Pushkinskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
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Pushkinskaya (Russian: Пу́шкинская) is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It first opened on 30 April 1956, under the original name of "Vitebskiy vokzal", referring to the connecting Vitebsky railway station.
There is a monument in the station dedicated to the poet Alexander Pushkin sculpted by Mikhail Anikushin. This station was the first USSR metro station with memorial located under the ground.
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- Saint Petersburg Metro stations
- Railway stations in Russia opened in 1956
- Railway stations located underground in Russia
- Russian rapid transit stubs
- Russian railway station stubs