Pyatnitskoye cemetery
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Trinity Church in the cemetery | |
| Details | |
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| Established | 1771 |
| Location | Moscow |
| Country | Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°44′09″N 37°37′42″E / 55.73583°N 37.62833°E |
| Owned by | State |
| Size | 14.1 hectares |
The Pyatnitskoye cemetery is one of the graveyards in the Russian capital Moscow.[1] It is among the oldest and largest resting places in the city.
History and name
The Pyatnitskoye cemetery was established during the plague epidemic in 1771.[2] However, systematic archive for burial register was started in 1940.[2] It was named after the chapel, Paraskeva Trinity Church (Trinity Church), located in the western part of the cemetery.[2]
Architect and design
The temple in the cemetery was built by the architect A. Grigorieva in the period between 1830 and 1835.[2] The building was designed in the Russian Empire style and decorated with a six-Tuscan portico.[2] The temple has two chapels; Paraskeva and St. Sergius of Radonezh.[2] Also in the cemetery there is the church of Persian Simon, built in the years between 1916 and 1917.[2] This feature of the cemetery, namely being attached to churches, reflects the tradition of the historical Russian resting places.[3]
Location and size
The cemetery is on the northern part of Moscow.[2] Specifically it is located in the Dzerhzhinsky district and on Droboliteiny pereulok street,[4] lying on the side of Pyatnitskoye Highway.[5]
The area of the graveyard is about 14.1 hectares, consisting of 30 plots.[2]
Burials
Various leading figures buried in the cemetery include Valentin Pavlov,[6] and Victor Nikitin.[2] However, during the Soviet era the graveyard was not one of the resting places preferred for the communist elites.[7]
References
- ↑ Alison Smile (31 August 1985). "Caring for graveyards a part of Russian life". Lawrence Journal (Moscow). AP. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "Mosritual". Pyatnitskoye cemetery. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "Cemetery". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Maurice Paléologue (1923). Распутин. SP Books. p. 297. ISBN 978-5-7110-0047-1. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "We want the market to understand us". Highriser. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "Financial reforms in 1991 drove USSR into the grave". Pravda. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Katya Vladimirov (Summer 2008). "Dead Men Walking: Soviet Elite Cemeteries and Social Control". Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table. Retrieved 12 September 2013. – via Questia (subscription required)