Pushkin

Pushkin is a municipality in Pushkinsky District near Saint Petersburg, known for its imperial palaces and sprawling parklands. The streets connect neoclassical buildings with tree-lined avenues, while the residences and gardens shape the character of the entire settlement.

The settlement was founded in 1710 as Tsarskoye Selo to serve as a summer residence for the Russian imperial family. After the 1917 Revolution, the town was renamed and transformed into a regular municipality that still preserves traces of its imperial past.

Locals walk through the parks and along the avenues that were once reserved for imperial use, now open to anyone who wants to stroll among the trees and ponds. Families gather on benches near the water in summer, watching the ducks and chatting while street musicians play near the palace gates.

Trains from Vitebsky Railway Station in Saint Petersburg run regularly to this town and the journey takes less than an hour. The parks and palaces sit close to one another, so you can reach the main sites on foot.

The reconstruction of the Amber Room in the Catherine Palace used over 6 tons of Baltic amber. Craftsmen from Germany and Russia worked for more than 20 years to recreate the lost panels from old photographs.