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Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska Line
The Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska line ( uk, Вишгородсько–Дарницька лінія) is a proposed sixth line to the Kyiv Metro system serving the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The line is proposed to begin near the Taras Shevchenko Square in the city's north, and is to run south, connecting to the system's four other lines (one of which is currently under construction). It will later run east, and will cross over the Dnipro River and ending at the Darnytsia Railway Station on the city's left bank. Planning Talks about the creation of the Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska line as the fifth line addition to the Kyiv Metro first began in March 2012. The deputy chief of planning and architecture of the Kyiv City State Administration Andriy Kudelina stated that the new draft of the city's master plan aims to increase the total length of the metro system from to and the number of stations from 50 to 100. The master plan also anticipates the construction of seven new depots, and two ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapid Transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be called a subway, tube, or underground. Unlike buses or trams, rapid transit systems are railways (usually electric railway, electric) that operate on an exclusive right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles, and which is often grade-separated in tunnels or on elevated railways. Modern services on rapid transit systems are provided on designated lines between rapid transit station, stations typically using electric multiple units on rail tracks, although some systems use guided rubber tires, magnetic levitation (''maglev''), or monorail. The stations typically have high platforms, without steps inside the trains, requiring custom-made trains in order to minimize gaps between train a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livoberezhna Line (Kyiv Metro)
Livoberezhna line ( uk, Лівобережна лінія; literally ''left bank line'') was a proposed fifth metro line of the Kyiv Metro system, which was planned to serve the left bank neighborhoods of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The line is typically colored sky blue on the maps. The line was proposed to have a transfer station with metro lines which would connect them to the city's right bank, including the Livoberezhna station of the Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line and a future undecided station of the Podilsko–Vyhurivska line which is currently under construction. The line was also to have featured connections with existing intercity railway stations. In April 2014, Volodymyr Bondarenko, then Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration, stated that the proposition to extend a metro line to the city's Troieschyna Troieshchyna (, uk, Троєщина, lit=Trinity, translit=Troyeshchyna) also known as Vyhurivschyna-Troieshchyna since 1997 (, uk, Вигурівщ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusanivka
Rusanivka ( uk, Русанівка; russian: Русановка, translit.: Rusanovka) is a man-made island and neighbourhood surrounded by a canal, the ''Rusanivs'kyi Kanal''. The canal is an artificial distributary of the Dnieper River. The river and canal make the neighborhood resemble an island. The island is located in the left-bank part of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is surrounded by such neighborhoods like Hidropark, Darnytsia, Berezniaky, and Livoberezhnyi masyv. Overview Closer to the river, Rusanivka has a couple small beaches. The neighbourhood has many apartment buildings, most are which are 9 to 16 stories tall. There are many stores and cafés on the ''Rusanivs'ka Naberezhna'', the main street in Rusanivka. Lacking industry, Rusanivka was conceived from the start as a purely residential neighbourhood according to the Soviet concept of allocating the so-called ''sleeping districts'' (dormitory neighbourhoods) in large industrial cities. It was envisaged, du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lybidska (Kyiv Metro)
Lybidska ( uk, Либідська, ) is the 27th station of the Kyiv Metro system that serves the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The station was opened as part of the Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line on 30 December 1984, located in between the Palats "Ukrayina" and Demiivska stations. The station provides passenger access to Lybdiska Square, under which it is located. It served as the line's southern terminus for 26 years until 2010, when the line was extended to Vasylkivska. After the fall of Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the station was renamed "Lybidska" after a nearby river—Lybid, on 2 February 1993. In 2011, the station has been listed as a "newly discovered object of cultural heritage," and monuments of architecture, town planning, and art. In May 2016, it was decided that the Soviet decorative piece at the end of the central hall would be removed to be displayed at a museum in accordance with the 2015 decommunization laws. , Lybidska has a daily ridership of 28,500, and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liubomyr Huzar
Liubomyr Huzar MSU ( uk, Любомир Гузар; 26 February 1933 – 31 May 2017) was the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the first elected in independent Ukraine. He was also a cardinal of the Catholic Church. After the transfer of the see of Lviv to Kyiv in 2005, he was the Ukrainian Catholic Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia. In February 2011 he became Major Archeparch Emeritus after he resigned due to ill health. Biography Early life and ordination He was born in what is now the city of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine), in the family of Yaroslav Huzar and Rostyslava Demchuk (Demczuk). Luka Demchuk (Demczuk), the Priest of the Parish of village Kal'ne from 1909 to 1929, was the maternal grandfather of Cardinal Liubomyr Huzar. Huzar emigrated with his parents in 1944 during World War II due to the advancing Soviet Army. At first the Huzar family briefly lived in Salzburg, Austria, then emigrated to the United States in 1949. From 1950 to 1954 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shuliavska (Kyiv Metro)
