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Minska ( Ukrainian :  ) is a station on Kiev Metro ' s Kurenivsko - Chervonoarmiyska Line . The station was opened on November 6 , 1982 in the Obolonskyi Raion of Kiev . It was designed by I . L . Maslenkov , T . A . Tselikovska , and F . M . Zaremba . The station takes its name from the Minskyi Raion ( now Obolonskyi Raion ) in which it is situated . The station is located shallow underground and is the first Kiev Metro station with a vaulted roof without column support . Along the tracks , on the ceiling , and above the entrance to the station ' s hall is a colorful motif , depicting flowers . The station is accessible by passenger tunnels ; one leading to the Obolon ' skyi Prospect , and the other -- to Marshala Tymoshenko Street . ___MASK84___ ( tr . ) is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe , bordered by Russia to the east and northeast , Belarus to the northwest , Poland and Slovakia to the west , Hungary , Romania , and Moldova to the southwest , and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast , respectively . ___MASK84___ is currently in territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula which Russia annexed in 2014 but which ___MASK84___ and most of the international community recognise as Ukrainian . Including Crimea , ___MASK84___ has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world . It has a population of about 44 . 5 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and largest city of ___MASK84___ , located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River . The population in July 2015 was ( though higher estimated numbers have been cited in the press ), making Kiev the 7th most populous city in Europe . Minsk (; is the capital and largest city of the Republic of ___MASK28___ , situated on the Svislach and Nyamiha rivers . It is the administrative centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ). As the national capital , Minsk has a special administrative status in ___MASK28___ and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region ( voblast ) and Minsk raion ( district ). In 2013 , it had a population of 2 , 002 , 600 . The Dnieper River or ( also known as : " Dnepr ", " Dnyapro " or " Dnipro ") is one of the major rivers of Europe ( fourth by length ), rising near Smolensk , ___MASK50___ and flowing through ___MASK50___ , ___MASK28___ and ___MASK84___ to the Black Sea . It is the longest river of ___MASK84___ and ___MASK28___ and the fourth longest river in Europe . The total length ranges between and with a drainage basin of . The river is noted for its dams and hydroelectric stations . The Dnieper is an important navigable waterway for the economy of ___MASK84___ and is connected via the Dnieper  Bug Canal to other waterways in Europe . The Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), also called the Russian Commonwealth ( to distinguish it from the British Commonwealth of Nations ), is a regional organization formed during the dissolution of the ___MASK90___ . Nine out of the 15 former Soviet Republics are member states , and two are associate members ( ___MASK84___ and Turkmenistan ). Georgia withdrew its membership in 2008 , while the Baltic states ( Estonia , Lithuania and Latvia ) refused to participate . The ___MASK90___ , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR " ) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991 . A union of multiple subnational republics , its government and economy were highly centralized . The ___MASK90___ was a one - party federation , governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital . The Kiev Metro is a metro system that is the mainstay of Kiev ' s public transport . It was the first rapid transit system in ___MASK84___ and the third one built in the Soviet Union ( after Moscow and St Petersburg Metros ). It now has three lines with a total length of and 52 stations . The system carries 1 . 439 million passengers daily , accounting for 38 % of Kiev ' s public transport load . In 2013 , the metro carried 536 . 2 million passengers . One of the deepest stations in the world , Arsenalna ( at ), is found on the system .