Vagankovo Cemetery
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Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagan'kovskoye Cemetery (Ваганьковское кладбище), established in 1771, is located in the Krasnaya Presnya (Красная Пресня) district of Moscow. It is the burial site for a number of people from the artistic and sports community of Russia and the old Soviet Union.
Interred
- Tigran Petrosian (1929–1984), Ninth World Chess Champion (1963–1969)
- Inga Artamonova (1936–1966), world speed-skating champion
- Grigori Chukhrai (1921–2001), film director
- Vladimir Dal (1801–1872), lexicographer
- Sergei Grinkov (1967–1995), world & Olympic ice skating pairs champion
- Leonid Vladimirovich Kharitonov (1930–1987), actor
- Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997), poet and singer-songwriter
- Lyudmila Pakhomova (1946–1986), world & Olympic ice dancing pairs champion
- Mikhail Pugovkin (1923–2008), actor
- David Shterenberg (1881–1948, artist
- Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), painter
- Alexei Savrasov (1830–1897), painter
- Vitaly Solomin (1941–2002), actor
- Vasily Agapkin (1884-1964), musician, author of the song "Farewell of Slavianka"
- Igor Talkov (1956–1991), poet, singer-songwriter
- Vasily Tropinin, (1776–1857), painter
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980), actor, singer
- Leonid Yengibarov (1935–1972), clown, actor
- Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), poet, husband of Isadora Duncan
- Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974), poet, screenwriter
- Anna Timiryova (1893–1975), poet
Coordinates: 55°46.05′N 37°32.54′E / 55.76750°N 37.54233°E
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