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Both towns are located 25-30 km from St. Petersburg. Pushkin's palaces and parks were created under Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine the Great between 1744 and 1796. The main landmark is the Catherine Palace designed by Rastrelli and named after Elizabeth's mother, Peter the Great's second wife.
Pushkin's original name is Tsarskoye Selo (Tsar's Village). It was renamed in 1937 after Russia's famous poet who used to study here. Pavlovsk 's park of woods, lakes and rivers, valleys and avenues, classical statues and temples is one of the most exquisite. The Great Palace is the centerpiece of Pavlovsk. It was designed by Charles Cameron between 1781 and 1786 on Catherine the Great's orders for her son Pavel, the future Paul I.
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