Owned by Kiev Metro Platform levels 1 Electrified Yes Opened 17 December 1976 Level 1 Tracks 2 | Structure type underground Station code 217 Address Kiev, Ukraine, 02000 Owner Kiev Metro Platforms in use 1 | |
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Line(s) Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line Architects Ihor Maslenkov, Fedir Zaremba Similar Teatralna, Poshtova Ploshcha, Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho, Khreshchatyk, Kontraktova Ploshcha | ||
Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Ukrainian: Майдан Незалежності) is a station on Kiev Metro's Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line. The station was opened on December 17, 1976, and is named after Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) on the Khreschatyk street. It was designed by N. Kolomiiets, I. Maslenkov, M. Syrkyn, and F. Zaremba.
The station was formerly known as Ploscha Kalinina, but was renamed a year after its opening to Ploscha Zhovtnevoi revoliutsii (Ukrainian: Площа Жовтневої революції). Maidan Nezalezhnosti forms a station complex with a transfer section with the neighbouring Khreschatyk station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line.
The station is laid deep underground and consists of a central hall with porticoes. The lamps which light the station are hidden in the niches between the columns and the walls.