Zoloti Vorota (Kyiv Metro)

Zoloti Vorota
Kyiv Metro station
The central hall is covered with mosaic decorated arcs reminiscent of ancient Rus' temple architecture.
General information
Location	42, Volodymyrska Street, Shevchenkivskyi District[1] Kyiv Ukraine
Coordinates	50°26′54″N 30°30′48″E / 50.44833°N 30.51333°E / 50.44833; 30.51333
Owned by	Kyivpastrans
Line(s)	Syretsko–Pecherska line
Construction
Structure type	Deep column station
Depth	96.5 m (317 ft)[2]
Architect	Vadym and Boris Zhezherin Mykola Zharikov
History
Opened	31 December 1989[3]
Passengers
2008	20,000 (daily)[3]
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station Lukianivska towards Syrets Syretsko–Pecherska line Palats Sportu towards Chervonyi Khutir Universytet towards Akademmistechko Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line transfer at Teatralna Khreshchatyk towards Lisova
Route map Legend Vynohradar Depot Marshala Hrechka Vynohradar Varshavska Mostytska Syrets Dorohozhychi Lukianivska Lvivska Brama Zoloti Vorota at Teatralna Palats Sportu at Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv Klovska Pecherska Zvirynetska Vydubychi Telychka Pivdennyi Bridge across Dnieper River Slavutych Osokorky Pozniaky Kharkivska Vyrlytsia Boryspilska Kharkivske Depot-3 Chervonyi Khutir This diagram: view talk edit

Zoloti Vorota (Ukrainian: Золоті́ воро́та, ^ⓘ) is a station on the Kyiv Metro system that serves Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. The station was opened as part of the first segment of the Syretsko-Pecherska Line on 31 December 1989. It serves as a transfer station to the Teatralna station of the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line.^[3] It is located near the city's Golden Gate, from which the station takes its name.

The original design plans for the station called for a clean utilitarian structure typical of metro stations of that period. Due to the efforts of the city's chief architect Mykola Zharikov, the design was scrapped in favor of one that resembles an ancient Kievan Rus' temple by Borys Zhezherin, Vadym Zhezherin, and Zharikov himself.^[4][5] Such a design was a particularly risky feat, since Ukraine was a part of the secular Soviet Union at the time of the station's construction. Vadym Zhezherin and Mykola Zharikov, among the other artists and architects of the station, were bestowed the State Prize of Ukraine in the Field of Architecture for their work in 1991.^[6]

The Zoloti Vorota features 80 distinct mosaic pieces and images depicting the history of Kievan Rus'. In 2011, the station's mosaics were listed as "newly discovered objects of cultural heritage" by the city's Department of Cultural Heritage.^[7] The station is regarded as one of the most impressive metro stations in Europe,^[5][8] being placed on a list compiled by The Daily Telegraph in 2013.^[4][9]