Bogoslovskoe Cemetery (russian: Богословское кладбище) is a cemetery in

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."Богословское кладбище"
/ref> It is located in the Kalininsky District of the city between and . The name comes from the church of

John the Apostle John the Apostle ( grc, Ἰωάννης; la, Ioannes ; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ;) or Saint John the Beloved was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee a ...

, (russian: Иоанн Богослов, Ioann Bogoslov), which from the early 18th century had a burial ground attached, mostly for those who died in the nearby military hospital. This site was some 2.5 km south of the present cemetery, at what is now the intersection of and . The church and cemetery were closed in 1788 and the land sold off into private ownership. In 1841 the city acquired a new plot of land for a cemetery, and named it after the previous one. In 1844, the Most Holy Synod approved the building of a new stone church, but no funds were available. In 1853-1854 a small two-storey chapel was built. In 1915–1916, a new wooden three-fronted church of John the Apostle was built at the cemetery to the design of architect . The church was closed during the Soviet era, and finally looted and demolished in 1938, along with part of the cemetery, as it lay within an area closed off for military purposes. In

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the cemetery became the burial place of many prominent scientists, cultural figures, and military officials. It was also the site of several mass graves of those who died during the

siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...

. These are found in the northern part of the cemetery, marked by a hill topped with a small obelisk. In October 2000, a newly rebuilt wooden church of John the Apostle was consecrated.

Interments

* Aleksandr Aleksandrov (1912–1999), mathematician, physicist and philosopher *

Nikolay Anichkov Nikolay Nikolayevich Anichkov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Ани́чков, often spelled ''Anitschkow'' in German literature) (1885, Saint Petersburg – 1964) was a prominent pathologist of Russian heritage. Anichkov first ...

(1885–1964), pathologist,

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s * Aleksandr Babaev (1923–1985), fighter pilot * Yevgeni Belosheikin (1966–1999), hockey player *

Vitaly Bianki Vitaly Valentinovich Bianki (russian: Вита́лий Валенти́нович Биа́нки; 11 February 1894, St. Petersburg — 10 June 1959, Leningrad) was a popular Russian children’s writer and a prolific author of books on nature. E ...

(1894–1959), children's and nature writer *

Mikhail Bonch-Bruevich Mikhail Dmitriyevich Bonch-Bruyevich (russian: Михаи́л Дми́триевич Бонч-Бруе́вич; – 3 August 1956) was an Imperial Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet military commander (Lieutenant General from 1944). His famil ...

(1888–1940), engineer, scientist, and professor *

Piotr Buchkin Piotr Dmitrievich Buchkin (russian: Пё́тр Дми́триевич Бучки́н; 22 January 1886 – 21 June 1965) was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator, and art teacher, Honored Arts Worker of the RSFS ...

(1886–1965), painter, illustrator, and art teacher * Boris Bychowsky (1908–1974), parasitologist *

Yevgeny Charushin Yevgeny Ivanovich Charushin (russian: Евгений Иванович Чарушин; 11 November 1901 Vyatka – 18 February 1965 Leningrad) was a Russian illustrator and author of children's literature in the Soviet Union. Charushin was b ...

(1901–1965), illustrator and author of children's literature * Aleksandr Chernyshyov (1882–1940), electrical engineer * Viktor Chistiakov (1943–1972), actor * Igor M. Diakonoff (1915–1999), historian, linguist, and translator *

Ivan Dzerzhinsky Ivan Ivanovich Dzerzhinsky (9 April 1909 – 18 January 1978) was a Soviet and Russian composer. The work for which he best known, his opera ''Quiet Flows the Don'' (''Tikhiy Don''), was more successful for its political potential than for any mu ...

(1909–1978), composer *

Boris Eikhenbaum Boris Mikhailovich Eikhenbaum ( rus, Борис Михайлович Эйхенбаум, p=ɨjxʲɪnˈbaʊm; 16 October 1886 – 2 November 1959) was a Russian Empire and Soviet literary scholar and historian of Russian literature. He is a repre ...

(1886–1959), literary scholar and historian *

Fridrikh Ermler Fridrikh Markovich Ermler (russian: Эрмлер, Фридрих Маркович; born Vladimir Markovich Breslav; 13 May 1898 in Rēzekne – 12 July 1967 in Leningrad) was a Soviet film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was a four-t ...

(1898–1967), film director, actor, and screenwriter *

Olga Freidenberg Olga Freidenberg (March 15, 1890 in Odessa – July 6, 1955 in Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet classical philologist, one of the pioneers of cultural studies in Russia. She is also known as the cousin of the famous writer Boris Paster ...

(1890–1955), philologist *

Valerian Frolov Valerian Aleksandrovich Frolov (russian: Валериан Александрович Фролов; June 7 ( O.S. May 26), 1895 – 1961) was a Soviet Colonel General (1943). Frolov participated in the First World War and the Russian Civil War. F ...

