Vokzalna

Vokzalna is a station on Kyiv Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line, in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The station was opened along with the Metro on 6 November 1960 and is named after Kyiv's Central rail station (Vokzal). Decoratively the station is reminiscent of the 1950s stations seen in Moscow Metro, particularly VDNKh. To justify the name of a main railway terminal and thus as a gateway to the system and to Kyiv the architects (V. Yezhov, E. Katonyn, V. Skyharov, I. Shemsedinov, A. Dobrovolsky and I. Maslenkov) took a pylon trivault design with bright white marbled pylons and white ceramic tiles on the walls. Lighting comes from square chandeliers suspended from the apex of the vault. In the far end of the station is a bronze grill that used to have a large image of Lenin. The pylons are decorated with bronze medallions depicting the various episodes from Ukrainian and Soviet history (artist O. Mizin). In May 2016 it was planned they would be removed, due to 2015 decommunization laws, and relocated to a museum. They decorations kept being displayed, until on 15 November 2023 they were covered with wooden shields. It was a temporary solution until a future completely dismantling of all Bolshevik and Soviet symbols and elements. The station has the status of an architectural monument. The station's round vestibule is part of a larger structure which co

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