Pushkin Square (Pushkinskaya Ploshchad)

Pushkin Square (Pushkinskaya Ploshchad) Review

Pushkin Square is the favorite spot of lovers and the most popular meeting place in town. Every evening in good weather you will see dozens of people waiting by the bronze statue of Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), which stands at the top of a small park. It's the work of Alexander Opekushin and was erected by public subscription in 1880. It is impossible to underestimate Russia's love for the poet who is credited with founding modern Russian literature. One of his most famous lines, from his novel in verse Eugene Onegin (1823) is about Moscow: "Moscow. how many strains are fusing / in that one sound, for Russian hearts! / what store of riches it imparts!" Summer and winter, fresh flowers on the pedestal prove that the poet's admirers are still ardent and numerous. The city's first McDonald's—once the busiest in the world is also at this site—where the Boulevard Ring crosses Tverskaya ulitsa.