Tarasa Shevchenka (Kiev Metro)

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	Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
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								Obolon

								Petrivka

								Tarasa Shevchenka

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								Poshtova Ploshcha

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								Respublikansky Stadion

								Palats "Ukrayina"

								Lybidska



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								Holosiivska



								Vasylkivska



								Vystavkovy Tsentr



								Ipodrom



								Teremky



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Tarasa Shevchenka (Ukrainian: Тараса Шевченка; Russian: Тараса Шевченко) is a station on Kiev Metro's Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line. The station was opened on November 5, 1980 in the northern part of the historic Podil neighbourhood and is named after the famous Ukrainian poet, writer, and painter, Taras Shevchenko. It was designed by T.A. Tselikovska, A.S. Krushynskyi, and A. Pratsiuk.

The station is located shallow underground and consists of a central hall with rectangular marble pillars. The walls along the tracks have been finished with dark red marble and ceramic tiles with a plant motif. The lighting comes from large round lamps hanging from the ceiling. At the end of the hall is a white stone bust of Taras Shevchenko, surrounded through the same plant motif that is located on the station's walls. The station is accessible by passenger tunnels on the Mezhyhirska and the Olenivska Streets.