Pushkin is the closest suburb of St. Petersburg, mentioned in many works of art and official documents as Tsarskoe Selo (renamed in 1937). Once here the summer residences were built by members of the royal family and even personally ruling monarchs, as well as their approximate and simply noble and wealthy people. Many parks and palaces have survived to this day. Attractions of Pushkin attract a large number of tourists every year. What exactly is worth seeing in this city in the first place?
Catherine's Park and Palace
The Tsarskoe Selo Museum-Reserve is included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. The real pearl of the complex is the Great Catherine Palace and the adjacent green zone. Construction of the residence was started in 1717, it was to be a gift for the wife of Peter I Ekaterina Alekseevna. The palace took its modern look after perestroika under the leadership of the well-known architect F. B. Rastrelli. The empress Elizabeth Petrovna became the owner of the renovated residence. In the future, the palace remained loved by all subsequent generations of the royal family. Pushkin (Leningrad region) has a wide variety of attractions. But it is the Catherine Palace that is the most luxurious and interesting of them. Today, you can see restored interiors, including the famous Amber Room, as well as genuine personal items and household items of royalty. Around the palace there is a park with a total area of more than 100 hectares. On its territory you can see elegant sculptures, pavilions and other buildings. Here are the attractions of Pushkin, such as the Admiralty, the Hermitage, the Pyramid, the Cold Bath, the Marble Bridge, the Upper and Lower Baths, the Grotto.
Alexander Park
Until now, Pushkin has also preserved a residence built for Alexander I. Alexander Park borders on Catherine on the north side. The total area of the green zone is about 200 hectares. In the list "The most interesting sights of Pushkin" the Alexander Palace takes an honorable second place. This is a grand building in classical style, with a colonnade of the Corinthian Order and two symmetrical outbuildings. The date of construction is 1792-1796, the main architect of the project is D. Quarenghi. Today, the interior of the palace is accessible for tourists. On the territory of the park there is a large lake, as well as interesting objects: the Chinese village, the White Tower, the Arsenal.
Sightseeing associated with the name of Alexander Pushkin
Until 1937, the city was called Tsarskoe Selo (from 1918 to 1937 - the Children's Village). And in the centenary of the death of the great poet, he was renamed Pushkin (February 10, 1937). There is a memorial museum-dacha of Alexander Pushkin. The exposition is located in the one-story house of AK Kitaeva, the widow of the court valet. Here Pushkin spent the whole summer together with his wife Natalia Nikolaevna in 1813. Tourists interested in the life and work of the Sun of Russian poetry can visit the Memorial Museum-Lyceum. In the educational institution founded by Alexander I, AS Pushkin spent six whole years. Other Pushkin attractions connected with the poet who gave the name to the city: a historical and literary museum and a monument to Alexander Sergeyevich.
Babolovsky Park and the Palace
Pushkin is a city of parks and palaces. To the Catherine Palace and Park ensemble adjoins another, once luxurious Babolovsky Garden, which once housed the original Gothic palace built for GA Potemkin. To date, from the luxurious residence of the most blessed Prince Tavrichesky there were only ruins. But even in this form the palace deserves attention. In its central hall was installed King-bath - carved from a single granite monolith huge bath. They say that this thicket is perfectly preserved to the present day. Tsar-bath is unique in its size and method of production, such a rarity can only be proud of the city of Pushkin. The sights of the Babolovsky Park are also some buildings that were miraculously preserved on its territory. The very same green area today looks neglected and resembles a mixed forest.
Other sights of the city
If you come to Pushkin for a few days, you will probably want to see something other than the most important, iconic attractions. Visit the "Tsarskoye Selo Collection" - the art museum, the house museum of P. Chistyakov. Not so long ago in the city there was an exposition dedicated to Anna Akhmatova. The city of Pushkin (St. Petersburg) attractions has not only a cultural and secular type. There is also an old church, today restored and functioning. It is the temple of the Icon of Our Lady "The Sign", founded in 1734 and originally consecrated in 1747.
The city of Pushkino (Moscow region)
In honor of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, many geographical objects and settlements were named in our country. And the number of streets and thoroughfares of the name of the great poet simply can not be counted. Probably, they are in all cities. In the suburbs also there is a settlement with a similar name - Pushkino. It is a small and cozy green city. Interestingly, here, just like St. Petersburg's Pushkin, tourists come regularly. Places of interest in Pushkino, Moscow region - is mainly giving famous writers. Here rested and worked Tyutchev, Mayakovsky, Stanislavsky, Demyan Bedny. Many estates today are restored and take tourists as museum houses. The local history museum, the sculptures of Krylov, Pushkin and Mayakovsky are also of interest, as well as the Memorial to the warriors who died during the Great Patriotic War.