Druzhby Narodiv (Kyiv Metro)

Druzhby Narodiv or Friendship of Peoples (Ukrainian: Дружби Народів, (listen), named after the road above the station) is a station of Kyiv Metro's Syretsko-Pecherska Line. It is situated between Pecherska and Vydubychi stations. This station was opened on 30 December 1991.

Druzhby Narodiv
Kyiv Metro station
General information
Location	Pecherskyi District Kyiv Ukraine
Coordinates	50°25′5″N 30°32′42″E
Owned by	Kyiv Metro
Line(s)	Syretsko–Pecherska line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	318
History
Opened	30 December 1991
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station Pecherska towards Syrets Syretsko–Pecherska line Vydubychi towards Chervonyi Khutir

Druzhby Narodiv station was designed by architects Alyoshkin and Krushynskiy. It is a deep-level station. The station is connected by escalators with a passenger tunnel situated under Druzhby Narodiv boulevard.

Druzhby Narodiv station operates from 05:43 to 00:12.

On Friday 13 January 2023 the Kyiv City Council announced the metro station would be renamed.[1] In a poll organised by them Kyiv residents cast more than 100,000 votes for the renaming of seven city objects, including this and the metro station Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho.[1] In a May 2022 online poll (with 170,000 respondents) voters chose to rename the station Botanical[2] (Ukrainian: Ботанічний) — after the nearby Hryshko National Botanical Garden — in a poll taken during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine; other choices included European and Red Vibernum.[3] The Druzhba Narodiv boulevard itself was renamed to Mykola Mikhnovsky boulevard on 8 December 2022.[4] In the January 2023 poll the majority of votes went to the name Zvirynets (Ukrainian: Звіринець), a historical neighbourhood inside Pecherskyi District where the metro station is situated in.[1]