Vagankovo Cemetery (russian: Ваганьковское кладбище, Vagan'kovskoye kladbishche), established in 1771, is located in the
Presnya district of
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
. It started in the aftermath of the
Moscow plague riot of 1771 {{noref, date=July 2012
Plague Riot (''Чумной бунт'' in Russian) was a riot in Moscow in 1771 between 15 and 17 September, caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague.
History
The first signs of plague in Moscow appeared in late 1770, which ...
outside the city proper, so as to prevent the contagion from spreading.
Half a million people are estimated to have been buried at Vagankovo throughout its history.
As of 2010, the existing cemetery contains more than 100,000 graves.
The vast necropolis contains the
mass graves from the
Battle of Borodino
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, the
Battle of Moscow
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, and the
Khodynka Tragedy. It is the burial site for a number of people from the artistic and sports community of Russia and the old
Soviet Union
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.
William Taubman
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claims that during the
Great Purge
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"alcohol-soused guards would execute weeping prisoners" after they had dug their graves in the cemetery.
The cemetery is served by several Orthodox churches constructed between 1819 and 1823 in the Muscovite version of the
Empire style
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.
Notable burials
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Nadezhda Lamanova
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Career
Until the Russian Revolution, Lamanova held ...
(1861-1941), fashion and costume designer
* (1900-1979), writer, journalist,
Russian Civil War
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and
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participant,
Union of Soviet Writers
*
(1953-2008), actor
*
Vasily Agapkin (1884–1964), musician, author of the song "
Farewell of Slavianka"
*
Boris Andreyev (1915-1982), actor
*
Inga Artamonova
Inga Grigoryevna Artamonova (russian: И́нга Григо́рьевна Артамо́нова; 29 August 1936 – 4 January 1966Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 2) was a Soviet ...
(1936–1966), world speed-skating champion
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Grigori Chukhrai (1921–2001), film director
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Vladimir Dal (1801–1872), lexicographer
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Sergei Grinkov (1967–1995), world & Olympic ice skating pairs champion
*
Leonid Kharitonov (1930–1987), actor
*
Otari Kvantrishvili (1948–1994), godfather of the
Georgian mafia
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Egor Makovsky (1802–1886), accountant and artist
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Andrei Mironov (1941-1987), actor
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Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997), poet and singer-songwriter, writer
*
Vasili Oshchepkov
Vasiliy Sergeyevich Oshchepkov (russian: Васи́лий Серге́евич Още́пков); (January 7, 1893 - October 10, 1938) was a Russian researcher of different types of national wrestling and martial arts. He was ranked as a Merite ...
(1892-1937), fighter
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Lyudmila Pakhomova (1946–1986), world & Olympic ice dancing pairs champion
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Mikhail Pugovkin
Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Пу́говкин; July 13, 1923, Rameshki, Chukhlomsky District of Kostroma Oblast — July 25, 2008, Moscow) (aged 85) was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a Peopl ...
(1923–2008), actor
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Prosh Proshian (1883–1918),
Left Socialist-Revolutionary
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Alexei Savrasov
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Biography
Savraso ...
(1830–1897), painter
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Gennady Shpalikov (1937–1974), poet, screenwriter
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David Shterenberg (1881–1948), artist
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Vitaly Solomin
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(1941–2002), actor
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Anatoly Solonitsyn (1934-1982), actor
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Nikolai Starostin
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Early life and Spartak Mosco ...
(1902–1996), footballer
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Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), painter
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Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928-2002), conductor, composer, and pianist
*
Igor Talkov (1956–1991), poet, singer-songwriter
*
Anna Timiryova
Anna Vasilyevna Timiryova (russian: Анна Васильевна Тимирёва; 18 July 1893 – 31 January 1975) was a Russian poet. Born Anna Safonova, she was the daughter of composer Vasily Ilyich Safonov. At the age of 19 she married Adm ...
(1893–1975), poet
*
Nika Turbina (1974–2002), poet
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Vasily Tropinin
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(1776–1857), painter
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Lev Vlassenko (1928–1996), pianist
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Vladimir Vysotsky
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(1938–1980), poet, singer-songwriter, actor
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Vasily Yan (1876–1954), writer
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Leonid Yengibarov
Leonid Georgievich Yengibarov ( hy, Լեոնիդ Ենգիբարյան; russian: Леонид Георгиевич Енгибаров; March 15, 1935 – July 25, 1972) was a Soviet Armenian clown and actor.
Biography
Leonid Yengibarov was bo ...
(1935–1972), clown, mime, actor
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Yakov Rozval (1932-2015), engineer, inventor
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Sergei Yesenin
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(1895–1925), poet, husband of
Isadora Duncan
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Antonina Zubkova (1920-1950), WWII bomber pilot,
Heroine of the Soviet Union
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Lev Loktev (1908-1981), artillery designer
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Anastasia Filatova (1920—2001) the Russian wife of the
Mongolia
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n leader
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal.
References
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1771 establishments in the Russian Empire
Cemeteries in Moscow
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow