Pushkin, Saunt Petersburg

Pushkin () is a municipal toun in Pushkinsky Destrict o the federal ceety o St. Petersburg, Roushie, locatit  sooth frae the centre o St. Petersburg proper, an its train station, Detskoye Selo, is directly connectit bi railwey tae the Vitebsky Rail Terminal o the ceety. Population: 

Pushkin wis foondit in 1710 as an imperial residence namit Tsarskoye Selo an receivit status o a toun in 1808. The first public railways in Roushie, Tsarskoye Selo Railways, wur opened here in 1837 an connectit the toun tae the caipital St. Petersburg. Efter the Roushie Revolution, the toun wis renamit tae Detskoye Selo (meanin Childer's Veelage). Its name wis further chyngit in 1937 tae Pushkin tae commemorate the 100t anniversary o the daith o the Roushie poet Alexander Pushkin. The toun contains an ensemble o the 18t century "Tsarskoye Selo". This museum complex includes the Catherine Palace, Alexander Pailace an ither biggins an associatit pairks; it is a major tourist attraction o the aurie an is includit in the leet o monuments protectit bi the UNESCO.Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments - UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Whc.unesco.org. Retrieved on 2011-03-11.

Sister cities
Pushkin is twinned wi the follaein sister ceeties:Пушкин, Царское Село, Pushkin, Tsarskoe Selo, Tsarskoye Selo . Pushkin-town.net. Retrieved on 2011-03-11.

 Athens, Greece
 Annapolis, Unitit States
 Bitola, Macedonie, syne 2005
 Brunswick, Germany
 Valance, Fraunce, syne 2010
 Valdai, Roushie, syne 2000
 Weimar, Germany
 Versailles, Fraunce
 Worcester, Unitit States, syne 1987
 Glasgow, Unitit Kinrick
 Grunwald, Germany
 Dzyaotszo, Cheenae
 Zielona Gora, Poland
 Ivrea, Italy
 Imatra, Finland
 Heraklion, Greece
 Kalamazoo, Unitit States, syne 1992
 Cambrai, Fraunce, syne 2003
 Cumbria, Unitit Kinrick
 Castel Goffredo, Italy
 Kerava, Finland
 Corfu, Greece
 Lappeenranta, Finland
 Lahti, Finland
 Loukhsky Destrict, Republic o Karelie, Roushie, syne 1999
 Mantua, Italy, syne 1993
 Nassau Coonty, United States, syne 1996
 Novopolotsk, Belaroushie, syne 2003
 Neukölln, Germany, syne 1991
 Nürtingen, Germany
 Ogano, Japan, syne 1999
 Olyokminsk, Roushie, syne 1997
 Aalborg, Denmark, syne 1976
 Rethymnon, Greece, syne 1996
 Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, syne 1995
 Stratford-upon-Avon, Unitit Kinrick
 Tarragona, Spain, syne 1997
 Tulcea, Romanie
 Heinola, Finland, syne 1997
 Zerbst, Germany, syne 1994
 Szczecin, Poland

References

Freemit airtins

Official website of Pushkin's business of commerce 
Portal of Pushkin 

Category:Ceeties an touns unner jurisdiction o Saunt Petersburg
Category:Populatit places established in the 18t century