Universytet

Universytet (lit. 'University') is a station on the Kharkiv Metro's Saltivska Line. The station was opened on 10 August 1984 and is located beneath the Maidan Svobody, at the time, the largest square in Europe and the second largest in the world after Tiananmen Square, in the centre of Kharkiv. The station is named after the Kharkiv National University, which is located on top of the square. Up until 27 August 1991 the station was called Dzerzhynska according to the name of the square Ploshcha Dzerzhynskoho (Dzherzhinsky Square) after the founder of the Soviet Secret Police Felix Dzerzhinsky. It currently forms a complex with the adjacent station Derzhprom on the Oleksiivska Line. The station is located deep underground and is a bi-level pillar-trispan with blank marble columns. The station's service rooms are located on one of the second level balconies, and the other balcony is used as an underground passenger transfer for when there are fairs and concerts on the Maidan Svobody. The underground transfer was once used for daily passenger usage during the 1980s, but was closed down during the early 1990s. Cupolas with a diameter of six meters, each hanging 12 meters apart and weighing 120 tons, are incorporated into the ceiling, in which the station's chandeliers hang. The station itself is 13 meters in width, due to the transfer point to the Derzhprom

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