Yaroslava Mudroho (Kharkiv Metro) Explained

Yaroslava Mudroho
Type:Kharkiv Metro Station
Style:Kharkiv Metro
Style2:Saltivska
Coordinates:50.0039°N 36.2475°W
Structure:underground
Platform:1
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Opened:10 August 1984
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Kharkiv Metro

Yaroslava Mudroho (Ukrainian: Ярослава Мудрого|Yaroslava Mudroho|[[Yaroslav the Wise]]) is a station on the Kharkiv Metro's Saltivska Line. Construction on the station began on 16 April 1977, and it opened on 10 August 1984 as Pushkinska, making it the eighth station of the Saltivska Line. It is located in Kharkiv's city center, beneath Yaroslava Mudroho Square at the intersection of the Yaroslava Mudroho and Hryhorii Skovoroda streets.

On 29 April 2024 the station that had been named after Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (since 1984) was renamed to its current name.[1]

Station

The metro station lies more than 30m (100feet) underground which makes it the deepest station of the Kharkiv Metro system.[2]

The station was opened on 10 August 1984 as "Pushkinska" under a street named after Russian poet Alexander Pushkin since 1899 (present-day Hryhoriia Skorovody street).

Renaming "Pushkinska" to "Yaroslava Mudroho"

On 12 January 2024 a bas-relief of Alexander Pushkin was removed from the metro station and other artwork in the station that had incorporated poetry by Aleksandr Pushkin was also removed.[3] As part of a derussification effort the previous year in Kharkiv a monument to Pushkin was dismantled, Pushkin’s name was removed from the name of the, and all the murals with portraits of the poet were erased.[4]

On 26 January 2024 the Kharkiv City Council renamed the Pushkinska street after which the metro station was named to Hryhorii Skovoroda street.[5] The street was renamed in response to a 23 January 2024 Russian bombing of Kharkiv that cased 9 victims, including a 4-year-old child.[6] In the this attack the Pushkinska Street had been hit.[7] According to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov until the attack he "was in no hurry" to rename this street because "Like many Kharkiv residents, I always felt that Pushkin is not about modern Russia, not about the reality that the Putin regime is trying to instill by using the greatness of historical figures for his own benefit."[8]

On 30 January 2024 Terekhov stated that in all toponyms in the city associated with Russia will be renamed within three to four months, including the metro station.[9]

On 29 April 2024 Terekhov signed the order to rename the station Yaroslava Mudroho Station[1] commemorating the 11th century Grand Prince of Kyiv Yaroslav the Wise (Yaroslav Mudryi) whose name is also borne by the nearby Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. On the same day, but before the station was officially renamed, the name Pushkinska was already removed from the station.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: In Kharkiv, the metro stations «Pushkin» and «South Station» were renamed. 30 April 2024. Ukrinform. 29 April 2024. Ukrainian.
  2. Web site: Butkovsky. Andrey. Stations and constructions. Station "Pushkinskaya". Kharkov transportny. 19 May 2011. 2005. Russian. https://web.archive.org/web/20091223224933/http://gortransport.kharkov.ua/subway/stations/stations.php?subway_station_page=16. 23 December 2009. dead.
  3. Web site: Pushkin's works were removed from the Kharkiv metro (photo). 12 January 2024. 25 January 2024. Ukrainian. Status Quo.
  4. Web site: A bas-relief of Pushkin was removed from the metro station in Kharkiv (photo). 12 January 2024. 25 January 2024. Ukrainian. Status Quo.
  5. Web site: Pushkinska in Kharkiv became Hryhoriy Skovoroda Street. 26 January 2024. 26 January 2024. Ukrainian. Ukrainska Pravda.
  6. Web site: After the Russian shelling, the mayor of Kharkiv first proposed renaming Pushkinska Street. 24 January 2024. 26 January 2024. Ukrainian. Ukrainska Pravda.
  7. Web site: After the Russian shelling, the mayor of Kharkiv first proposed renaming Pushkinska Street. 24 January 2024. 26 January 2024. Ukrainian. Ukrainska Pravda.
  8. Web site: Terekhov is already "in favor" of renaming Pushkinska - after the Russians got there. 24 January 2024. 2 May 2024. Ukrainian. .
  9. Web site: Following the street: in Kharkiv they will rename the metro station "Pushkinska", — Terekhov. 30 January 2024. 1 February 2024. Ukrainian. Focus.
  10. Web site: Pushkinska signs have already been removed from the subway (photo). 29 April 2024. 30 April 2024. Ukrainian. Status Quo.
    Web site: In Kharkiv, 2 metro stations and hundreds of streets were renamed. 29 April 2024. 30 April 2024. Ukrainian. Status Quo.