Pushkinskaya
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Saint Petersburg Metro station | ||||||||||||||||
Station Hall
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Coordinates | 59°55′14.48″N 30°19′46.81″E / 59.9206889°N 30.3296694°ECoordinates: 59°55′14.48″N 30°19′46.81″E / 59.9206889°N 30.3296694°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Saint Petersburg Metro | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | Island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
Depth | ≈57 m (187 ft) | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 30 April 1956 | |||||||||||||||
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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.