Kiyevskaya (Filyovskaya line)
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{{Infobox station , name = Kiyevskaya , native_name = Киевская , native_name_lang=ru , type = Moscow Metro station , image = Moscow KievskayaFL metro station asv2018-08.jpg , image_size = , image_caption = , address =
Dorogomilovo District Dorogomilovo District (russian: райо́н Дорогоми́лово) is a district of Western Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is . Population: Postal codes: 113000 to 119000. The district ...

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Western Administrative Okrug Western Administrative Okrug (russian: За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, ), or Zapadny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the federal city of Mo ...
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Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
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Shallow column station A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in th ...
, triple-span , platform = 1 island platform , depth = {{convert, 8.7, m , levels = 1 , tracks = 2 , parking = No , opened = {{start date and age, df=yes, 1937, 03, 20 , closed = {{start date and age, df=yes, 1953, 04, 05 to {{start date and age, df=yes, 1958, 11, 07 , rebuilt = , ADA = , code = 057 , owned = Moskovsky Metropoliten , zone = , former = , passengers = , pass_year = , pass_percent = , pass_system = , mpassengers = , services = {{Adjacent stations, system=Moscow Metro , line1=Filyovskaya, left1=Vystavochnaya, to-left1=Mezhdunarodnaya, right1=Smolenskaya , line2=Filyovskaya, left2=Studencheskaya, right2=Smolenskaya , line3=Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya, transfer3=Kiyevskaya, left3=Park Pobedy, right3=Smolenskaya , line4=Koltsevaya, transfer4=Kiyevskaya, left4=Park Kultury, right4=Krasnopresnenskaya , map_type = Central Moscow , AlternativeMap= Central Moscow grayscale.png , map_overlay = Central Moscow metro lines.svg , map_caption = , route_map = {{Filyovskaya Line RDT , map_state = collapsed Kiyevskaya (russian: Киевская) is a station on the
Filyovskaya line The Filyovskaya line (russian: Филёвская ли́ния, ), or Line 4 and 4A, is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major western districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow-City ...
of the
Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro) is a metro system serving the Russian capital of Moscow as well as the neighbouring cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki in Moscow Oblast. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first ...
(though it was originally part of the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya line). It initially opened in 1937 and closed in 1953 when the new Kiyevskaya station, intended to replace it, was completed. Due to a change of plans, however, it reopened after only five years as part of the new Filyovskaya line. The original architect was
Dmitry Chechulin Dmitry Nikolaevich Chechulin (russian: Дми́трий Никола́евич Чечу́лин; , in Shostka – 29 October 1981, in Moscow) was a Russian Soviet architect, city planner, author, and leading figure of Stalinist architecture. Li ...
. Kiyevskaya features tall, octagonal pillars topped with elaborate capitals. The pillars were originally faced with
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, but this was replaced with yellowish Gazgan
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after ten years. The platform is intricately patterned with Ukrainian designs executed in red, white, and gray
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. The three rows of circular ceiling
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s originally housed
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light fixtures but these were abandoned in favor of the current three-bladed
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s in the 1960s. Between Kiyevskaya and Smolenskaya is the
Smolensky Metro Bridge Smolensky Metro Bridge (russian: Смоленский метромост, ''Metromost'') is a steel arch bridge that spans Moskva River in Dorogomilovo District of Moscow, Russia. It is the first bridge built for the Moscow Metro in 1935–193 ...
, which spans the Moskva River. The bridge was built in 1937 and was the first above-ground section of the Metro.


Transfers

From this station, passengers can transfer to Kiyevskaya on the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya line and Kiyevskaya on the Koltsevaya line. Moscow Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1937 Filyovskaya Line Railway stations located underground in Russia