Politekhnichnyi Instytut (Kiev Metro)

Politekhnichnyi Instytut ( _uk. Політехнічний інститут, _ru. Политехнический институт, "Politekhnichesky institut") is a station on Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on November 5, 1963, and is named after Kiev's Polytechnic Institute located near the station. It was designed by G.V. Golovko, B.V. Dzbanovsky, E.L. Ivanov, and M.M. Syrkin.

The station has been laid deep underground and consists of a central hall with rows of columns near the platforms. It is connected to the street level by three escalators. The entrance to the station is located on the ground floor of the Kiev Metro administration building, on the corner of the Peremohy Prospekt ("Victory Avenue") and the Politekhnichna Street.

External links

*uk icon [http://www.metro.kiev.ua/ Kyivsky Metropoliten] - Station description and photographs
*ru icon [http://www.metropoliten.kiev.ua/station.php?lang=0&station_id=7 Metropoliten.kiev.ua] - Station description and photographs
*cs icon [http://metro.zarohem.cz/kyjev/01-svjatosinobravarska/07-polytechniceskijinstitut/index.html Zarohem.cz] - Photographs