Pushkin (town)
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Pushkin (Template:Lang-ru) is a town under jurisdiction of St. Petersburg, Russia, that is located 24 kilometres south of St. Petersburg, at Template:Coor dm. Population: 84,628 (2002 Census).
The town was founded in the 18th century as the summer residence of the Russian tsars under the name "Tsarskoye Selo" (Royal Village). Nicholas II of Russia and his family lived in the Alexander Palace until they were moved to Tobolsk on July 31, 1917.
In 1918, the town was renamed "Detskoye Selo" (Children's Village). In 1937, the name was changed into Pushkin, to commemorate the centenary of the tragic death of Alexander Pushkin, a great Russian poet.
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