You were allowed into the subway for free for two stanzas
From the book “Venice. History of water and land" In honor of Alexander Pushkin’s birthday, the Novosibirsk metro held the “Read Pushkin in the Metro” event, reports Sib.fm. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., passengers were allowed into the metro free of charge if they could recite two stanzas from Pushkin’s works by heart. The action took place at seven stations: Lenin Square, Studencheskaya, Krasny Prospekt, Zaeltsovskaya, Gagarinskaya, Oktyabrskaya and Zolotaya Niva.