Kyiv ring road exit to the city. Kyiv (metro station, Circle Line)

Three-vault deep station with one island platform. The only station on the Circle Line of the metro not located in the Central Administrative District of Moscow.

"Kyiv"
Circle line
Moscow subway
Object of cultural heritage of Russia of regional significance reg. No. 771811313480005(EGROKN)
Area	Dorogomilovo
District	West
opening date	March 14th of the year
Project name	Kyiv railway station
Type	Three-vaulted deep pylon
Laying depth, m	53
Number of platforms	1
Platform type	island
Platform shape	straight
Architects	E. I. Katonin, V. K. Skugarev, G. E. Golubev
Artists	A. V. Myzin, G. I. Opryshko, A. T. Ivanov
Design engineers	M. V. Golovinova, A. N. Pirozhkova
The station was built	(headed by N. Danelia
Station transitions	Kyiv Kyiv
Access to the streets	Europe Square, Kyiv
Ground transportation	: 119, 132, 157, 205, 205k, 320, 791, 840, , T7, T7k, T17, T34, T34K, T39
Operating mode	5:30-1:00
Station code	077
Nearby stations	Park of Culture And Krasnopresnenskaya
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Story

Circle line was not included in the original plans of the Moscow Metro. Instead, “diametrical” lines with transfers in the city center should have been built. The first project of the Circle Line was developed in 1934, it was planned to build this line under the Garden Ring with 17 stations. In the 1938 project, the line was planned to be built much further from the center than was subsequently built. The planned stations were “Usachevskaya”, “Kaluzhskaya Zastava”, “Serpukhovskaya Zastava”, “Stalin Plant”, “Ostapovo”, “Sickle and Hammer Plant”, “Lefortovo”, “Spartakovskaya”, “Krasnoselskaya”, “Rzhevsky Station”, "Savelovsky Station", "Dynamo", "Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava" and "Kyiv". The Circle Line project changed this year. Now they planned to build it closer to the center. In 2018, a decision was made on the extraordinary construction of the Circle Line along the current route in order to relieve congestion at the Central Interchange Hub ( "Okhotny Ryad " - "Sverdlov Square" - "Revolution square ") .

The Circle Line became the fourth phase of construction. In 1947, it was planned to open the line with four sections: “Central Park of Culture and Leisure” - “Kurskaya”, “Kurskaya” - “Komsomolskaya”, “Komsomolskaya” - “Belorusskaya” (then merged with the second section) and “Belorusskaya” - “ Central Park of Culture and Leisure." The first section was opened on January 1, 1950, the second on January 30, 1952, and the third, closing the line into a ring, on March 14 (after its commissioning, there were 40 stations in the Moscow Metro). The station received its name from the Kievsky railway station of the same name and closed the Circle Line that was under construction.

In 1972, the second exit of the station was opened, leading to the underground lobby of the Kyiv station on the Filyovskaya line.

Architecture and decoration

Lobbies

The station has two vestibules: the southern (ground) - combined with the station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, and the northern (underground), common with the station of the Filyovskaya line.

The southern lobby of "Kievskaya" (architects I. G. Taranov, G. S. Tosunov, design engineers L. V. Sachkova, M. V. Golovinova) was built in the building of the Kievsky railway station for the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line station in 1953, and in 1954 it became a combined vestibule for the Circle and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya lines. When the Filyovsky radius opened in 1958, this lobby was connected by a passage with the underground vestibule of the Filyovskaya line station.

The ticket offices are located in the reconstructed basement of the station. The escalator hall is a semicircular atrium facing the escalator arch. The hall's eight columns with Corinthian capitals carry an entablature, above which is a dome. The hall is illuminated by lamps behind the cornice. The wall of the hall behind the columns is decorated with a mosaic frieze “The Triumph of the People of Soviet Ukraine” by G. I. Opryshko. On it, happy Ukrainians carry the fruits of their labors to the coat of arms of Soviet Ukraine.

The walls and columns of the escalator hall are lined with light marble, and in the arc corridor bordering the hall - with decorative marble different colors.

One of the staircases leading to the underground passage, leading to the second combined lobby (with the Filyovskaya line), opened in 1972, was designed by French architects following the model of the Paris Metro, in the spirit of Hector Guimard. Guimard, a representative of the Art Nouveau style, decorated the entrances to the first Paris metro stations in 1900-1910. The stained glass window “Ryaba Hen”, installed at the Madeleine station in Paris, was a reciprocal gift from the Moscow metro.

