Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Kiev Metro)

Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Ukrainian: Площа Льва Толстого) is a station on Kiev Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. The station was opened on December 19, 1981, and is named after the writer Leo Tolstoy (who visited Kiev only once[1]). It was designed by N.A. Levchuk and V.B. Zhezheryn.

Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho
Kiev Metro station
The Station Hall
Location	Shevchenkivskyi District Kiev Ukraine
Coordinates	50°26′22″N 30°31′00″E
Owned by	Kiev Metro
Line(s)	Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	218
History
Opened	19 December 1981 (1981-12-19)
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Kiev Metro   Following station Maidan Nezalezhnosti toward Heroiv Dnipra Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line Olimpiiska toward Teremky Zoloti Vorota toward Syrets Syretsko-Pecherska Line Transfer at: Palats Sportu Klovska toward Chervony Khutir

The station is located deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades in the walls. The central hall has been covered with orange-coloured marble and is lit by chandeliers and decorative lamps placed on the walls. Passenger tunnels connect the station to the Leo Tolstoy Square and another street.

The station forms a station complex with a transfer tunnel with the adjoining Palats Sportu station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line.

References

1. (in Russian) In Kiev, "disappear" metro station "Petrovka" and Tolstoy Street: all the details, Segodnya (19 April 2017)

External links

• Kyivsky Metropoliten — Station description and photographs (in Ukrainian)
• Metropoliten.kiev.ua — Station description and photographs (in Russian)