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KIEVSKAYA STATION

Kiyevskaya (Russian: Киевская), named for the nearby Kiyevsky Rail Terminal, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1953, it is lavishly decorated in the quasi-baroque style that predominated in the early 1950s. The square pylons are faced with white Ural marble and elaborately patterned ceramic tile and the plastered ceiling is decorated with a series of frescoes by various artists depicting life in Ukraine. A large mosaic at the end of the platform commemorates the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Russia and Ukraine. Light comes from a row of hexagonal chandeliers. The architects were L.V. Lile, V.A. Litvinov, M.F. Markovsky, and V.M. Dobrokovsky.

Kiyevskaya has no vestibule of its own. Instead, escalators at the end of the hall lead to Kiyevskaya-Koltsevaya and thence to that station's entrance, which is built into the Kiyevsky Rail Terminal.

For half a century Kiyevskaya was the terminus of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, yet the 2003 extension to Park Pobedy prevented the record from being established further.

From this station it is possible to transfer to Kiyevskaya on the Filyovskaya Line and the Kiyevskaya-Koltsevaya on the Ring.

Emblema della Federazione Russa

L' Aquila Bicipite rappresenta dopo la caduta del comunismo il nuovo simbolo di Stato della Russia. Le due teste sono a simboleggiare i due orizzonti verso i quali la Russia guarda ossia l' Ovest e l' Est, mentre le tre corone stanno a simboleggiare l'amicizia che unisce da secoli i popoli dell'Ucraina. Bielorussia e la Madre Russia. Lo scettro simboleggia che la Russia è uno Stato sovrano mentre la palla sta a indicare la potenza e l'unità e nel centro vi è San Girogio che sta ad indicare che Mosca è il cuore della Russia, il colore argento invece viene visto come simbolo dell'eternità.