Opening date: 05.04.1953
The station was opened as a part of a line section between Kievskaya and Ploshchad Revolutsii.
Station design: three-vaulted pylon-type deep-level station built to the standard design.
Station architects: L.Lilie, V.Litvinov, М.Markovsky, V.Dobrokovsky
Vestibule architects: I.Taranov, G.Tosunov (in Kiev railway station)
Design engineer: А.Pirozhkova
The pylons of the station hall are faced with Koelga marble and elaborately patterned ceramic tile with a Ukranian pattern. The plastered ceiling is decorated with a series of frescoes depicting life in Ukraine (sculptor G.Opryshko). The station features white and grey marble track walls, grey granite floor and a number of frescoes with the scenes of a happy life in Ukraine. The end of the central hall has a mosaic pannel celebrating the tercentary of the union between Ukraine and Russia. On the platform side the pylons bear frescoes with flowers. A group of artists worked at the design of the station, they are: V.Konovalov, V.Arakelov, P.Mikhailov, L.Karnaukhov, T.Konovalova, A.Shiryaeva, K.Aksyonov, I.Radoman.
The station shares the vestibule with Kievskaya-Koltsevaya which is located in Kiev Railway station. The vestibule features white marble columns with wide cornices that conceal lighting and a round mosaic panel on the ceiling depicting the labour of Ukrainian people
Exit to: Kiev railway station, 2-nd Bryansky proezd and Kievskaya ulitsa.
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| Photo by Anatoliy Shestakov |
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