Zvirynetska (Kyiv Metro)

Zvirynetska (Ukrainian: Звіринецька) is a station of Kyiv Metro's Syretsko-Pecherska Line. It is situated between Pecherska and Vydubychi stations. This station was opened on 30 December 1991. Until May 2023 the station was named Druzhby Narodiv or Friendship of Peoples (Ukrainian: Дружби Народів, ⓘ, named after the former name of Mikhnovsky Boulevard, which is located above the station)

Zvirynetska
Kyiv Metro
Kyiv Metro station
General information
LocationPecherskyi District
Kyiv
Ukraine
Coordinates50°25′5″N 30°32′42″E
Owned byKyiv Metro
Line(s) Syretsko–Pecherska line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code318
History
Opened30 December 1991
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station
Pecherska
towards Syrets
 Syretsko–Pecherska line Vydubychi
towards Chervonyi Khutir

Druzhby Narodiv station was designed by architects Alyoshkin and Krushynskiy. It is a deep-level station. The station is connected by escalators with a passenger tunnel situated under Druzhby Narodiv boulevard.

The station station operates from 05:43 to 00:12.

On Friday 13 January 2023 the Kyiv City Council announced Druzhby Narodiv metro station would be renamed.[1] 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 Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho.[1] In a May 2022 online poll (with 170,000 respondents) voters chose to rename the station Botanical[2] (Ukrainian: Ботанічна) — after the nearby Hryshko National Botanical Garden — in a poll taken during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; other choices included European and Red Vibernum.[3] The Druzhba Narodiv boulevard itself was renamed to Mykola Mikhnovsky boulevard on 8 December 2022.[4] In the January 2023 poll the majority of votes went to the name Zvirynets (Ukrainian: Звіринець), a historical neighbourhood inside Pecherskyi District where the metro station is situated in.[1] On 18 May 2023 the Kyiv City Council renamed the station to Zvirynetska.[5]

References
  1. "The metropolitan metro stations "Friendship of Peoples" and "Lev Tolstoy Square" will receive new names". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  2. "Kyiv selects new names for Soviet-linked metro stations". BBC. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  3. Valentina Romanenko (2022-05-02). ""Borshch", "Reactive Geese", "Names of Magister Yoda": how Kyivans proposed to rename metro stations" (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  4. Oleksandr Shumilin (8 December 2022). "n Kyiv, 32 more streets were de-Russified, including Druzhby Narodiv Boulevard". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. "Metro stations and a number of streets were renamed in Kyiv" (in Ukrainian). Historival Pravda. 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
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