Atmospheric walking tour of Pushkin, Russia, documenting the town's transformation from Peter the Great's 1710 gift to Catherine I into a major imperial center. The video traces its architectural development through the Catherine and Alexander Palaces, its role as home to poet Alexander Pushkin, wartime destruction and post-war restoration, and its current status as a UNESCO World Heritage site near St Petersburg.
- Duration
- 22 min 22 s
- Route distance
- 56.1 km
- Start
- "Tsarskoye Selo" Station Railway Terminal
- End
- Alexander Palace
- Stops
- 10
- Channel author
- ambient russia
Timestamps and places
- — "Tsarskoye Selo" Station Railway Terminal
- — "Vkusno i Tochka" restaurant in Pushkin
- — Cathedral Square (Sobornaya Square)
- — Catherine Cathedral
- — Canteen (Stolovaya)
- — Gostiny Dvor (Merchant Court)
- — Streets of Pushkin
- — Singing Tower (Pevcheskaya Water Tower)
- — Catherine Park in Pushkin
- — Catherine Palace in Pushkin
- — Catherine Park in Pushkin
- — Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum (The National Pushkin Museum)
- — Znamenskaya Church
- — Lyceum Garden and Monument to Alexander Pushkin
- — Alexander Park
- — Alexander Palace
Route on the map
PUSHKIN (Tsarskoye Selo), St Petersburg, Russia in SPRING 2026