Pushkin
Russia /
Sankt Petersburg /
Pushkin /
World
/ Russia
/ Sankt Petersburg
/ Pushkin
, 9 km from center (Пушкин)
World / Russia / Leningrad
city, invisible, third-level administrative division
Municipal town in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) south from the center of St. Petersburg proper, and its railway station, Tsarskoye Selo, is directly connected by railway to the Vitebsky Rail Terminal of the city. Population: 92,889 (2010 Census).
Pushkin was founded in 1710 as an imperial residence named Tsarskoye Selo (Russian: Ца́рское Село́, lit. 'Tsar's Village') and received status of a town in 1808. The first public railways in Russia, Tsarskoye Selo Railways, were opened here in 1837 and connected the town to the capital, St. Petersburg. After the October Revolution, the town was renamed to Detskoye Selo (Russian: Де́тское Село́, romanized: Children's Village). Its name was further changed in 1937 to Pushkin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. The town contains an ensemble of the 18th century Tsarskoye Selo. This museum complex includes the Catherine Palace, Alexander Palace and other buildings and associated parks; it is a major tourist attraction in the area and is included in the list of monuments protected by the UNESCO.
Pushkin was founded in 1710 as an imperial residence named Tsarskoye Selo (Russian: Ца́рское Село́, lit. 'Tsar's Village') and received status of a town in 1808. The first public railways in Russia, Tsarskoye Selo Railways, were opened here in 1837 and connected the town to the capital, St. Petersburg. After the October Revolution, the town was renamed to Detskoye Selo (Russian: Де́тское Село́, romanized: Children's Village). Its name was further changed in 1937 to Pushkin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. The town contains an ensemble of the 18th century Tsarskoye Selo. This museum complex includes the Catherine Palace, Alexander Palace and other buildings and associated parks; it is a major tourist attraction in the area and is included in the list of monuments protected by the UNESCO.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkin,_Saint_Petersburg
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 59°41'38"N 30°20'25"E
- Kuyvozovskoye rural settlement 94 km
- Yadrovskaya volost 239 km
- 1 268 km
- Lavry volost (district) 285 km
- Asviejski Selsoviet 420 km
- Rokiškis rural eldership 492 km
- Parovėja eldership 497 km
- Širvėna eldership 506 km
- Kupiškis eldership 531 km
- Šiauliai rural eldership 587 km
- taxiway 0.5 km
- Pushkin Airport 0.8 km
- Krasnoselskoye shosse, 65 1.5 km
- Krasnoselskoye shosse, 63 1.6 km
- Krasnoselskoye shosse, 55 1.7 km
- Silvery Willows Alley 1.9 km
- Kondakopshinsky forest 2.1 km
- Babolovo Park 2.7 km
- Pushkinsky District 5.2 km
- Shushary 9 km