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Kyivska (Kharkiv Metro)

Coordinates: 50°0′4.15″N 36°16′12.87″E / 50.0011528°N 36.2702417°E / 50.0011528; 36.2702417
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Kyivska
Kharkiv Metro Station
General information
Coordinates50°0′4.15″N 36°16′12.87″E / 50.0011528°N 36.2702417°E / 50.0011528; 36.2702417
Owned byKharkiv Metro
Line(s) Saltivska Line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Platform levels1
History
Opened11 August 1984
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Kharkiv Metro Following station
Yaroslava Mudroho Saltivska Line Akademika Barabashova
towards Saltivska

Kyivska (Ukrainian: Київська, pronunciation) is a station on the Kharkiv Metro's Saltivska Line. The station was opened on 11 August 1984.

The name of the metro station on the station's walls was originally written in Russian. In September 2023 the Russian letters were replaced with ones that depict the name of the station in Ukrainian as part of the derussification campaign following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1] In addition, an image of the hammer and sickle, which is prohibited in Ukraine according to the 2015 Ukrainian decommunization laws, was removed from the walls.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "A metro station has been de-Russified in Kharkov" (in Ukrainian). SQ. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
    "The name of a metro station in Kharkov is being changed (photo)" (in Ukrainian). SQ. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.