Pushkinskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

Pushkinskaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Station Hall
Coordinates	59°55′14.48″N 30°19′46.81″E / 59.9206889°N 30.3296694°E / 59.9206889; 30.3296694Coordinates: 59°55′14.48″N 30°19′46.81″E / 59.9206889°N 30.3296694°E / 59.9206889; 30.3296694
Owned by	Saint Petersburg Metro
Line(s)	Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	≈57 m (187 ft)
History
Opened	30 April 1956
Services
Preceding station   St Petersburg Metro   Following station Vladimirskaya toward Devyatkino Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line Tekhnologichesky Institut toward Prospekt Veteranov Sadovaya toward Komendantsky Prospekt Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line Transfer at: Zvenigorodskaya Obvodny Kanal toward Mezhdunarodnaya

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".

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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