Baykove cemetery

Monument of Lesya Ukrainka at Baykove cemetery

Baykove Cemetery (Ukrainian: Байкове кладовище, Russian: Байковое кладбище) is a famous and historic cemetery in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Since its creation in 1834, Baykove Cemetery has been the main necropolis of the city's inteligentsia, middle and upper classes.

A lot of famous Ukrainian people have been buried here, among others: Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Valeri Lobanovsky.

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