Serzha Lyfaria ( uk, Сержа Лифаря; from 2000 to 2008, Saburova, from 2008 to 2019, Oleksandra Saburova) is a station on the
Livoberezhna Line of the
Kyiv Light Rail
Kyiv Light Rail or Kyiv Express Tram ( uk, Київський швидкісний трамвай, translit.: ''Kyivs’kyi shvydkisnyi tramvai'') is a light rail rapid transit service that serves the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The system is grade ...
system. It was opened on May 26, 2000
[ and reopened after a significant modernization of the line on October 26, 2012.][
Serzha Lyfaria is located in between the Oleksandry Ekster and Teodora Draizera stations. Initially named in honor of Alexander Saburov, a ]Soviet partisan
Soviet partisans were members of resistance movements that fought a guerrilla war against Axis forces during World War II in the Soviet Union, the previously Soviet-occupied territories of interwar Poland in 1941–45 and eastern Finland. The ...
, it was renamed in 2019 in honor of Serge Lifar
Serge Lifar ( ua, Сергій Михайлович Лифар, ''Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar'') ( 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. No ...
, a French ballet dancer and choreographer of Ukrainian origin.
At one point the Kyiv City authorities proposed creating the of 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 ...
's Livoberezhna Line, although that entire project was scrapped in favor of expanding the existing light rail system.
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Kyiv Light Rail stations
Railway stations opened in 2000
2000 establishments in Ukraine