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Novodevichy Cemetery

January 01, 1970

For the cemetery in St. Petersburg, see Novodevichy Cemetery (Saint Petersburg).

Novodevichy Cemetery (Russian: Новодевичье кладбище, romanized: Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist site.[1]

Novodevichy Cemetery
Новодевичье кладбище
Details
Established1898
Location
Moscow
CountryRussia
Coordinates55°43′29″N 37°33′15″E / 55.72472°N 37.55417°E / 55.72472; 37.55417
Size7.5 hectares (19 acres)
No. of interments26,000
The cemetery wall is used as a columbarium.

History edit

The cemetery was designed by Ivan Mashkov and inaugurated in 1898.[2] Its importance dates from the 1930s, when the necropolises of the medieval Muscovite monasteries (Simonov, Danilov, Donskoy) were scheduled for demolition. Only the Donskoy survived the Joseph Stalin era relatively intact. The remains of many famous Russians buried in other abbeys, such as Nikolai Gogol and Sergey Aksakov, were disinterred and reburied at the Novodevichy.

A 19th-century necropolis within the walls of the Novodevichy convent, which contained the graves of about 2000 Russian noblemen and university professors, also underwent reconstruction. The vast majority of graves were destroyed. It was at that time that the remains of Anton Chekhov were moved outside the monastery walls. His grave served as the kernel of the so-called "cherry orchard" – a section of the cemetery which contains the graves of Constantin Stanislavski and the leading actors of his company.

Interments edit

Main article: Burials at the Novodevichy Cemetery

During the Soviet Union, burial in the Novodevichy Cemetery was second in prestige only to burial in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.[citation needed] Among the Soviet leaders, Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev would be buried there.[3] Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Kremlin Wall is no longer used for burials and the Novodevichy Cemetery is used for only the most symbolically significant burials. In 1997, former premier Nikolai Tikhonov was buried in the cemetery at state expense (since he didn't have any money of his own).[4] In April 2007, within one week both the first President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich were buried there.[5]

Today, the cemetery holds the tombs of Russian authors, musicians, playwrights, and poets, as well as famous actors, political leaders, and scientists.[6][7] More than 27,000 are buried at Novodevichy. There is scant space for more burials. A new national cemetery is under construction in Mytishchi north of Moscow. Notable burials include Dmitry Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev and Anton Chekhov.[3]

The cemetery has a park-like ambience, dotted with small chapels and large sculpted monuments. It is divided into the old (Divisions 1–4), new (Divisions 5–8) and newest (Divisions 9–11) sections; maps are available at the cemetery office.[8]

Monuments edit

Notable graves edit

 
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The following noteworthy graves, among others, can be found at Novodevichy Cemetery:

1850s

1800s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Vorhees, Mara; Ryan Ver Berkmoes (2003). Lonely Planet Moscow. Lonely Planet. p. 256. ISBN 1864503599.
  2. ^ "Novodevichy Cemetery". Passport Magazine. April 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b Heintz, Jim (3 September 2022). "Gorbachev buried in Moscow in funeral snubbed by Putin". Associated Press. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Министр СССР: о реформах Брежнев говорил — "не дергайте людей, дайте людям отдохнуть"". ТАСС. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  5. ^ Kishkovsky, Sophia (April 30, 2007). "Rostropovich Is Laid to Rest Near Another Russian Titan". New York Times. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  6. ^ Roskies, David G. (1999). The Jewish search for a usable past. Indiana University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-253-33505-0.
  7. ^ Brooke, Caroline (2006). Moscow: a cultural history. Oxford University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-19-530952-2.
  8. ^ Gilbert, Hillary (2009). Frommer's Moscow Day by Day. Frommer's. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-470-72304-3.

External links edit

  • Unofficial site. Hi-resolution photos
  • Novodevichy Cemetery at Find a Grave  
  • Famous and picturesque (24) memorials photographed June 2005
  • Novodevichii Cemetery – article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  • Novodevichy Cemetery: Where History sleeps (video)

