Minska
Kyiv Metro
Kyiv Metro station
The Station Hall
General information
LocationObolonskyi District
Kyiv
Ukraine
Coordinates50°30′44″N 30°29′55″E / 50.51222°N 30.49861°E / 50.51222; 30.49861
Owned byKyiv Metro
Line(s) Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code211
History
Opened6 November 1982
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station
Heroiv Dnipra
Terminus
 Obolonsko–Teremkivska line Obolon
towards Teremky

Minska (Ukrainian: Мінська, ⓘ) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. The station was opened on 6 November 1982 in the Obolonskyi Raion of Kyiv. 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.

The station is located shallow underground and is the first Kyiv 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 Levko Lukianenko Street.

Voters chose to rename the station Varshavska[1] - after Warsaw; another choice was Vyshhorodska[2] - in a poll taken during the first months of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In April 2023 the Kyiv City Council decided not to rename the station.[3] An expert group had recommended not to change the name "Given the long, strong and significant historical and cultural ties of the Belarusian and Ukrainian people" and not rename topnonyms "if they are not named after Belarusian figures who are known for their anti-Ukrainian stance or propaganda of imperial and Soviet policies towards Ukraine."[3] Instead the station was redecorated the colors of the White-red-white flag of Belarus.[3] This flag was the official flag of Belarus from 1991 to 1995, and became one of the symbols the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Kyiv selects new names for Soviet-linked metro stations". BBC. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  2. ↑ Valentina Romanenko (2022-05-02). ""Борщ", "Реактивні гуси", "Імені Магістра Йоди": як кияни пропонували перейменувати станції метро" ["Borsch", "Reactive Geese", "Names of the Yoda Master": how the Kyivans proposed to rename the metro station] (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Anastasia Feschenko (28 April 2023). "Що робити зі станцією метро «Мінська»? Київрада визначилася з позицією" [What to do with the metro station «Minsk»? Kyivrad decided on the position] (in Ukrainian). Glavcom. Retrieved 10 January 2024.


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