Ploshcha Lyenina ( be, Плошча Леніна; russian: Площадь Ленина; "
Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 19 ...
Square") is a
Minsk Metro station.
Overview
The station, opened on June 24, 1984 is part of the
Maskoŭskaja line
The Maskoŭskaja line (also referred to as Maskowskaya line or Moskovskaya line) ( be, Маскоўская лінія; russian: Московская линия, Moskovskaya liniya; lit: "Moscow line") is a line of the Minsk Metro
The Minsk M ...
and serves the main railway station of
the city:
Minsk-Pasažyrski.
From 1992 to 2003 the station has been called "Ploshcha Nyezalyezhnastsi" (lit: Independence Square), but later the original name of the station was restored. According to head of technical department of the Minsk subway, the official decision to rename the station "Lenin Square" to "Independence Square" was never taken, there were only verbal instructions of government.
It is a transfer station to the
Vakzaĺnaja station on the
Zelenaluzhskaya line
The Zelenaluzhskaya line (; ) is the third line of the Minsk Metro. The line opened in 2020. It comprises 4 stations. The line was officially opened by Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russi ...
.
It is one of three on the Minsk Metro to have been built with an entrance in an existing building, the other two being
Kastryčnickaja and
Kupalaŭskaja.
Gallery
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References
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Minsk Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1984