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The Obelisk in Commemoration of Graduates
The Obelisk in commemoration of graduates of the Pushkin Radio Engineering Academy of the Air Defense Forces (currently the Military Institute of Combat Support Systems and Facilities of the A.F
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The Officer Artillery School
The Officer Artillery School was established on March 14, 1882. Artillery battery commanders were trained there.
The school occupied large territory in Sophia bordered by Kadetsky Boulevard, Srtilleriyskaya and Sapernaya Streets
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The Orlov (Gatchina) Gate
A grand 15 meters high arch is situated at the southern border of the Catherine Park not far from the Ruin Tower. A road to Gatchina, a former estate of Count G.G
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The Pulkovo Border-Line
Fierce fighting with the Nazi army heading for Leningrad raged at the Pulkovo border-line in September of 1941.
A monumental stele rises over a flat ground. It is surrounded with mosaic panels illustrating the life in the city beleaguered by the
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The Pyramidal Hill
The pyramidal hill with a gun rises over the former strong point of the Soviet army at the Pushkin-Kolpino Highway.
A reinforced concrete beam with the inscription “This was the main line of Leningrad defense in 1941-1944” is mounted into a hill
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The Ruin Tower
The Ruin Tower is an unusual decorative structure commemorating the victory of Russia over the Ottoman Porte. The inscription on the saddle stone reads: “This stone is placed in 1768 for the memory of the was declared by the Turks on Russia”
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The Saint Ecatherine Cathedral
The five-domed Saint Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral in Tsarskoye Selo was constructed in the style of Suzdal Cathedrals. It was designed by architect Konstantin Ton. The construction began in 1835 by order of Emperor Nikolay the First
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The Saint Sophia Cathedral
The cathedral was built in commemoration of our victories in the Russo-Turkish wars.
The foundation stone of the cathedral was laid in the presence of Catherine II on July 30, 1782. The consecration took place on May 20, 1788
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The Sign in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the Victory
The sign in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Victory and in honor of the residents of Pushkin who took part in the Great Patriotic War and were awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union
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The Sovereign Military Chamber
The Sovereign Military Chamber was built not far from the Anichkov Palace by architect S.Y. Sidorchuk in 1913 – 1916 by order of Nikolay II.
The building was constructed after the fashion of ancient chambers of Pskov-and-Novgorod stone architecture
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The Storm
(the 30th kilometer of the Moscow Highway)
A 12 meters high granite obelisk rises over the 30th kilometer of the Moscow Highway. It resembles a triangular-shaped bayonet
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The Triumphal Arch «To My Honorable Comrades-in-Arms»
The Arch “To My Honorable Comradesin-Arms” was designed by famous Russian architect V.P. Stasov and was built in 1814 to welcome those who were returning from the Patriotic War of 1812 and foreign campaigns of the Russian army
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The Tsarskoselskoye Brotherhood Cemetery of Heroes of the First World War of 1914-1918
A new official brotherhood cemetery of soldiers who died in the First World War was established by order of the Emperor Nikolay the Second in 1914.
The brotherhood cemetery came to be called the Cemetery of Heroes and the First Brotherhood Cemetery
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The Turkish Bath
There is a monument in the Catherine Park that reminds of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828 - 1829. An oriental style stone building – the Turkish Bath Pavilion – is situated on a small cape that pushes out to a lake
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The Unbowed
The memorial is situated at the main building of the Detskoselsky State Farm not far from the Pushkin-Kolpino Highway. It symbolizes power and courage of militiamen of the 267th independent machine gun and artillery battalion of the 55th army who
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To Heroic Militia Men of Pushkin Town
A concrete monument to the heroes of the 76th and the 77th fighter battalions that were formed in Pushkin and took part in the first battle with the Nazi army on February 16, 1941
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Viktor Dmitrievich Kuskov (1924 – 1983)
V.D. Kuskov was awarded the Title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on July 22, 1944 for courage and bravery demonstrated during performance of a special duty and for saving of the commander and the senior lieutenant from the motor boat on fire.
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Viktor Ivanovich Tikhonov (1911 – 1979)
V.I. Tikhonov was awarded the Title of the Hero of the Soviet Union on March 06, 1945 for assault landing on Dago and Osel Islands and support of the base area occupation. 10 enemy ships were sunk under his command.
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