In 2009, the turnstiles were replaced with new ones of a fundamentally newer design - type UT-2009 (first installed in the Moscow metro).

Station halls

The decoration of the station is dedicated to the theme of friendship between the Russian and Ukrainian people. The station's pylons smoothly transition into the vaults of the central and side halls and inter-pylon passages. Sofas on marble bases are placed on the pedestals of the pylons in the hall and on the platforms. The central hall is covered with an elegant white vault. The passages between the pylons are bordered with a stucco plait, characteristic of Ukrainian architecture of the 17th century. The track walls are lined with light marble. The station halls are illuminated by ornate golden chandeliers.

18 pylons are decorated with abstract floral ornaments, as well as mosaic panels made of smalt and valuable rocks, the themes of which are related to the history of Ukraine and the friendship of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples. They are located on the pylons on the side of the central hall. The panels are limited by complex frames, which are bordered by a wide stucco ornament based on national Ukrainian motifs (stylized ears of corn, buds, leaves, garlands). Under each panel there is a stylized marble scroll with the title.

One of the mosaics - “The Struggle for Soviet Power in Ukraine” - depicts a partisan who uses a portable telephone based on the FF-17 staff telephone, which was produced from 1910 to 1920 in Germany. The partisan holds the heavy telephone receiver with both hands. Some modern passengers mistake the device for a mobile phone, PDA or laptop.

Despite the fact that the station opened after 1953, it was the “richest” in images of I.V. Stalin. Seven of his profiles could be seen in the design of the station on the mosaics “Proclamation of Soviet Power by V. I. Lenin. October 1917”, “Reunification of the entire Ukrainian people in a single Ukrainian Soviet state”, “Victory Salute in Moscow. May 9, 1945”, “Friendship of Russian and Ukrainian collective farmers”, “The 19th Congress - the Congress of the Unity of the Communist Party, the Soviet Government and the People”, and at the end of the station a large white marble bas-relief of Lenin and Stalin was placed, which was later replaced by a small portrait of V. I. Lenin. On the mosaic “Reunification of the entire Ukrainian people in a single Ukrainian Soviet state” there were two images of Stalin (one of them - on the banner, along with Lenin, the other - among the reunited people, has survived to this day). The project also included a mosaic on the theme “The 19th Party Congress - the Congress of the Unity of the Party, Government and People,” which was supposed to glorify Stalin, but after his death a mosaic on a different theme was ordered. After the debunking of Stalin’s personality cult, all of his images, with the exception of “Reunification of the entire Ukrainian people,” were removed.

On the end wall of the central hall of the station there is a smalt panel with stucco molding in the form of flags and a mosaic portrait of V. I. Lenin in the center. Around are the lines of the USSR anthem, and under the portrait are the words of Lenin:

The arches of the passages are surrounded by wide relief stucco friezes with national ornaments. The station halls are illuminated by suspended multi-arm chandeliers along the axis of all three vaults. The pylon socles and track walls are lined with white Koelga marble, the floor is laid with gray granite with a red border.

Transitions

In 1958, the shallow Kyiv station was reopened. From one of the two underground lobbies one could get into the lobby of the deep "Kievskie".

In 1972, additional passages were built from the center of the ring station hall to the eastern end of the “Kievskaya” Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line and to the entrance hall of the eastern vestibule of the “Kievskaya” Filyovskaya line.

Exploitation

Location

Railway transport

Kyiv Station serves trains long distance southwest direction. The Kiev direction of the Moscow Railway, which connects Moscow with the southern regions of Russia, begins from the Kievsky railway station.

There are scheduled services between Kievsky Station and Vnukovo Airport high-speed train Aeroexpress, travel time is about 35 minutes.

Suburban trains from the station follow the Kyiv direction.

Station in art

see also

Notes

1. Lisov I. Design and first stages of construction (undefined) . metro.molot.ru. Retrieved November 15, 2011. Archived August 14, 2011.
2. "Kyiv" Filyovskaya line and "Kyiv" Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
3. Egor Larichev, Anastasia Uglik. No. 3. Circle line// Moscow Metro. Guide. - BooksWAM. - M.: Education, 2007. - P. 74-75. - 167 p. - ISBN 5-91002-015-3.

Moscow metro stations are called the most beautiful in the world, some of them are real works of art.

One of the most beautiful stations of the Moscow metro is Kyiv Circle Line. They often bring here foreign tourists who are always actively photographing. Today I took out my camera. Muscovites are accustomed to all this beauty and are so tired of the frantic rhythm of the metropolis that they no longer seem to pay attention to the beauty around them.

