Kastrychnitskaya (; ) or previously Oktyabrskaya, is a station of
Minsk Metro
The Minsk Metro (; ) is a rapid transit system that serves Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Opened 29 June 1984, it presently consists of 3 lines and 33 stations, totaling . In 2013, the system carried 328.3 million passengers, which averages to a ...
in
Minsk
Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...
, the capital of
Belarus
Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...
. It opened on June 30, 1984.
The station is one of three on the Minsk Metro to have been built with an entrance in an existing building, the other two being
Kupalawskaya and
Ploshcha Lyenina.
2011 bombing
Kastrychnitskaya station was the site of the
Minsk Metro bombing on April 11, 2011.
Gallery
Metro Octobre.JPG
Oktyab 08.jpg
Oktyab 06.jpg
Minsk-Metro-Oktyabrskaya-10.jpg
Oktyab 04.jpg
Oktyab 07.jpg
Oktyab 05.jpg
Oktyab 11.jpg
References
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Minsk Metro stations
Railway stations in Belarus opened in 1984