Minska (Kiev Metro)

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Minska
KyivMetroLogo.png Kiev Metro station
Minska metro station Kiev 2011 02.jpg
The Station Hall
Location Obolonskyi District
Kiev
Ukraine
Coordinates 50°30′44″N30°29′55″E / 50.51222°N 30.49861°E / 50.51222; 30.49861 Coordinates: 50°30′44″N30°29′55″E / 50.51222°N 30.49861°E / 50.51222; 30.49861
Owned by Kiev Metro
Line(s) Kiev Metro Second Line logo.svg Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code211
History
Opened1982-11-06
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station  Kiev Metro  Following station
Terminus
Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line
toward  Teremky

Minska (Ukrainian : Мінська) is a station on Kiev Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. The station was opened on November 6, 1982 in the Obolonskyi Raion of Kiev. It was designed by I.L. Maslenkov, T.A. Tselikovska, and F.M. Zaremba. The station takes its name from the Minskyi Raion (now Obolonskyi Raion) in which it is situated.

Ukrainian language language member of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages

Ukrainian is an East Slavic language. It is the official state language of Ukraine, one of the three official languages in the unrecognized state of Transnistria, the other two being Romanian and Russian. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic script.

Kiev Metro rapid transit system in Kiev, Ukraine

The Kiev Metro is a rapid transit system that is the mainstay of Kiev's public transport. It was the first rapid transit system in Ukraine and the third system in the Soviet Union, after Moscow and St. Petersburg. It has three lines with a total length of 67.56 kilometers (41.98 mi) and 52 stations. The system carries 1.331 million passengers daily (2015), accounting for 46.7% of Kiev's public transport load. In 2016, the metro carried 484.56 million passengers. The deepest station in the world, Arsenalna, is found on the system.

Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line

The Obolonsko–Teremkivska line, is the second line of the Kiev Metro, first opened in 1976, it extended northwards along the right bank of the Dnieper river and began deviating from the river towards the southwest. As the current stations were built in the 1970s and 1980s, architecturally the line shows some of the best examples of late-Soviet architectural features. It is generally coloured blue on the maps.

The station is located shallow underground and is the first Kiev Metro station with a vaulted roof without column support. Along the tracks, on the ceiling, and above the entrance to the station's hall is a colorful motif, depicting flowers. The station is accessible by passenger tunnels; one leading to the Obolon'skyi Prospect, and the other — to Marshala Tymoshenko Street.

Semyon Timoshenko Soviet military commander

Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union.


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