Serzha Lyfaria (; from 2000 to 2008, Saburova, from 2008 to 2019, Oleksandra Saburova) is a station on the Livoberezhna Line of the

Kyiv Light Rail Kyiv Light Rail or Kyiv Express Tram (, translit.: ''Kyivs’kyi shvydkisnyi tramvai'') consists of two light rail lines with rapid transit sections in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The system is largely grade-separated and is only connected to ...

system. It was opened on May 26, 2000 and reopened after a significant modernization of the line on October 26, 2012. Serzha Lyfaria is located in between the Oleksandry Ekster and Ronalda Reihana stations. Initially named in honor of

Alexander Saburov Alexander Nikolayevich Saburov (; 15 April 1974) was one of the leaders of Soviet partisan movement in Ukraine and western Russia during World War II. Saburov was born on to a Russian peasant family in Yarushki, Vyatka Governorate (now part ...

, a

Soviet partisan Soviet partisans were members of resistance movements that fought a guerrilla war against Axis forces during World War II in the Soviet Union, the previously Soviet-occupied territories of interwar Poland in 1941–45 and eastern Finland. The ac ...

, it was renamed in 2019 in honor of

Serge Lifar Serge Lifar (, ''Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar'') ( 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian dancer, choreographer, and one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. Lifar was also a choreographer, director, writer, theoretician abou ...

, a French ballet dancer and choreographer of Ukrainian origin. At one point the Kyiv City authorities proposed creating the of the

Kyiv Metro The Kyiv Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system in Kyiv, Ukraine, owned by the Kyiv City Council and operated by the city-owned company Kyivskyi Metropoliten''.'' It was initially opened on 6 November 1960, as a single line with five stations. I ...

's Livoberezhna Line, although that entire project was scrapped in favor of expanding the existing light rail system.

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* * {{Kyiv Fast Tram Kyiv Light Rail stations Railway stations in Ukraine opened in 2000