Kiyevskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya)

Kiyevskaya ( _ru. 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-Koltsevaya 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-Koltsevaya on the Ring.

External links

* [http://www.metro.ru/stations/arbatsko-pokrovskaya/kievskaya/ metro.ru]
* [http://www.mymetro.ru/cgi-bin/list.pl?lng=ru&a=1&b=3&c=12 mymetro.ru]
* [http://www.kartametro.info/?hl=EN&ms=Kievskaya&z=17&t=k KartaMetro.info] — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)