Berkovetsky Cemetery
Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '40 " N , 30 ° 23' 42" O The Berkowezkyj- or urban cemetery ( Ukrainian Берковецький (Міський) цвинтар / Berkowezkyj (Miskyj) zwyntar ) is the largest cemetery of the Ukrainian capital Kiev and one of the greatest Of Ukraine. The name of the cemetery goes back to a hamlet formerly located here.
The cemetery was established in 1957 and is located in the northwest of Podil Rajon in the west of the metropolis. The main entrance is on Wulyzja Stezenka ( вулиця Стеценка ) 18. On an area of 152 hectares there are more than 200,000 graves, which are also burial sites of numerous public figures in Ukraine, including more than 42 heroes of the Soviet Union , famous artists, Footballers and doctors, are.
On December 7, 1970 the funeral of the murdered painter and dissident Alla Horska took place in the cemetery , which became a protest against the existing communist regime in Ukraine.
On April 18 and 19, 2015, the two assassination victims Oleh Kalashnikov and Oles Busyna were buried in the cemetery.
Other personalities buried here:
- Jelisaveta Shachatuni (1911–2011), aeronautical engineer and university lecturer
- Olha Avilova (1918–2009), surgeon and university professor
- Petro Balabuyev (1931–2007), aircraft designer
- Valery Belikov (1925–1987), Soviet Army General
- Sergei Gorjunow (1899–1967), Soviet-Russian Colonel General
- Ihor Turchyn (1936–1993), handball coach
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Description of the cemetery on the page of the city of Kiev ritual ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 22, 2015
- ↑ Berkovtsy City Cemetery on kiev-necropol.narod.ru , accessed on April 22, 2015
- ↑ Biography Alla Horska on incognita.day.kiev; accessed on October 21, 2016 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Writer received applause on his last trip on vesti-ukr.com , accessed on April 25, 2015
- ↑ funeral of Kalashnikov fakty.ictv.ua , accessed on April 26, 2015
