Kiyevskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line)

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Kiyevskaya
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Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
Address Dorogomilovo District
Western Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Coordinates 55°44′35.35″N 37°33′51.54″E / 55.7431528°N 37.5643167°E / 55.7431528; 37.5643167
Line(s) !B9989013877113  3  Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Structure type Pylon station
Depth 38 metres (125 ft)
Levels 1
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Baggage check No
Other information
Opened 5 April 1953[4]
Station code 042
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
toward Kuntsevskaya
 Filyovskaya Line
Filyovskaya Line
MIBC branch
One-way operation
 Koltsevaya Line
One-way operation
Location

Kiyevskaya (Russian: Киевская), named for the nearby Kiyevsky Rail Terminal, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1953, it is lavishly decorated in the quasi-baroque style that predominated in the early 1950s. The square pylons are faced with white Ural marble and elaborately patterned ceramic tile and the plastered ceiling is decorated with a series of frescoes by various artists depicting life in Ukraine. A large mosaic at the end of the platform commemorates the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Russia and Ukraine. Light comes from a row of hexagonal chandeliers. The architects were L. V. Lile, V. A. Litvinov, M. F. Markovsky, and V. M. Dobrokovsky.

Kiyevskaya has no vestibule of its own. Instead, escalators at the end of the hall lead to Kiyevskaya and thence to that station's entrance, which is built into the Kiyevsky Rail Terminal.

For half a century Kiyevskaya was the terminus of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, yet the 2003 extension to Park Pobedy prevented the record from being established further.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Kiyevskaya on the Filyovskaya Line and the Kiyevskaya on the Ring.

Image gallery

  • Panel at the end of the hall

  • Mosaic

  • Mosaic

  • Mosaic

  • Platform

References

  1. ↑ Kunčič, Mirko (30 December 2002 Genealogy Society). Slovenske novice [Slovene News]. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Šavc, Urška. "Zbirka portretov Franceta Prešerna" [The Collection of Depictions of France Prešeren]. In Šmid Hribar, Mateja; Golež, Gregor; Podjed, Dan; Kladnik, Drago; Erhartič, Bojan; Pavlin, Primož; Ines, Jerele. Enciklopedija naravne in kulturne dediščine na Slovenskem – DEDI [Encyclopedia of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Slovenia] (in Slovene). Retrieved 31 January 2013. 
  3. ↑ Globočnik, Damir. "Prešeren in likovna umetnost" [Prešeren and the Visual Arts] (in Slovene). Retrieved 31 January 2013. 
  4. ↑

External links

Coordinates: 55°44′38″N 37°33′54″E / 55.743888898889°N 37.56500001°E / 55.743888898889; 37.56500001

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