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The Armenian Cemetery of Moscow ( hy, Մոսկվայի Հայկական Գերեզմանատուն, russian: Армя́нское Вага́ньковское кла́дбище, ''Armyanskoe Vagan'kovskoe Kladbishche'') is an Armenian historical cemetery in Moscow, Russia It is located in the Krasnaya Presnya (Красная Пресня) district, not far from Vagankovo Cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1804 by the initiative of Minas Lazarev, the leader Moscow’s Armenian community, who also initiated the construction of the ''Surb Harutyun'' Armenian church (1808–1815). The Lazarev family crypt is located under the church. The cemetery and the church are under state protection. Among the state-protected monuments are the obelisk on A.A. Loris-Melikov's tomb (1844), Ananov's tombs (constructed by medieval Armenian canons) ,
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Armenian cemetery official website
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The Armenian Cemetery of Moscow ( hy, Մոսկվայի Հայկական Գերեզմանատուն, russian: Армя́нское Вага́ньковское кла́дбище, ''Armyanskoe Vagan'kovskoe Kladbishche'') is an Armenian historical cemetery in Moscow, Russia It is located in the Krasnaya Presnya (Красная Пресня) district, not far from Vagankovo Cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1804 by the initiative of Minas Lazarev, the leader Moscow’s Armenian community, who also initiated the construction of the ''Surb Harutyun'' Armenian church (1808–1815). The Lazarev family crypt is located under the church. The cemetery and the church are under state protection. Among the state-protected monuments are the obelisk on A.A. Loris-Melikov's tomb (1844), Ananov's tombs (constructed by medieval Armenian canons) , khachkar
A ''khachkar'', also known as a ''khatchkar'' or Armenian cross-stone ( hy, խաչքար, , խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, in ...
on D.S. Melik-Beglyarov's tomb (1913), and the modernist gravestone for Nikolai Tarasov
Nikolai Lazarevich Tarasov ( hy, Նիկողայոս Ղազարոսեան Թորոսեան, 1882, Moscow – October 1910, Moscow) was an Armenian–Russian oil-industrialist and dandy, who was a devotee of the theatre. From 1906 he financially su ...
sculpted by Nikolai Andreev. The Armenian Cemetery is also the resting place for the remains of people who were not of Armenian descent.
Burials at Armenian Cemetery of Moscow
* Sergey Aslamazian
Sergei Zakharovich Aslamazyan, also Aslamazian ( hy, Սերգեյ Զաքարի Ասլամազյան, russian: Серге́й Захарович Асламазя́н; 27 January 1897 – 27 September 1978) was a Soviet Armenian cellist, compo ...
(1897–1978), cellist, composer
* Hamo Beknazarian (1891–1965), film director
* Mikhail Chailakhyan (1901–1991), botanist
* Zara Dolukhanova (1918–2007), opera singer
* Alexey Dushkin (1904–1977), architect
* Ivan Lazarev (1820–1879), lieutenant general
* Pavel Lisitsian (1911–2004), opera singer
* Koryun Nahapetyan
Koryun Nahapetyan ( hy, Կորյուն Նահապետյան; russian: Корюн Григорьевич Нагапетян; 1926 in Leninakan – 1999 in Moscow) was an Armenian- Russian painter-nonconformist, sociologist, philosopher and public ...
(1926–1999), painter-nonconformist and public activist
* Stepanos Nazarian (1812–1879), publisher, historian of literature and orientalist
* Kerope Patkanov
Kerovbe Patkanian (Քերովբե Պատկանյան; 1833–1889) was an Armenians, Armenian linguist, the Professor of Armenian Studies at the Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg University. He was the brother of Raphael Patkanian. ...
(1833–1889), orientalist, researcher, professor
* Tigran Petrosian (1929–1984), World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969
* Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), Russian writer
* Leonid Ramzin
Leonid Konstantinovich Ramzin (russian: Леони́д Константи́нович Рамзи́н) (27 October 1887 – 28 July 1948) was a Soviet thermal engineer, and the inventor of a type of flow-through boiler known as the straight-flow ...
(1887–1948), Russian thermal engineer
* Nadezhda Rumyantseva (1930–2008), theatrical and cinema actress
* Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), Russian writer
* Smbat Shahaziz Smbat Shahaziz ( hy, Սմբատ Շահազիզ, 1840 in Ashtarak, Armenia – January 5, 1908 in Moscow, Russia) was an Armenian educator, poet and publicist.
Biography
Born in a family of a priest, he was the youngest of six brothers. He ...
(1840–1908), Armenian poet, educator, writer
* Mikael Tariverdiev (1931–1996), composer
* Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996), composer
Books
*(in Russian) Памятники архитектуры Москвы. Окрестности старой Москвы (северо-западная и северная часть территории). М., "Искусство XXI век", 2004, , с. 71External links
Armenian cemetery official website
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