Respublikansky Stadion (Kiev Metro)

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Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
Heroiv Dnipra
Minska
Obolon
Petrivka
Tarasa Shevchenka
Kontraktova Ploshcha
Poshtova Ploshcha
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho
Respublikansky Stadion
Palats "Ukrayina"
Lybidska
Demiivska
Holosiivska
Vasylkivska
Vystavkovy Tsentr
Ipodrom
Teremky
Odeska
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Respublikansky Stadion (Ukrainian: Республіканський Стадіон; Russian: Республиканский стадион) is a station on Kiev Metro's Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line. The station was opened on December 19, 1981, and is named after Kiev's Republican Stadium. It was designed by A.S. Krushynskyi, T.A. Tselikovska, A.S. Andriienko, and Y.M. Sharanevych.

The station is located deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades in the walls. The walls have been covered with grey marble and the lighting comes from chandeliers. On a wall at the end of the central hall,are the Olympic rings, commemorating the 1980 Summer Olympics. The station is accessible by passenger tunnels on the Velika Vasyl`kivska and another street.

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Coordinates: 50°25′56″N 30°30′58″E / 50.43222, 30.51611