Pushkino (, ) is a

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and the

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Pushkinsky District Pushkinsky District (Russian language, Russian: Пу́шкинский райо́н) is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia: *Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Moscow ...

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, located at the

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of the

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and Serebryanka Rivers, northeast of

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. Population: 57,000 (1974); 30,000 (1959); 21,000 (1939).

History

According to one of the historic versions, the village of Pushkino was first documented in 1499 when it belonged to Grigory Morkhinin, also known as "Pushka"—a

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whose male-line descendants include

Aleksandr Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

. A statue of "Pushka" graces one of the town's main squares. During the following centuries, the neighborhood evolved into a favored summer retreat of

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. Pushkino was granted town status in August 1925.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Pushkino serves as the

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of Pushkino. As a municipal division, the City of Pushkino is incorporated within Pushkinsky Municipal District as Pushkino Urban Settlement.Law #37/2005-OZ

Science

The city hosts the Institute of Forest Science, one of the few in Russia.

Architecture and culture

In 1678, a five-domed church of St. Sergius was built at the manor of Komyagino
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. Another notable estate is

Muranovo Muranovo is the Fyodor Tyutchev state museum located in Pushkino, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The estate was founded in 1816 and since then has belonged to four families, including Fyodor Tyutchev Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (, ; – ) was a ...

, where the Russian poets

Yevgeny Baratynsky Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky ( rus, Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj, a=Yevgyeniy Abramovich Baratynskiy.ru.vorb.oga; 11 July 1844) was lauded by Alexande ...

and

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used to spend their summers. A

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, who lived in Pushkino during summer seasons of 1920-1928 is also a

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Twin towns and sister cities

Pushkino is twinned with: *

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* * {{Authority control Cities and towns in Moscow Oblast Pushkinsky District, Moscow Oblast