Geographically Sonyachna is located on a junction of four microraions of the city (Soniachnyi, after which the station is named, Skhidnyi-1,2,3 and Hirnytskyi).

Originally the station was named Zhovtneva (Ukrainian: Жовтнева, Russian: Oktyabr'skaya) after the nearby market (Zhovtnevyi rynok).

Григорія Гутовського), for the soviet era official and engineer who effectively ensured that the system would be completed.

The upper part consists of a concrete cupola-type vault that rests on two rows of supports.

Between the supports are large glazed openings, leading to an uncommon nickname podlodka (submarine), after the craft that it resembles.