Imperial Pavilion (Station)

The Imperial Pavilion in Pushkin was opened in 1902 as the terminus of the Imperial branch line, by which members of the Imperial family and foreign representatives arrived at Tsarskoye Selo. During the Soviet era, the royal emblems were removed from the building's canopy, the ceremonial halls were divided by ceilings, and in 1918 the station was renamed the Uritsky Pavilion, adapting it for use as a dormitory and kitchen. The pavilion's hundred-meter platform canopy was completely dismantled in the 1930s, and during the First World War the building was used to deliver the wounded to the hospital of the Fedorovsky Town. Currently, a fund has been established to restore Russia's only imperial railway station, and the restoration is included in a comprehensive development project for the area together with the Fedorovsky Town and the Farm Park.