Moscow Voters Keep Pushkin Monument on Pushkin Square
Moscow residents voted in a test election to decide whether to move the Pushkin monument to its original location on Tverskoy Boulevard, with the majority choosing to keep it on Pushkin Square. The vote also served as a trial run for the city's electronic voting system ahead of the September 2026 parliamentary elections.
Consensus
- More than 740,000 Moscow residents participated in the test voting on August 28.
- The test voting was conducted online via elec.mos.ru and at 132 polling stations.
- The voting was held between 08:00 and 14:00 on August 28.
- Participants were adult residents of Moscow with permanent registration.
- The majority of voters chose to keep the Pushkin monument on its current location on Pushkin Square.
- The test voting was used to evaluate the city's electronic voting system before the September 2026 State Duma elections.
- The test voting proceeded in a standard, successful manner.
- The Pushkin monument was originally installed on Tverskoy Boulevard facing the Stрастnoy Monastery.
- The monument was moved to the opposite side of Tverskoy Street in the 1950s after the monastery was demolished.
- The initiative to return the monument to its original location was proposed by director Nikita Mikhalkov.
Points of divergence
- The number of participants who opposed the relocation of the monument is not specified. — meduza
- Nikita Mikhalkov believed that returning the monument would 'calm the soul of the great genius.' — tg_tvrain
- Historian Danil Silenko stated that moving the monument would be untimely, as there is no plan to rebuild the Stрастnoy Monastery. — kommerant
- In the past, Muscovites referred to the monument as 'Pampush na Tverbule' — a contraction of 'Pushkin monument on Tverskoy Boulevard.' — vm
- The Pushkin monument was installed on June 6 (18), 1880, and is made of bronze by sculptor Alexander Opekushin. — mn
- Participants in the electronic voting could earn points in the 'Choosing Together 2026 — Moscow' campaign, redeemable at partner stores, pharmacies, restaurants, or for charity. — mn
Coverage (20 sources)
- Moscow residents opposed moving the Pushkin monument. Mikhailov proposed installing it on the other side of Tverskaya Street — Meduza
- More than 740,000 Moscow residents participated in the test vote before the elections — НТВ Москва
- Monument to Pushkin in Moscow will remain in its original location — Дождь (Telegram)
- Moscow residents expressed support for keeping the Pushkin monument in its original location — on Pushkinskaya Square, as reported on the mayor's website... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Monument to Alexander Pushkin in Moscow will be left in place — Коммерсантъ
- Moscow residents expressed opinion that monument to Pushkin should remain in its original place — Вечерняя Москва
- Most Moscow residents voted to preserve the Pushkin monument on Pushkin Square — Московские новости
- Moscow residents made their choice - the Pushkin monument will remain in its original place — Вести
- At Mikhailov's behest, a vote on moving the Pushkin monument will take place in Moscow today — Faridaily
- Moscow residents, testing DVG, spoke out against moving the Pushkin monument — Интерфакс
- In Moscow, civil servants were forced to participate in a test electronic vote on moving the Pushkin monument — Новая газета Европа
- Voting on the relocation of the Pushkin monument concluded in Moscow — Коммерсантъ
- More than 700 thousand Moscow residents already participate in choosing the location for the Pushkin monument — Вечерняя Москва
- Training before DEG: voting on the fate of the Pushkin monument began in Moscow — РИАМО
- Test vote for a place for the Pushkin monument in Moscow proceeds without glitches — НТВ Москва
- Continues test vote on the fate of the monument to Alexander Pushkin. At the moment everything is proceeding normally, no failures... — Город Москва
- Test vote for a place for the Pushkin monument in the capital proceeds normally — Вечерняя Москва
- Voting on the fate of the Pushkin monument has begun in Moscow. Moscow residents can express their opinion on whether to return the monument to the great writer to its historical location — Tverskoy Boulevard. — Первый Московский
- Voting for the fate of the Alexander Pushkin monument has begun in Moscow — Вечерняя Москва
- Test voting in Moscow to determine the fate of the Alexander Pushkin monument. — Город Москва
Key entities
- Pushkina
- Moscow
- Tverskaya Boulevard
- State Duma
- Nikita Mikhalkov
- Pushkinskaya Square
- Union of Cinematographers
- Tverskaya Street
- Russia
- RSFSR
- DEG
- Pushkin Moscow
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