Pyatnitskoye Cemetery

Pyatnitskoye cemetery
Trinity Church in the cemetery
Details
Established	1771
Location	Moscow
Country	Russia
Coordinates	55°47′59″N 37°38′36″E
Owned by	State
Size	14.1 hectares
Find a Grave	Pyatnitskoye cemetery

The Pyatnitskoye cemetery is one of the graveyards in the Russian capital Moscow.[1] It is among the oldest and largest resting places in the city.

History and name

The Pyatnitskoye cemetery was established during the plague epidemic in 1771.[2] However, systematic archive for burial register was started in 1940.[2] It was named after the chapel, Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Church (Trinity Church), located in the western part of the cemetery.[2]

Architect and design

The temple in the cemetery was built by the architect A. Grigorieva in the period between 1830 and 1835.[2] The building was designed in the Russian Empire style and decorated with a six-Tuscan portico.[2] The temple has two chapels; Paraskeva and St. Sergius of Radonezh.[2] Also in the cemetery there is the church of Persian Simon, built in the years between 1916 and 1917.[2] This feature of the cemetery, namely being attached to churches, reflects the tradition of the historical Russian resting places.[3]

Location and size

The cemetery is on the northern part of Moscow.[2] Specifically it is located in the Dzerhzhinsky district and on Droboliteiny pereulok street,[4] lying on the side of Pyatnitskoye Highway.[5]

The area of the graveyard is about 14.1 hectares, consisting of 30 plots.[2]

Burials

Various leading figures buried in the cemetery include Valentin Pavlov,[6] and Victor Nikitin.[2] However, during the Soviet era the graveyard was not one of the resting places preferred for the communist elites.[7]

References

1. Alison Smile (31 August 1985). "Caring for graveyards a part of Russian life". Lawrence Journal. Moscow. AP. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
2. "Mosritual". Pyatnitskoye cemetery. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
3. "Cemetery". Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979.
4. Maurice Paléologue (1923). All Moscow 1990/91 Information Yearbook. SP Books. p. 297. ISBN 978-5-7110-0047-1.
5. "We want the market to understand us". Highriser. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
6. "Financial reforms in 1991 drove USSR into the grave". Pravda. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
7. Katya Vladimirov (Summer 2008). "Dead Men Walking: Soviet Elite Cemeteries and Social Control". Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table.

External links

• Media related to Piatnitskoe Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
• Pyatnitskoye Cemetery at Find a Grave