Pushkinskaya | |
Address: | Admiralteysky District |
Borough: | Saint Petersburg |
Country: | Russia |
Coordinates: | 59.9207°N 30.3297°W |
Structure: | Underground |
Platform: | 1 (Island platform) |
Depth: | ≈570NaN0 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 30 April 1956 |
Electrified: | Third rail |
Operator: | Saint Petersburg Metro |
Map State: | collapsed |
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.