Yegoshikha Cemetery (russian: Егошихинское кладбище, Yegoshikhinskoye kladbishche) is the principal cemetery of the Russian city of
Perm
Perm or PERM may refer to:
Places
*Perm, Russia, a city in Russia
** Permsky District, the district
**Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005
**Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005
**Perm Governorate, an administra ...
. It takes its name from the
Yegoshikha River which borders it and was founded in the second half of the 18th century.
In 1784, the governor of Perm and Tobolsk, Eugene Kashkin, ordered the construction of a church for burying the dead. Near the first church at the cemetery, two more were built later: the Church of All Saints and the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin.
In the 1930s, executed political prisoners used to be buried in the cemetery. In 1996, the Perm branch of
Memorial erected a monument to the victims of the
Great Purge
The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Yezhov'), was Soviet General Secret ...
. The installation of the monument was sponsored by donations from Perm residents and the city and regional administrations.
Notable graves
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Józef Piotrowski (1840–1923), participant in the
January Uprising and an
enlightener
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Mikhail Shuisky (1883–1953), opera singer
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Dmitry Dmitriyevich Smyshlyayev (1828–1893), historian, ethnographer and politician
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Pyotr Subbotin-Permyak (1886–1923), avant-garde painter
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Sergei Safronov (fighter pilot)
Sergei Ivanovich Safronov (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Сафро́нов; 25 March 1930 – 1 May 1960) was a senior lieutenant in the Soviet Air Defense Forces. Safronov, a fighter pilot, was shot down by a friendly surface-to- ...
(1930–1960), Soviet fighter pilot
References
External links
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Cemeteries in Russia
Perm, Russia
Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Perm Krai
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