(1895–1961), military officer *

Andrey Gagarin Prince Andrey Petrovich Gagarin (Russian: Андрей Петрович Гагарин; 9 July 1934, in Leningrad, USSR St. Petersburg, Russia] – 30 January 2011, in Maryland, United States, USA) was a professor of physics at Saint Petersbur ...

(1934–2011), physicist *

Vladimir Gardin Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin (russian: Влади́мир Ростисла́вович Га́рдин) (born Vladimir Rostislavovich Blagonravov (Благонра́вов); – 28 May 1965) was a pioneering Russian film director and actor who ...

(1877–1965), film director and actor * Aleksei German (1938–2013), director and screenwriter *

Yuri German Yuri Pavlovich German (russian: Ю́рий Па́влович Ге́рман) ( – January 16, 1967) was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist. Life German was born in Riga (then part of the Russian Empire ...

(1910–1967), writer, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist *

Mikhail Gorsheniov Mikhail "The Pot" Gorsheniov (Russian: Михаил "Горшок" Горшенёв, full name given at birth – Михаил Юрьевич Горшенёв; 1973–2013) was a lead singer and composer of Russian horror punk/hard rock band Korol ...

(1973–2013), singer and composer,

Korol i Shut Korol i Shut (russian: Король и Шут, lit=King and Jester) were a Russian horror punk band from Saint Petersburg that took inspiration and costumes from tales and fables. In Russia, the band has achieved cult status. History The band wa ...

* Vladimir Govyrin (1924–1994), physiologist *

Edouard Grikurov Edouard Grikurov (29 March 1907, Tbilisi - 13 December 1982, Leningrad) was a Soviet conductor and People's Artist of the USSR. Grikurov studied at the Conservatory in Tbilisi with Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, and worked regularly with the Moscow ...

(1907–1982), conductor * Ivan Ivanov (1862–1939), mathematician * Sergei Izotov (1917–1983), scientist and aircraft designer *

Gennadi Kazansky Gennadi Kazansky (1 December 1910 – 14 September 1983) was a Soviet film director of the Soviet era.Goble p.355 Life and career Gennadi Kazansky was born on 18 November 18 or December 1910 in Voronezh. He studied art history at the Leningrad ...

(1910–1983), film director *

Lidia Klement Lidia Richardovna Klement (russian: Ли́дия Ри́чардовна Кле́мент; 8 July 1937, in Leningrad – 16 June 1964, in Leningrad) was a Soviet singer. Early life She was involved with music and singing since childhood, st ...

(1937–1964), singer *

Mikhail Kovalyov Mikhail Prokofievich Kovalyov (russian: Михаил Прокофьевич Ковалёв; – 31 August 1967) was a Soviet military officer. Mikhail Kovalyov was born to family of a peasants in stanitsa Bryukhovetskaya, Kuban Oblast. In 191 ...

(1897–1967), military officer *

Vladimir Konashevich Vladimir Mikhaylovich Konashevich (russian: Владимир Михайлович Конашевич, May 19, 1888, Novocherkassk—February 27, 1963, Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg) was a Russian graphic artist and illustrator. Among his artwork a ...

(1888–1963), graphic artist and illustrator * Boris Konstantinov (1910–1969), physicist * Boris Korneev (1922–1973), painter and art teacher *

Nikolai Korotkov Nikolai Sergeyevich Korotkov (also romanized Korotkoff; russian: Никола́й Серге́евич Коротко́в) ( – 14 March 1920) was a Russian Empire surgeon, a pioneer of 20th-century vascular surgery, and the inventor of auscul ...

(1874–1920), surgeon, pioneer of vascular surgery * Nikolai Kulakov (1908–1976), naval officer * Ivan Ladyga (1920–2010), military officer *

Kirill Lavrov Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov (russian: link=no, Кирилл Юрьевич Лавров; 15 September 1925 – 27 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor and director. Biography Childhood Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was born on 15 ...

(1925–2007), film and theatre actor and director * Vladimir Lebedev (1891–1967), painter * Vladimir Lemeshev (1911–1976), football player and coach * Nikolay Lunin (1907–1970), naval officer *

Anatoly Marienhof Anatoly Borisovich Marienhof or Mariengof (russian: Анато́лий Бори́сович Мариенго́ф; 6 July (24 June O.S.) 1897 – 24 June 1962) was a Russian poet, novelist, and playwright. He was one of the leading figures of ...

(1897–1962), poet, novelist and playwright * Alexander Marinesko (1913–1963), naval officer * Ivan Meshcherskiy (1859–1935), mathematician *

Yevgeny Mravinsky Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky (russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Мрави́нский) (19 January 1988) was a Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue; he was a professor at Leningrad State Conservatory. Biog ...

(1903–1988), conductor *

Dmitry Nelyubin Dmitry Nelyubin (russian: Дмитрий Владиславович Нелюбин, 8 February 1971 – 1 January 2005) was a Soviet- Russian track cyclist. At the age of 17 Nelyubin, together with teammates Viatcheslav Ekimov, Artūras Kasp ...

