![]() ![]() The upper tunnel is 35 m (115 ft) long, while the lower tunnel is 56 m (184 ft) long. Since its entrance is located on a hillside, two separate escalator tunnels had to be created, connected by an underground station vestibule. The station is located at a depth of 96.5 m (317 ft), creating the need for an underground vestibule in between the two escalator tunnels. The line's first segment was officially opened on 31 December 1989, and consisted of three stations Zoloti Vorota– Palats Sportu– Mechnikova (named Klovska today). It had a projected date of completion in 1986, although the line's opening was delayed until the end of 1989 due to the economic state of the Soviet Union at the time. ![]() Ĭonstruction for the Syretsko-Pecherska Line, the Kyiv Metro system's third line, began on 23 February 1983. ![]() Although the Kominternivska station was never built, some of its architectural designs were preserved and used in the creation of the Teatralna station. This new station, called Teatralna, would be located in between the Khreshchatyk and Universytet stations, and would serve as a transfer to the future Zoloti Vorota station. However, the short central hall at Universytet was inadequate for the high volume of passengers that a transfer station would be subject to, thus the station's future location was moved a few city blocks to coincide with a newly proposed station of the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The initial plans for the future Syretsko-Pecherska Line called for a transfer station (named "Kominternivska") to connect with the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line at Universytet station. The station is regarded as one of the most impressive metro stations in Europe, being placed on a list compiled by The Daily Telegraph in 2013. In 2011, the station's mosaics were listed as "newly discovered objects of cultural heritage" by the city's Department of Cultural Heritage. The Zoloti Vorota features 80 distinct mosaic pieces and images depicting the history of Kievan Rus'. 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. 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. 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. The original design plans for the station called for a clean utilitarian structure typical of metro stations of that period. It is located near the city's Golden Gate, from which the station takes its name. It serves as a transfer station to the Teatralna station of the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened as part of the first segment of the Syretsko-Pecherska Line on 31 December 1989. Zoloti Vorota ( Ukrainian: Золоті́ воро́та, ( listen)) is a station on the Kyiv Metro system that serves Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. ![]()
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