Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Kiev Metro)

Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho ( _uk. Площа Льва Толстого; _ru. Площадь Льва Толстого, "Ploschad Lva Tolstogo") is a station on Kiev Metro's Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line. The station was opened on December 19, 1981, and is named after the writer Lev Tolstoy. It was designed by N.A. Levchuk and V.B. Zhezheryn.

The station is located deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades in the walls. The central hall have been covered with an orange-coloured marble and is lit by chandeliers and decorative lamps placed on the walls. Passenger tunnels connect the station to the Kontraktova Square and another street.

The station forms a station complex with a transfer tunnel with the adjoining Palats Sportu station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line.

External links

* [http://www.metro.kiev.ua/Ukr/PlTolstogoUkr.html Kyivsky Metropoliten] — Station description and photographs uk icon
* [http://www.metropoliten.kiev.ua/station/station.php?lang=1&station_id=27 Metropoliten.kiev.ua] — Station description and photographs ru icon