Olimpiiska (Kyiv Metro)

Olimpiiska
Kyiv Metro station
The Station Hall
General information
Location	Pecherskyi District Kyiv Ukraine
Coordinates	50°25′56″N 30°30′58″E
Owned by	Kyiv Metro
Line(s)	Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	219
History
Opened	19 December 1981
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Respublikansky Stadion
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv towards Heroiv Dnipra Obolonsko–Teremkivska line Palats Ukraina towards Teremky

Olimpiiska (Ukrainian: Олімпійська, ^ⓘ) is a station on the Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. It was opened on 19 December 1981, and was originally named after Kyiv's Republican Stadium as Respublikanskyi Stadion (Ukrainian: Республіканський Стадіон; Russian: Республиканский стадион). It was designed by A.S. Krushynskyi, T.A. Tselikovska, A.S. Andriienko, and Y.M. Sharanevych.

The station is built deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades leading toward the station platforms. The walls have been covered with grey marble and the lighting comes from chandeliers. On a wall at the end of the central hall, are the Olympic rings, commemorating the 1980 Summer Olympics. The station is accessible by passenger tunnels on the Velyka Vasylkivska and another street.

External links

• Olimpiiska – One of Kyiv’s most intriguing metro stations — Station description and photographs (in English)
• Kyivsky Metropoliten — Station description and photographs (in Ukrainian)
• Metropoliten.kiev.ua — Station description and photographs (in Russian)