Zvirynetska (Kyiv Metro)

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 Narodiv or Friendship of Peoples (Ukrainian: Дружби Народів, pronunciation^ⓘ, named after the former name of Mykola Mikhnovsky Boulevard, which is located above the station)

Zvirynetska
Kyiv Metro station
General information
Location	Pecherskyi District Kyiv Ukraine
Coordinates	50°25′5″N 30°32′42″E
Owned by	Kyiv Metro
Line(s)	Syretsko–Pecherska line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	318
History
Opened	30 December 1991
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station Pecherska towards Syrets Syretsko–Pecherska line Vydubychi towards Chervonyi Khutir

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.

History

The station was opened on 30 December 1991 under the name of "Druzhby Narodiv", named after the boulevard the station was located under.

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]

References

1. "The metropolitan metro stations "Friendship of Peoples" and "Lev Tolstoy Square" will receive new names". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
2. "Kyiv selects new names for Soviet-linked metro stations". BBC. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
3. Valentina Romanenko (2022-05-02). ""Borshch", "Reactive Geese", "In the Name of Magister Yoda": how Kyivans proposed to rename metro stations" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
4. Oleksandr Shumilin (8 December 2022). "n Kyiv, 32 more streets were de-Russified, including Druzhby Narodiv Boulevard". Ukrainska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
5. "Metro stations and a number of streets were renamed in Kyiv" (in Ukrainian). Istorychna Pravda. 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

External links

• (in Ukrainian) Kyivsky Metropoliten - Station description and Photographs
• (in Russian) Metropoliten.kiev.ua - Station description and Photographs
• Photo of the Station from WikiMaps