, (1971–2005), track cyclist * Vladimir Myasishchev (1893–1973), psychologist and developmental psychologist *

Joseph Orbeli Joseph Orbeli ( hy, Հովսեփ Աբգարի Օրբելի, Hovsep Abgari Orbeli; russian: Иосиф Абгарович Орбели, Iosif Abgarovich Orbeli; 20 March ( O.S. 8 March) 1887 – 2 February 1961) was a Soviet- Armenian orientalist, ...

(1887–1961), orientalist, academician *

Leon Orbeli Leon Abgarovich Orbeli ( hy, Լևոն Աբգարի Օրբելի, Levon Abgari Orbeli; russian: Леон Абгарович Орбели, Levon Abgarovich Orbeli; – 9 December 1958) was an Armenian physiologist active in the Russian SFSR ...

(1882–1958), physiologist * Maria Orbeli (1916–1949), physicist * Yevgeny Pavlovsky (1884–1965), zoologist, entomologist * Alexei Pakhomov (1900–1973), avant garde painter * Alexander Prokofyev (1900–1971), poet * Alexander "Ricochet" Aksyonov (1964–2007), singer-songwriter *

Zoya Rozhdestvenskaya Zoya Nikolayevna Rozhdestvenskaya (russian: Зоя Николаевна Рождественская; 16 August 1906 — 8 November 1953) was a Soviet singer, a holder of the title of Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR. She was the original performe ...

(1906–1953), singer *

Vasily Shorin Vasily Ivanovich Shorin (russian: Василий Иванович Шорин; 26 December 1870 January 1871 Kalyazin ''–'' 29 June 1938, Leningrad) was a Soviet military commander, who commanded several military units of the Red Army during th ...

(1871–1938), military officer *

Terentii Shtykov Terenty Fomich Shtykov ( Russian: Терентий Фомич Штыков; – 25 October 1964) was a Soviet general who supervised the liberation of North Korea, as the ''de facto'' head of its 1945-1948 military occupation and the first ...

(1907–1964), military officer *

Yelena Shushunova Yelena Lvovna Shushunova (russian: Елена Львовна Шушунова; sometimes spelled Elena Shushunova; 23 May 1969 – 16 August 2018) was a Soviet Russian gymnast. Shushunova was one of five women (alongside Larisa Latynina, Věra � ...

(1969–2018), gymnast *

Evgeny Schwartz Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz (russian: Евге́ний Льво́вич Шва́рц; , Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, Soviet Union) was a Soviet writer and playwright, whose works include twenty-five plays, and screenplay ...

(1896–1958), writer and playwright * Nikolai Simoniak (1901–1956), military officer * Alexander Sokolov (1918–1973), painter and art teacher * Nikolay Solovyov (1931–2007), wrestler *

Nikolai Suetin Nikolai Suetin (; 1897–1954) was a Russian Suprematist artist. He worked as a graphic artist, a designer, and a ceramics painter. Suetin studied at the Vitebsk Higher Institute of Art, (1918–1922) under Kazimir Malevich, founder of Suprema ...

(1897–1954), artist * Vasily Tolstikov (1917–2003), diplomat and Communist Party official *

Alexander Tolush Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush (1 May 1910 – 3 March 1969) was a Soviet chess grandmaster. He was one of Boris Spassky's mentors. Tolush was born and died in Saint Petersburg (in 1969 called Leningrad). He earned the title of International Mast ...

(1910–1969), chess grandmaster *

Vladimir Trusenyov Vladimir Ivanovich Trusenyov (russian: Владимир Иванович Трусенёв; 3 August 1931 – 2001) was a Russian discus thrower who won a European title in 1962 and placed third in 1958. In 1962 he held a Men's discus throw world ...

(1931–2001), discus thrower *

Viktor Tsoi Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (russian: Виктор Робертович Цой; ; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of ...

(1962–1990), singer and songwriter,

Kino Kino may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasters * KINO, a radio station in Arizona, U.S. * Kino FM (98.0 FM – Moscow), a Russian music radio station * KinoTV, now Ruutu+ Leffat ja Sarjat, a Finnish TV channel Fictional entiti ...

Lev Uspensky Lev Vasilyevich Uspensky (russian: Лев Васильевич Успенский, 8 February 1900 – 18 December 1978) was a Russian writer and philologist, known for his popular science books in linguistics.Eduard Vinokurov (1942–2010), Olympic sabre fencer *

Leonid Yakobson Leonid Veniaminovich Yakobson (russian: Леонид Вениаминович Якобсон; January 2 (15), 1904 — October 17, 1975), whose last name is sometimes spelled Jacobson, was a Jewish ballet choreographer from Russia ...

(1904–1975), ballet choreographer *

Mikhail Zalessky Mikhail Dmitrievich Zalessky (russian: Михаил Дмитриевич Залесский, ''Mikhail Dmitrievich Zalesskiy''; 15 September 1877 – 22 December 1946) was a Russian paleontologist and paleobotanist. His main focus was an investiga ...

(1877–1946), paleontologist and paleobotanist

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