Nicholas cemetery
The Nikolaus Cemetery ( Russian: Никольское кладбище / Nikolskoje kladbishche; scientific transliteration ; Nikol'skoe kladbišče ) is located behind the east choir of the cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in Saint Petersburg ( Russia ). Its story begins in 1861. The cemetery was originally intended for clerics and monks of the Lavra , later also for lay people.
Personalities buried in the Nikolaus cemetery
- Vsevolod Michailowitsch Abramowitsch (1890–1913), Russian aviation pioneer
- Wassili Wassiljewitsch Bolotow (1853–1900), church historian
- Boris Borissowitsch Golitsyn (1862–1916), prince, geophysicist and meteorologist (1860–1916)
- Lev Nikolajewitsch Gumiljow (1912–1992), ethnologist, son of the poets Anna Akhmatowa and Nikolai Gumiljow
- Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Karasin (1842–1909), writer, painter and illustrator
- Wassili Alexandrowitsch Kenel (1834-1893), architect
- Sergei Iwanowitsch Korschinski (1861–1900), botanist
- Pawel Andrejewitsch Kostytschew (1845–1895), geologist and geobotanist
- Alexei Petrovich Malzew (1854–1915), Russian Orthodox archpriest
- Alexei Andrejewitsch Poliwanow (1855–1920), Russian general and minister of war
- Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak (1937–2000), first mayor of St. Petersburg
- Galina Wassiljewna Starowoitowa (1946–1998), murdered politician
- Boris Alexandrowitsch Turajew (1868–1920), Egyptologist, orientalist
- Sergei Issajewitsch Utochkin (1876–1916), cyclist and aviation pioneer
- Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Wrangel (1880–1915), art historian, brother of General Wrangel
See also
- Lazarus cemetery
- Tikhvin cemetery
- List of cemeteries in Saint Petersburg
- Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga (Russian)
- List of Metropolitans of St. Petersburg (French)
Web links
Commons : Nikolaus-Friedhof - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Nicholas Cemetery (Russian)
Nikolaus-Friedhof (alternative names of the lemma) |
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Nicholas Cemetery; Никольское кладбище; Nikolskoye Kladbishche; Nikol'skoe kladbišče |
Coordinates: 59 ° 55 ′ 17 ″ N , 30 ° 23 ′ 29 ″ E