Shuliavska ( uk, Шулявська, ) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on 5 November 1963, and is named after Kyiv's Shuliavka neighbourhood. It was designed by A.V. Dobrovolskyi, B.I. Pryimak, A.I. Malynovskyi, and A.I. Cherkasskyi. The station was formerly known as the ''Zavod Bolshevik'' station ( uk, Завод "Більшовик"). The station has been laid deep underground due to problems with water isolation during its construction. It consists of a central hall with rows of columns near the platforms. The columns are covered with glazed tiles, consisting of rows of different coloured tiles. The entrance to the station is located on the corner of the Prospekt Peremohy (''Victory Avenue'') and the Alexander Dovzhenko, Dovzhenko Street. External links Kyivsky Metropoliten— Station description and photographs Metropoliten.kiev.ua— Station description and photographs mirmetro.net - photos and description. Kyiv Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorohozhychi (Kyiv Metro)
Dorohozhychi ( uk, Дорогожичі, ) is a Kyiv Metro station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. Opened on 30 March 2000, the station represents the second extension of the Syretsky radius to the northwest. It is located nearby the territory of Babyn Yar. (1 February 2020) The station, designed by architects V. Gnevyshev, N.Aloshkin and T.Tselikovska presents itself as a deep-level pylon trivault. In the design, the shape of the vaults is made dominant, by continuing their curvature all the way to the floor level. This makes the overall appearance of the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Segodnya
''Segodnya'' ( rus, Сегодня, p=sʲɪˈvodʲnʲə, t=Today, a=Ru-сегодня.ogg) was a Russian-language Ukrainian tabloid newspaper founded in 1997. While run from Kyiv, it was linked to Donbass political and business groups; its holding company is owned by Rinat Akhmetov's Ukraina Media Group. The paper supported former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych for the presidency in 2004. Since the "Orange Revolution", the newspaper has moderated its pro-Eastern reporting under pressure from its own journalists. ''Segodnya'' was a member of the Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers. Censorship In 2011, the paper's journalists threatened to go on strike after Chief Editor Ihor Guzhva was controversially fired, and his replacement censored certain types of stories, and dictated to journalists how certain politicians and public figures should be covered. " Olena Hromnytska is trying to implement corruption schemes for publishing paid articles ... and also to introduce c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pozniaky
Pozniaky ( uk, Позняки) is a historical neighbourhood, a residential area and the remains of a village on the territory of the Darnitskyi district, on the left bank of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Pozniaky metro station is situated in this neighborhood. Pozniaky is a historical area, of Kyiv. It is located between the Dnieper, the railway, Revutsky Street and Mykola Bazhan Avenue. It is divided into Western Poznyaki (between the Dnieper embankment and Grigorenko Avenue) and Eastern Poznyaki (between Grigorenko Avenue and Revutsky Street). The main buildings are from the early 1990s to the present time; Poznyaki are built up with both standard housing and modern expensive houses. History Poznyaki has been known since 1571 as a settlement of "good boyars". The name is probably from the surname Poznyak. It is known that the Poznyak family (including Leonty and Moses) owned the village of Pankivshchina on the left bank of the Dnieper (probably the former possessions of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurenivka
Kurenivka or Kurenyovka ( uk, Куренівка; russian: Куренёвка, translit.: ''Kurenyovka'') is a historical neighbourhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located between the neighbourhoods of Podil, Obolon, Priorka, and Syrets. History Kurenivka has been known since the 17th century as a suburb of the city of Kyiv. Here were located several '' kurins'' of the Kyiv Cossack Kosh. Some historians attribute the origin of the name with these Cossack camps, with ''kurin'' meaning Cossack caps. Later the suburb became a cottage settlement. With Kyiv's expansion through the centuries, Kurenivka was slowly populated. These inhabitants bought out land, and created their gardens. This had made the area more like a neighbourhood, serving Kyiv with various grocery products. In 1961, the mudslide from upper-located neighborhood hit Kurenivka, resulting in 145 fatalities according to official government reports. During the Battle of Kyiv of 2022 Russian invasion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyiv Metro
The Kyiv Metro ( uk, Ки́ївський метрополіте́н, Kyivskyi metropoliten, ) is a rapid transit system in Kyiv that is owned by the Kyiv City Council and operated by the city-owned company Kyivsky Metropoliten''.'' It was initially opened on November 6th, 1960, as a single line with five stations. It was the first rapid transit system in Ukraine and the third in the Soviet Union, after the Moscow and St. Petersburg metros. Today, the system consists of three lines and 52 stations, located throughout Kyiv's ten raion (districts), and operates of routes, with used for revenue service and for non-revenue service. At below ground level, Arsenalna station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line is the deepest train station in the world. In 2016, annual ridership for the metro was 484.56 million passengers, or about 1.32 million passengers daily. The metro accounted for 46.7% of Kyiv's public transport load in 2014. Beginnings (1884-1920) The first id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
