Monument to Alexander Pushkin was established in Minsk riverfront Svislach the 200th anniversary of the birth of Russian poet. Minsk has a special meaning in the writer. In 1824, on returning from exile in Mikhailovskoe he passed the city, and although it was forbidden Podorozhnaya deviation from the route, coaxing friends Pushkin stopped at one of the cottages in the suburbs. It took the game described in the novel "The Queen of Spades." The monument depicts the poet sitting on the bench. From the place where the monument, down to the waterfront and river stage lead. A little later, around the memorial garden was laid out, is popular with the relevant residents in any season.