Kiyevskaya-Koltsevaya

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	Koltsevaya Line
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								Kiyevskaya


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Kiyevskaya (Russian: Киевская) is a station on the Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is named for the nearby Kiyevsky Rail Terminal. The design for the station was chosen in an open competition held in the Ukraine; the entry submitted by the team of E.I. Katonin, V.K. Skugarev, and G.E. Golubev placed first in a field of 73 and became the final design. Kievskaya features low, square pylons faced with white marble and surmounted by large mosaics by A.V. Myzin celebrating Russo-Ukrainian unity. Both the mosaics and the arches between the pylons are edged with elaborate gold-colored trim. At the end of the platform is a portrait of Lenin.

The entrance to the station, which is shared with both of the other two Kievskaya stations, is built into the Kiev railway station. With the completion of the segment of track between Belorusskaya and Park Kultury in 1954 the Koltsevaya Line became fully operational with trains running continuously around the loop for the first time.