The Kyiv station of the Moscow Metro ring line opened on March 14, 1954 during the time of N.S. Khrushchev. At that time, two other stations of the transfer hub were already operating, however, according to Khrushchev, their decor was insufficient to perpetuate the great fate of the people of Ukraine. A competition was announced for the design of a new station. Out of 40 options, a commission under the personal leadership of Khrushchev chose the project of E.I. Katonin, a member of the Academy of Architecture of the Ukrainian SSR.

The metro lobby is built into the building of the Kievsky railway station, hence the name and themes for decoration. Everything at the station is decorated, even the ventilation grilles are made in the form of rich rosettes.

18 pylons of the Kyiv station on the circle line are decorated with mosaic panels depicting scenes from the history of friendship between the Ukrainian and Russian peoples. On many panels you can see images of Stalin and Lenin.

In one of the mosaics, Muscovites saw a mobile phone and a laptop belonging to one of the partisans.

Of course, if you look closely, you will notice that the phone is a field phone, and the “laptop” is just a lid from some kind of box.

At the end of the Kyiv station on the Circle Line there is a stucco panel with a portrait of Lenin. Under the panel there is a quote from his speech about the indestructible eternal friendship of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples.

Taking photographs in the middle of a working day in the Moscow metro, and even on the Circle Line, is a thankless task. Sometimes only heads and backs are visible in the frame...

I had better luck at the Kyiv station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. We managed to capture a moment when there were no people in the frame at all. A rare piece of luck indeed.

Within a few seconds the picture was filled with people again.

Kyiv station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line also looks luxurious. Various types of marble were used to cover the walls and pylons. The station is decorated with 24 frescoes depicting workers of Soviet Ukraine.

In most cases, the frescoes depict women. Either they work more in Ukraine, or, on the contrary, they pose more for artists. Whoever wants to interprets what he sees...

The end wall of the station is decorated with a panel dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia.

The design of the Kyiv station on the Filevskaya line is quite modest, but it still differs in the presence of decor compared to the recently built new stations. Various colors of marble and granite are also used in the decoration of this station.

Already when I wrote the post, I thought that it was absolutely on topic today. It happened completely by accident, I just happened to be in Moscow at the Kyiv metro station on business.

It is located at a distance of approximately 3.5 -4 kilometers west of the city center, from the Moscow Kremlin. The station is located next to the Kievsky railway station, Kievskaya street and Europe Square. The Moscow River flows not far from the station.
Kyiv metro station is a major interchange hub. Kyiv station is located on three lines of the Moscow metro: Filyovskaya line, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, Circle line). This is one of the busiest (in terms of the number of passengers served) stations of the Moscow metro.

Kyiv metro station (Filyovskaya line)

The Kyiv station of the Filyovskaya line of the Moscow metro is located between the stations, and. The station was opened on March 20, 1937. The depth of the station is 8.7 meters. From the station you can go to the stations of the same name on the Circle Line and the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. The transition is carried out through combined vestibules (through the western one to Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya, through the eastern one to the Circle Line).

Kyiv metro station (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line)

The Kyiv station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro is located between the Smolenskaya and . The station was opened on April 5, 1953. The depth of the station is 38 meters. The decoration of the station's halls is dedicated to Soviet Ukraine and the theme of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia.

From the station you can go to the stations of the same name on the Circle Line and Filyovskaya Line. The station has an above-ground vestibule in the building of the Kievsky railway station (shared with the station of the Circle Line of the metro). The transition to the Circle Line is carried out both through the combined lobby and along the escalators at the eastern end of the station. To the left of the western end of the station there are stairs that lead to the exit to the city and to the transition to the Filyovskaya line station.

Kyiv metro station (Circle line)

Kyiv station on the Circle Line of the Moscow Metro is located between stations and. The station was opened on March 14, 1954. The depth of the station is 53 meters. When decorating the station hall, the theme of the history of Ukraine and the friendship of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples was used. On the end wall of the central hall of the station there is a large panel with images of flags and a mosaic portrait of V. I. Lenin.

Access to the city is via a two-flight escalator, which leads to a common lobby with the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line station of the same name. From the intermediate platform of the escalator there is a transition to the station of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. You can also go to Filyovskaya line trains.

Near the Kyiv metro station in Moscow there are:

• One of the largest railway stations Moscow.
• - one of the largest in Moscow (address: Moscow, Kievsky Station Square, building 2).
• Hotel “Radisson Slavyanskaya”.