Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv (Ukrainian: Площа Українських Героїв, lit. 'Square of Ukrainian Heroes') is a station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. Until May 2023 it was named Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Ukrainian: Площа Льва Толстого, ⓘ). The station was opened on 19 December 1981, and was named after the writer Leo Tolstoy.[1] Tolstoy had visited the city only once.[1] The station was designed by N.A. Levchuk and V.B. Zhezheryn.
The station is located deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades in the walls. The central hall has been covered with orange-coloured marble and is lit by chandeliers and decorative lamps placed on the walls. Passenger tunnels connect the station to the Square of Ukrainian Heroes and another street.
In a May 2022 online poll (with 170,000 respondents) taken during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine voters chose to rename the station to Vasylia Stusa (named after Vasyl Stus)[2] Another choice was Liny Kostenko (named after Lina Kostenko)[3][2] On Friday 13 January 2023 the Kyiv City Council announced the metro station would be renamed.[4] In a poll organised by them Kyiv residents cast more than 100,000 votes for the renaming of seven city objects, including this and another metro stations.[4] The majority of the votes went to the name Ukrainian Heroes Square.[4] On 18 May 2023 the Kyiv City Council renamed the station to this name.[5]