{{short description|Minsk Metro station}} {{Expand Russian|date=December 2022|topic=transp}}{{Expand Belarusian|date=December 2022|topic=transp}} {{Infobox station | name = Uschod | symbol = metro | symbol_location = minsk | style = Minsk Metro |style2=1 |native_name=Усход |native_name_lang=be | system = Minsk Metro | image = Ushod 07.jpg | address = |line = {{ric|Minsk Metro|1|name=y}} | coordinates = {{coord|53|56|4|N|27|39|3|E|region:BY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | owned = Minsk Metro | tracks = 2 | structure = Underground | depth = | levels = | parking = | bicycle = | code = 122 | zone = | opened = {{Start date and age|1986|12|30|df=y}} | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = | former = | mpassengers = | passengers = | pass_system = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Minsk Metro|line=Maskowskaya|left=Barysaŭski trakt|right=Maskoŭskaja}} | map_locator = | image_size = | image_caption = Station Hall | other = | platform = 1 island platform | baggage_check = | accessible = |map_type=Belarus }} '''Uschod''' ({{langx|be|Усход}}; {{langx|ru|Восток}} {{IPA|ru|vɐˈstok|}}, {{lit.}} 'East') is a Minsk Metro station in Belarus. It was opened on 30 December 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mapa-metro.com/pt/bielorrussia/minsk/minsk-metro-mapa.htm|title = Mapa do metrô de Minsk, Bielorrússia}}</ref>
The station's name not only implies its geographical location, as it was the easternmost station of Minsk Metro for more than 20 years, but also its connotation with the Vostok space programme that ultimately led to the first crewed spaceflight. The station's architectural ensemble (Ye.Leonovich, V.Matelsky) is based on the latter and consists of a single vault shape with a suspended canopy that forms a single element. The canopy simultaneously acts as a blind from the lamps, and also contains the lighting elements which are focused on the apex of the white vault. This "petal" layout is reminiscent of the interior of a spaceship with illuminator windows: contrasting with that is the dark red and grey granite on the walls and the floor.
The station is located near the National Library of Belarus and the residential microrayon Uschod-1 and -2. Its two underground vestibules are interlinked with subways that are located on both sides of the Independence Avenue. From 1986-2007 the station was the terminus of the line and it received quite a lot of passenger traffic from commuters that traveled from the northeast. However, this ended when in 2007 the extension to Barysawski Trakt and Uruchcha was finished.
== Gallery == <gallery> Ushod 2011.jpg Ushod 03.jpg Ushod 05.jpg Ushod 04.jpg Ushod 06.jpg Ushod 02.jpg Ushod 01.jpg BLR-Minsk metro station Vostok 1.jpg </gallery>
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==External links== *{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.minsk.gov.by/cgi-bin/org_ps.pl?k_org=-67400111&lang=ru Minsk State Committee] - Station description *{{in lang|ru}} [https://bymetro.narod.ru/estet/vostok.htm Minskoye Metro] - Station description *[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Minsk,+Belarus&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=18&ll=53.934569,27.651139&spn=0.001547,0.006781&t=k&iwloc=addr Google maps] - Satellite shot centred on the station
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