Metrobudivnykiv ( uk, Метробудівників, ), formerly Metrobudivnykiv imeni G. I. Vashchenka ( ua, Метробудівників імені H.І. Ващенка) is a station on
Kharkiv Metro
The Kharkiv Metro ( uk, Харківське метро or Харківський метрополітен) is the rapid transit system that serves the city of Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine. The metro was the second in Ukraine (afte ...
's
Oleksiivska Line
The Oleksiivska line ( uk, Олексіївська лінія, russian: Алексеевская линия) is the third and newest line of the Kharkiv Metro that was opened in 1995. The Oleksiivska line is the second longest in the system at ...
. The station opened on 6 May 1995.
On 18 May 2016, the station was renamed conformed with the
law banning Communist names in Ukraine.
Prior to this, from 2000 up to 2016 the station was named after
Grigory Ivanovich Vashchenko, member of the Ukrainian branch of the
CPSU
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
who lobbied for the construction of the Kharkiv Metro (and who later became the Soviet Minister of Trade from 1983 to 1986).
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Kharkiv Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1995
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