Online webcam shows the intersection of the St. Petersburg Highway and General Khazov in the city of Pushkin in real time. The St. Petersburg Highway is a road connecting Pushkin with the Pulkovo Highway. It starts from the Egyptian gates of the city of Pushkin (October Boulevard), crosses the Kuzminka River, then crosses Vitebsky Avenue and Pulkovo.
General data and historical facts:
In the 17th century, on the site of the Catherine Palace, Pushkin was home to the Swedish noble estate of Saari, which was also called "Sarska Cape".
In 1710, the settlement became the property of Peter I's wife Ekaterina Alexeyevna.
In 1716, the Sardsk Cape was renamed the Saru Village.
In 1724, the construction of a two-storey stone palace (designed by architect Johann Braunstein) was completed.
In the middle of the 18th century, a small palace of Catherine I was rebuilt by the design of the architect F. B. Rastrelli into a luxurious summer residence.
In 1780, by order of Catherine II, the city of Sofia was founded near the Tsar's Village.
In 1788, the majestic Sophia Cathedral was built in Sofia.
In 1808, the Tsar's Village and Sofia were merged into one city of Tsarskossel county.
From 1808 to 1832, the Royal Village was built by buildings designed by the Scottish architect William Geste.
In 1817, there were 15 streets, 354 buildings in the city, the population was 4,000. Man.
In 1837, Russia's first public railway, connecting St. Petersburg with the Tsar's Village, was commissioned.
At the end of the 19th century, the Tsar's village was fully electrified and telephoned, the population grew to 14,000 people.
With the advent of Soviet power in 1918, the palace-park complex of the Tsar's village received the status of a museum.
From 1918 to 1937, the village was called the Children's Village of Uritsky.
In the feral of 1937, according to the ruling of the Soviet Central Election Commission, the city was renamed Pushkin.
From September 1941 to January 1944, Pushkin was under occupation by German troops.
On January 24, 1944, during the Krasnoselsk-Ropshin operation, the city was liberated by the Russian troops of General I. V. Khazov, after whom one of the streets of Pushkin was named.
In the 1950s, Pushkin began active construction of apartment buildings and social-sports facilities.
In 1975, new urban sewage treatment plants were built, which were completely reconstructed in 2005 as part of the Russian-Swedish-Finnish project.
In 2010, there were solemn celebrations on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the city's founding.