The incredible interior of Kievskaya Metro station is seen during the evening commuter period with Moscovites rushing to get home. It is an interchange station on the circular Koltsevaya line that connects with the Arbatsko-Pokrovskay and Filyovskaya lines. Despite appearances, it is not that old being opened on 14th March 1954 following a competition held in Ukraine with the winning design out of seventy-three applicants submitted by E. I. Katonin, V. K. Skugarev, and G. E. Golubev. The design features 'low, square pylons faced with white marble and surmounted by large mosaics by A.V. Myzin celebrating Russo-Ukrainian unity. Both the mosaics and the arches between the pylons are edged with elaborate gold-coloured trim'. It's not quite the Northern Line is it?
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