Adjacent to the Catherine Palace is a peach colored building connected by an archway. This is the Imperial Lyceum, most famous for the former pupil for whom the town was named.
Above: The Lyceum and one of the classrooms.
In the park near the Lyceum - a pre-revolutionary monument to the much esteemed poet (below).
Alexander Pushkin remains the most prominent Russian lyricist of all time.
Below: Pushkin’s one time “dacha” on Dvortzovaya and Pushkinskaya St, near the Alexander Palace. Today it is a museum dedicated to the poet.
Below are some photos around the town of Pushkin, taken at various time periods throughout my visit.
Above: memorial to “The Jews of Pushkin” who perished during WWII Nazi occupation (Dvortzovaya St.). Corner of Moskovskaya and Oranzhereinaya St., across from Gostiny Dvor.
Above: Leontevskaya St and Oktyaber’ksky Blvd.
Above: The Pushkin train station and terminal still marked as “Detskoye Selo” (below).
Above: Girls’ institute on Leontevskaya St, where poet Anna Akhmatova once studied. 19th century Catholic Church on Dvortzovaya St near the Alexander Palace, once again operational today.
Above: Corner of Moskovskaya and Leontevskaya St. (across from Gostiny Dvor)- remnants of the 19th/early 20th century building - a former location of a famous Tsarskoe Selo bakery. Before the revolution, people used to travel from St Petersburg to Tsarskoe Selo to purchase their special pastries. The building was completely destroyed by a WWII air missile. and only the steps that once led to a large bread-baking oven remain. Also above: One of the newly constructed residential buildings on Leontevskaya St.
Below: One of the many park statues in the town of Pushkin (Akademichesky Pereulok.)
Above: The Egyptian Gate – the main Pushkin entrance and exit when traveling from and to St Petersburg. The center of St Petersburg is approximately 15-17 miles north from this point.
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