced the metro station would be renamed.[4] In a poll organised by them Kyiv residents cast more than 100,000 votes for the renaming of seven city objects, including this and the metro station Druzhby Narodiv.[4] The majority of the votes went to the name Ukrainian Heroes Square.[4] On 18 May 2023 the Kyiv City Council renamed the station to this name.[5]