Vagankovo Cemetery
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Vagankovo Cemetery (Russian: Ваганьковское кладбище, romanized: Vagan'kovskoye kladbishche) is located in the Presnensky District of Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1771, in an effort to curb an outbreak of bubonic plague in Central Russia. The cemetery was one of those created outside the city proper so as to prevent the contagion from spreading.
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Ваганьковское кладбище | |
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Established | 1771 (1771) |
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Country | Russia |
Coordinates | 55°46′05″N 37°32′54″E |
Type | Public, military graves, memorial |
Style | Empire style |
Size | 47.9 ha (118 acres) |
No. of graves | More than 100,000[1] |
Website | ritual |
Find a Grave | Vagankovo Cemetery |
More than 500,000 people are estimated to have been buried at Vagankovo Cemetery from 1771 to 1990.[1] As of 1990, the cemetery contained slightly more than 100,000 graves.[1] The vast necropolis contains the mass graves from the Battle of Borodino, the Battle of Moscow, and the Khodynka Tragedy. It is the burial site for many prominent people from the academic, artistic, military, and sports communities of Russia and the old Soviet Union.
The cemetery is served by several Orthodox churches constructed between 1819 and 1823 in the Muscovite version of the Empire style.