January 01, 1970
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For the cemetery in St Petersburg see Novodevichy Cemetery Saint Petersburg Novodevichy Cemetery Russian Novodeviche kladbishe romanized Novodevichye kladbishche is a cemetery in Moscow It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th century Novodevichy Convent which is the city s third most popular tourist site 1 Novodevichy CemeteryNovodeviche kladbisheDetailsEstablished1898LocationMoscowCountryRussiaCoordinates55 43 29 N 37 33 15 E 55 72472 N 37 55417 E 55 72472 37 55417Size7 5 hectares 19 acres No of interments26 000 The cemetery wall is used as a columbarium Contents 1 History 2 Interments 3 Monuments 4 Notable graves 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe cemetery was designed by Ivan Mashkov and inaugurated in 1898 2 Its importance dates from the 1930s when the necropolises of the medieval Muscovite monasteries Simonov Danilov Donskoy were scheduled for demolition Only the Donskoy survived the Joseph Stalin era relatively intact The remains of many famous Russians buried in other abbeys such as Nikolai Gogol and Sergey Aksakov were disinterred and reburied at the Novodevichy A 19th century necropolis within the walls of the Novodevichy convent which contained the graves of about 2000 Russian noblemen and university professors also underwent reconstruction The vast majority of graves were destroyed It was at that time that the remains of Anton Chekhov were moved outside the monastery walls His grave served as the kernel of the so called cherry orchard a section of the cemetery which contains the graves of Constantin Stanislavski and the leading actors of his company Interments editMain article Burials at the Novodevichy Cemetery During the Soviet Union burial in the Novodevichy Cemetery was second in prestige only to burial in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis citation needed Among the Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev would be buried there 3 Since the fall of the Soviet Union the Kremlin Wall is no longer used for burials and the Novodevichy Cemetery is used for only the most symbolically significant burials In 1997 former premier Nikolai Tikhonov was buried in the cemetery at state expense since he didn t have any money of his own 4 In April 2007 within one week both the first President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich were buried there 5 Today the cemetery holds the tombs of Russian authors musicians playwrights and poets as well as famous actors political leaders and scientists 6 7 More than 27 000 are buried at Novodevichy There is scant space for more burials A new national cemetery is under construction in Mytishchi north of Moscow Notable burials include Dmitry Shostakovich Sergei Prokofiev and Anton Chekhov 3 The cemetery has a park like ambience dotted with small chapels and large sculpted monuments It is divided into the old Divisions 1 4 new Divisions 5 8 and newest Divisions 9 11 sections maps are available at the cemetery office 8 Monuments edit nbsp Nikita Khrushchev nbsp Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa Gorbacheva nbsp Boris Yeltsin nbsp Mikhail Bulgakov nbsp Anton Chekhov nbsp Nikolai Gogol nbsp Dmitri Shostakovich nbsp Sergei Prokofiev and his wife Mira Mendelson nbsp Vladimir Mayakovsky nbsp Valentin Serov nbsp Sergei Eisenstein nbsp Pyotr Koshevoy nbsp Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov nbsp Alexander Rodimtsev nbsp Ivan Yefimovich Petrov nbsp Kirill Moskalenko nbsp Ilya Ehrenburg nbsp Nadezhda Alliluyeva nbsp Sergey IlyushinNotable graves edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Novodevichy cemetery Moscow The following noteworthy graves among others can be found at Novodevichy Cemetery 1850s Nikolai Gogol 1809 1852 Sergey Aksakov 1791 1859 1800s Nikolai Rubinstein 1835 1881 Maria Trubnikova 1835 1897 1900s Isaac Levitan 1860 1900 Vladimir Solovyov philosopher 1853 1900 Anton Chekhov 1860 1904 Ivan Sechenov 1829 1905 1910s Valentin Serov 1865 1911 Alexander Scriabin 1872 1915 Sergei Taneyev 1856 1915 Leopold Sulerzhitsky 1872 1916 Vasili Altfater 1883 1919 1920s Pyotr Kropotkin 1842 1921 Yevgeny Vakhtangov 1883 1922 Valery Bryusov 1873 1924 Yevgeny Berens 1876 1928 1930s Vladimir Mayakovsky 1893 1930 Nikolay Andreyev 1873 1932 Nadezhda Alliluyeva 1901 1932 Eduard Bagritsky 1895 1934 Georgy Chicherin 1872 1936 Konstantin Stanislavski 1863 1938 Boris Shchukin 1894 1939 1940s Mikhail Bulgakov 1891 1940 Mikhail Kaganovich 1888 1941 Ivan Shadr 1887 1941 