Pushkinskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)

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.

Pushkinskaya
Saint Petersburg Metro station
Station Hall
Location	Admiralteysky District Saint Petersburg Russia
Coordinates	59°55′14.48″N 30°19′46.81″E
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 Shushary
Route map Depot 4 Severnoye Devyatkino—Lavriki railroad Devyatkino Grazhdansky Prospekt headshunt Akademicheskaya future line branching Politekhnicheskaya Ploschad Muzhestva eroded tunnels Lesnaya Vyborgskaya headshunts Ploshchad Lenina Neva Chernyshevskaya service siding to line 2 Ploshchad Vosstaniya Vladimirskaya Pushkinskaya to track 1 of line 2 Tekhnologichesky Institut to track 2 of line 1 Baltiyskaya Narvskaya headshunts Kirovsky Zavod Avtovo Dachnoye Depot Avtovo Depot Dachnoye (defunct) Leninsky Prospekt Prospekt Veteranov headshunts

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.