Pushkin
Pushkin is a locality in Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast. Pushkin is situated nearby to the locality Soboleva, as well as near Kiskisary.Places of Interest
Highlights include Amber Room and Babolovsky Palace.
Amber Room
Photo: Branson DeCou, Public domain.
The Amber Room was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg. Amber Room is situated 3½ km northeast of Pushkin.
Babolovsky Palace
Photo: Yoxcel, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Babolovo or Babolovka was a dacha of Prince Potemkin in Tsarskoe Selo. It was in 1780 that Catherine II of Russia presented the grounds adjoining the Catherine Park and the Alexander Park to her then-favourite, Potemkin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pushkin and Pavlovsk.
Pushkin
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pushkin is a municipal town in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located 24 kilometers 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.
Pavlovsk
Photo: IzoeKriv, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pavlovsk is in the District of Saint Petersburg, about 30 km from the city itself, and just to the south of Tsarskoye Selo. It is home to Pavlovsk Palace, one of the most splendid residences of the Russian imperial family.
Alexandrovskaya
Village
Photo: Peterburg23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alexandrovskaya is a municipal settlement in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: 2,491 ; 1,184 ; 2,960 .
Pushkin
- Type: Locality
- Location: Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.7019° or 59° 42′ 7″ northLongitude
30.3397° or 30° 20′ 23″ eastElevation
63 metres (207 feet)Open location code
9GFGP82Q+PVGeoNames ID
13518666
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“Pushkin” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Пушкин”
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