Radianska (Kharkiv Metro)

Radianska Kharkiv Metro Station
The Station Hall
Station statistics
Coordinates	49°59′29″N 36°13′57″E / 49.99139°N 36.23250°E / 49.99139; 36.23250Coordinates: 49°59′29″N 36°13′57″E / 49.99139°N 36.23250°E / 49.99139; 36.23250
Line(s)	Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line
Structure type	underground
Levels	1
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1975-08-23
Electrified	Yes
Owned by	Kharkiv Metro
Services
Preceding station   Kharkiv Metro   Following station Tsentralnyi Rynok toward Kholodna Hora Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska Line Prospekt Haharina toward Proletarska Terminus Saltivska Line Transfer at: Istorychnyi Muzei Universytet toward Heroiv Pratsi

The Radianska or Sovetskaya (Ukrainian: Радянська; Russian: Советская) is a station on Kharkiv Metro's Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line. The station was opened on August 23, 1975. It is located in the historical part of Kharkiv, beneath the Ploscha Konstytutsii, literally Constitution square, previously known as Soviet Square.

The Radianska station forms a complex with the adjacent station, Istorychnyi Muzei, on the Saltivska Line. Before the Istorychniy Muzei station's completion in 1984, a relief marble architectural item adorned with the hammer and sickle was located on the station. Inside the passenger transfer tunnel is the Kharkiv Metro's only public restroom, which is unlike the western European metro systems.

Early during the planning stage, the station was to be called Tsentr, literally Centre, and to be built in the vicinity of the Tsentralny Restaurant. But because of the hydro-geological circumstances in the area, also affecting the construction of neighbouring stations, the station was moved to the northern end of the Constitution Square.

Inside the cashier hall columns hold up the ceiling. They are made of marble blocks, the lower half being made of dark tones, gradually moving on into whiter tones. The station vestibule is lightened with luminecent lamps, put inside niches within the ceiling. The vestibule's area is 500 square meters, which due to the high passenger traffic, caused by the station being a transfer to another station.

The Radianska station is lain deeply underground and is a pylon trivault which is separated by arcades of the tracks. It was designed by V.A. Krasnolobov, N.P. Nikulin, and P.G. Chechelnitskiy; engineered by P.A. Bochikashvili, Y.E. Kryk and V.A. Tovalyuk; and decorated by D.G. Sova. The partitions the tracks have been held with are made of rose marble from Uzbekistan, and the arcades themselves have been finished with blank marble. The marble harmonizes with the floor which has been paved with red and black blocks of polished granite.

Until the end of 1985, the station hall was lighted with lights placed inside original geometrical forms. In the next year, the geometrical lamp forms were replaced by different metal forms. In connection with the 350th anniversary of Kharkiv in 2003, the stations, including Radianska, were lightened with brighter lamps.

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