 It is named after the nearby Kiyevsky Rail Terminal.The design for the station was chosen in an open competition held in Ukraine; the entry submitted by the team of E. I. Katonin, V. K. Skugarev, and G. E. Golubev placed first among 73 others and it became the final design.Kievskaya features low, square pylons faced with white marble and surmounted by large mosaics by A.V.