Olimpiiska ( uk, Олімпійська, ) is a station on the
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 initi ...
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Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. It was opened on 19 December 1981, and was originally named after
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
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Republican Stadium as Respublikansky Stadion ( uk, Республіканський Стадіон; russian: Республиканский стадион). It was designed by A.S. Krushynskyi, T.A. Tselikovska, A.S. Andriienko, and Y.M. Sharanevych.
The station is built deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades leading toward the station platforms. The walls have been covered with grey marble and the lighting comes from chandeliers. On a wall at the end of the central hall, are the
Olympic rings
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, commemorating the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
. The station is accessible by passenger tunnels on the Velyka Vasylkivska and another street.
External links
Olimpiiska – One of Kyiv’s most intriguing metro stations— Station description and photographs
Kyivsky Metropoliten— Station description and photographs
Metropoliten.kiev.ua— Station description and photographs
Kyiv Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1981
1981 establishments in Ukraine
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