Zvirynetska (Ukrainian: Звіринецька) is a station of Kyiv Metro's Syretsko-Pecherska Line. It is situated between Pecherska and Vydubychi stations. This station was opened on 30 December 1991. Until May 2023 the station was named Druzhby NarodivorFriendship of Peoples (Ukrainian: Дружби Народів, ⓘ, named after the former name of Mykola Mikhnovsky Boulevard, which is located above the station)
Zvirynetska | |||||||||||
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Kyiv Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Pecherskyi District Kyiv Ukraine | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°25′5″N 30°32′42″E / 50.41806°N 30.54500°E / 50.41806; 30.54500 | ||||||||||
Owned by | Kyiv Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Syretsko–Pecherska line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
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Station code | 318 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 30 December 1991 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Druzhby Narodiv station was designed by architects Alyoshkin and Krushynskiy. It is a deep-level station. The station is connected by escalators with a passenger tunnel situated under Mykola Mikhnovsky Boulevard.
The station operates from 05:43 to 00:12.
On Friday 13 January 2023 the Kyiv City Council announced Druzhby Narodiv metro station would be renamed.[1] In a poll organised by them Kyiv residents cast more than 100,000 votes for the renaming of seven city objects, including this station and Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho.[1] In a May 2022 online poll (with 170,000 respondents) voters chose to rename the station Botanichna[2] (Ukrainian: Ботанічна, lit. 'Botanical') — after the nearby Hryshko National Botanical Garden — in a poll taken during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; other choices included Yevropeiska (European) and Chervona Kalyna (Red Viburnum).[3] The Druzhby Narodiv boulevard itself was renamed to Mykola Mikhnovsky boulevard on 8 December 2022.[4] In the January 2023 poll the majority of votes went to the name Zvirynets (Ukrainian: Звіринець), a historical neighbourhood inside Pecherskyi District where the metro station is situated in.[1] On 18 May 2023 the Kyiv City Council renamed the station to Zvirynetska.[5]
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