Vladimir Nemirovich Danchenko 1858 1943 Demyan Bedny 1883 1945 Alexander Alexandrov 1883 1946 Nikolai Podvoisky 1880 1948 Sergei Eisenstein 1898 1948 Yevgeniy Abalakov 1907 1948 1950s Vsevolod Vishnevsky 1900 1951 Alexandra Kollontai 1872 1952 Sergey Merkurov 1881 1952 Vera Mukhina 1889 1953 Sergei Prokofiev 1891 1953 Aleksey Abrikosov 1875 1955 Karo Halabyan 1897 1959 Boris Lavrenyov 1891 1959 Daniil Andreyev 1906 1959 1960s Vsevolod Aksyonov 1902 1960 Nadezhda Kolesnikova 1882 1964 Nazim Hikmet 1902 1963 Mira Mendelson 1915 1963 Ilya Ehrenburg 1891 1967 Ivan Agayants 1911 1968 Lev Landau 1908 1968 Vasily Azhayev 1915 1968 1970s Abram Isaakovich Alikhanov 1904 1970 Nikolai Basistiy 1898 1971 Sergey Konenkov 1874 1971 Nikita Khrushchev 1894 1971 Andrey Tupolev 1888 1972 Andrei Abrikosov 1906 1973 Averky Aristov 1903 1973 Yevgeny Vuchetich 1908 1974 Vasily Shukshin 1929 1974 Yekaterina Furtseva 1910 1974 Nikolay Kuznetsov 1904 1974 Nikolai Bulganin 1895 1975 Dmitri Shostakovich 1906 1975 Pyotr Koshevoy 1904 1976 Sergey Ilyushin 1894 1977 Sergei Lemeshev 1902 1977 Roman Karmen 1906 1978 Anastas Mikoyan 1895 1978 Lyudmila Pavlichenko 1916 1974 1980s Filipp Golikov 1900 1980 Nikolai Podgorny 1903 1983 Yuri Levitan 1914 1983 Nikolai Tomsky 1900 1984 Pavel Batov 1897 1985 Kirill Moskalenko 1902 1985 Vyacheslav Molotov 1890 1986 Anatoli Papanov 1922 1987 Yakov Zeldovich 1914 1987 Arkady Raikin 1911 1987 Valery Legasov 1936 1988 Sergey Gorshkov 1910 1988 Andrei Gromyko 1909 1989 Kirill Mazurov 1914 1989 1990s Vasili Kuznetsov politician 1901 1990 Vasily Margelov 1908 1990 Boris Shcherbina 1919 1990 Semyon Kurkotkin 1917 1990 Matvey Blanter 1903 1990 Lazar Kaganovich 1893 1991 Yevgeny Ivanovsky 1918 1991 Viktor Grishin 1914 1992 Grigori Abrikosov 1932 1993 Nikolai Ogarkov 1917 1994 Yevgeny Leonov 1926 1994 Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov 1905 1994 Alexander Shelepin 1918 1994 Viktoria Brezhneva 1908 1995 Dmitry Shepilov 1905 1995 Pyotr Lushev 1923 1997 Mikhail Anikushin 1917 1997 Nikolai Tikhonov 1905 1997 Yuri Nikulin 1921 1997 Raisa Gorbacheva 1932 1999 2000s Gherman Titov 1935 2000 Sergey Afanasyev 1918 2001 Alexander Lebed 1950 2002 Lev Kerbel 1917 2003 Mstislav Rostropovich 1927 2007 Boris Yeltsin 1931 2007 Lyudmila Zykina 1929 2009 Vyacheslav Tikhonov 1928 2009 Yegor Gaidar 1956 2009 2010s Vladimir Arnold 1937 2010 Viktor Chernomyrdin 1938 2010 Lyudmila Gurchenko 1935 2011 Pavel Grachev 1948 2012 Victor Merzhanov 1919 2012 Galina Vishnevskaya 1926 2012 Sergey Sokolov 1911 2012 Viktor Kulikov 1921 2013 Yevgeny Primakov 1929 2015 Lev Durov 1931 2015 Vladimir Etush 1922 2019 Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov 1936 2019 2020s Sergei Khrushchev 1935 2020 Vladimir Dolgikh 1924 2020 Vasily Lanovoy 1934 2021 Vladimir Zhirinovsky 1946 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev 1931 2022 Inna Churikova 1943 2023 Vera Vasilyeva 1925 2023 Igor Yasulovich 1941 2023 Gleb Panfilov 1934 2023 Nikolai Dobronravov 1928 2023 Ninel Artsimovich 1927 2023 Vyacheslav Lebedev 1943 2024 See also editSainte Genevieve des Bois Russian Cemetery Federal Military Memorial Cemetery Kremlin Wall Necropolis List of burial places of classical musiciansReferences edit Vorhees Mara Ryan Ver Berkmoes 2003 Lonely Planet Moscow Lonely Planet p 256 ISBN 1864503599 Novodevichy Cemetery Passport Magazine April 2008 Retrieved 12 September 2013 a b Heintz Jim 3 September 2022 Gorbachev buried in Moscow in funeral snubbed by Putin Associated Press Retrieved 3 September 2022 Ministr SSSR o reformah Brezhnev govoril ne dergajte lyudej dajte lyudyam otdohnut TASS Retrieved 2021 03 30 Kishkovsky Sophia April 30 2007 Rostropovich Is Laid to Rest Near Another Russian Titan New York Times Retrieved September 3 2022 Roskies David G 1999 The Jewish search for a usable past Indiana University Press p 217 ISBN 978 0 253 33505 0 Brooke Caroline 2006 Moscow a cultural history Oxford University Press p 268 ISBN 978 0 19 530952 2 Gilbert Hillary 2009 Frommer s Moscow Day by Day Frommer s p 192 ISBN 978 0 470 72304 3 External links editUnofficial site Hi resolution photos Novodevichy Cemetery at Find a Grave nbsp Famous and picturesque 24 memorials photographed June 2005 Novodevichii Cemetery article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia Novodevichy Cemetery Where History sleeps video Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Novodevichy Cemetery amp oldid 1219292269, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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