Novodevichy Cemetery

This is a GREAT Cemetery!

After visiting the Convent we walked down the street to see the Cemetery. The entrance was no different that any other entrance in Russia...with a gate and a fence. The cemetery was used for Russia'a feudal rulers and church officials. Later it came to be used for Russia's intellectuals and merchants. In the 20th century, it was the burial place for many of the Societ Union's most well-known citizens. Now, there are Russian authors, playwrights, and poets, as well as famous actors, political leaders, and scientists. More than 27,000 are buried here.

Looking into the Cemetery.

Headstones in the cemetery. They are all monuments.

notice the man, dog, clown, and other monuments

ballerina

This is the marker for Boris Yeltsin.

It is a Russian Flag.

Various markers of magnificient men or men that could afford magnificient grave markers

Nikita Krushov

(Nikita Krushov)

This wall has the markers of people that died 1972-1973.

Baby Doctor

Chekov

Tree

Hands with a precious stone/heart?

Tank

This lady left her store at the entrance to show us where the tank was located. We were having a difficult time finding it.