The Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice () also known as the Orthodox cemetery in Caucade, is a cemetery located southwest of

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in 1867 on the hill of Caucade, at a time when the Russian colony had an important role in the

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. 3,000 Russians, including the descendants of Russian immigrants and refugees after the

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and the members of Royal families, are buried at the cemetery. This includes

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, Naryshkin,

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, Tsereteli and Gagarin families. The cemetery chapel is dedicated to Saint Nicholas, in honor of the patron

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who died of tuberculosis in Nice. The cemetery is open on Thursday and Saturday from 9:00 to 12:00 and on Friday and Sunday from 14:00 to 17:00. Liturgy on Saturday at 9:30. (Bus line 8 - station Caucade).

Notables buried

Georgy Adamovich Georgy Viktorovich Adamovich ( rus, Гео́ргий Ви́кторович Адамо́вич, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj ˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕ ɐdɐˈmovʲɪtɕ, a=Georgy_Viktorovich_Adamovich.ru.oga; — 21 February 1972) was a Russian poet of the Ac ...

(1892-1972), Russian poet, and a literary critic, translator and memoirist * Princess Catherine Dolgorukaya-Yurievskaya (1847–1922) * Vladimir Golenishchev (1856–1947),

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(1884–1962) *

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(1868–1935),

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and

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* Filipp Malyavin (1869-1940), Russian painter * Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich Romanov (1902–1978) * General Dmitry Shcherbachev, (1857–1932) *

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(1866-1951), French surgeon * General Nikolai Yudenich (1862–1933)

Gallery

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External links and references

History

Nice (06) : cimetière de Caucade – Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs
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