Virtual cemetery. Celebrity graves. Graves of celebrities at the Novodevichy cemetery Monuments to famous actors at the cemetery

In the last episode, we took a sightseeing tour of Père Lachaise cemetery. In this part I propose to look at the graves of some famous people who found peace on its territory.

Monument of the Dead (Monument aux morts), next to which he was buried Adolphe Thiers (Adolphe Thiers), multiple Prime Minister of France, as well as the country's President from 1871 to 1873.

Monument Alfred de Musset (Alfred de Musset), French poet and playwright, who wrote “Lorenzaccio”, “Caprice”, “No joke with love”. His epitaph reads:

My friends! When I die
Grow the willow above me;
I love her sad look
With drooping, pale foliage;
And, quietly dozing over the grave,
With its thin shadow
She will not burden that land,
Where eternal peace awaits me.

(translated by S. A. Andreevsky)

Monument to one of the "bisons" French literature - Honore de Balzac (Honoré de Balzac), known for such works as " Shagreen leather", "Father Goriot", "Colonel Chabert", "Eugenia Grande"...

Spine" Human Comedy", a multi-volume work that brought together many of Balzac's novels and short stories in order to create a picture of the morals of the French people.

Sarcophagus of a French painter Eugene Delacroix (Eugene Delacroix). His most famous paintings- “Freedom Leading the People”, “Death of Sardanapalus”, “Massacre on Chios”. By the way, Balzac is still visible in the background.

Tombstone Marcel Proust (Marcel Proust), one of the most significant French writers 20th century. His main work, the series of novels “In Search of Lost Time,” is distinguished by its incredible size. In addition, long and ornate phrases in France are sometimes called “Proustian”, since the writer loved to use them and always successfully brought them to the end, without losing the thread of the story at all, although from time to time the reader simply had to stop halfway to find at least some sense in the literary jungle, and sometimes returned to the beginning of the paragraph, mentally cursing the author, who... In general, I think you understand.

grave Guillaume Apollinaire (Guillaume Apollinaire), French poet of Polish origin, who worked in the style of avant-garde and surrealism. At the front, he was wounded in the head, and two years later he died from the Spanish flu epidemic.

Film actor's grave pop singer Willow Montana (Yves Montand) and his wife Simone Signoret. During the filming of his last movie, "IP-5", Montan swam in a cold lake and suffered a heart attack. He was 70 years old. It's amazing that the character he played in the film was supposed to die of a heart attack according to the script. Just like Moliere, who felt ill at a performance of The Imaginary Invalid and subsequently died.

Speaking of Moliere. The most famous French playwright(Molière) is also buried in Père Lachaise. His real name is Jean Baptiste Poquelin ( Jean Baptiste Poquelin). Moliere - creator classic comedy: “Tartuffe”, “The Miser”, “The Misanthrope”, etc.

Moliere's neighbor in the cemetery is Jean de Lafontaine (Jean de La Fontaine), famous fabulist, contemporary of Moliere. Ivan Andreevich Krylov began his journey as a fabulist with translations of La Fontaine's fables.

Some celebrity graves can be easily found if you follow the crowds. That's how it was with the grave Edith Piaf.

The famous French singer was born in Paris, her real name is Edith Giovanna Gassion ( Edith Giovanna Gassion). Probably the whole world knows the songs of Edith Piaf - “My Lord”, “Hymn of Love”, “No, I don’t regret anything”, “Life in pink color" etc.

Edith Piaf's neighbor in the cemetery, Henri Salvador (Henri Salvador) is a singer originally from French Guiana. Over the course of his 70-year career, Henri performed a huge number of songs that were well known to several generations. He died quite recently, in 2008, and until his death he appeared on stage.

Let's take a break from celebrities for a moment to look at the Russian presence at the Père Lachaise cemetery. The Cyrillic alphabet appears here and there: for example, on a monument honoring the joint efforts of Russian and French partisans in World War II.

In the columbarium you can find traces of Russian immigrants.

The ashes of the Russian princess in one of the niches of the columbarium. The plaque looks ancient, although the dates are quite modern.

After this short pause, let's return to the two main celebrities of Père Lachaise. The first one is Jim Morrison (Jim Morrison), vocalist and band leader The Doors . This legendary frontman died in Paris in 1971, either from a drug overdose or something else. One way or another, the grave has become a place of pilgrimage for many of Jim's fans. His epitaph reads: "He was true to his demons."

The grave is located rather inconveniently - in the photo it is in the depths, in front of the person with the camera. You can only approach from the right or left. Apparently, the cemetery workers did not expect Morrison to be so popular.

The second celebrity of the cemetery - Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde), Irish writer and founder of aestheticism. In my account of Georgian Dublin, after visiting Wilde's birthplace, I promised that I would visit his grave. This led me to the Père Lachaise cemetery.

To be honest, I didn’t particularly like the monument, but judging by the numerous traces of kisses, I was left in the minority. Initially, Wilde was buried in the Bagneux cemetery (cimetière de Bagneux) near Paris, but 10 years later he was reburied in Père Lachaise.

Women consider it their duty to leave an imprint of their lips on the pink stone.

Men limit themselves to inscriptions. "You are one of the few reasons I am proud of my Irish heritage."

“Life imitates art much more than art imitates life.”

That's it this time!

Père Lachaise Cemetery:

Part two. Celebrity graves.

Vagankovskoe cemetery - monument cultural heritage. It stores not only memories of the deceased, but also original works arts that belong to outstanding sculptors, artists, architects. The oldest burial sites are concentrated in the northwestern part of the capital, where they occupy more than 50 hectares.

Scheme of the Vagankovskoye cemetery

Historical summary

According to official data, the necropolis was founded in 1771 by order of Count Orlov. In those distant times Russian empress endowed him with special powers to counter the raging plague, and he gave the land near the village of Vagankovo ​​for the burial of the dead.

Grave of Bulat Okudzhava

After the epidemic died down, unknown people from the slums, retired military personnel, poor peasants, minor officials and poor townsfolk found their final refuge here. This lasted for about half a century, until in the 19th century the burial places of prominent personalities began to appear.

Nowadays the most famous attraction of the cemetery is the Church of the Resurrection of the Word. It was erected according to the design of the architect Grigoriev in 1824 on the site of a former church, in memory of which a rotunda now stands nearby.

Tragic moments

More than 100 thousand burials of the Vagankovsky cemetery are traces dramatic story. Buried here:

• those who fell at the Battle of Borodino (1812);
• victims of the Khodynka disaster (1896);
• victims of Stalin's repressions (1930);
• Moscow defenders (1941-42);
• victims of the August putsch (1991);
• child actors who died at Dubrovka (2002).

Celebrity graves

The necropolis became the final refuge for many prominent personalities. In particular, eternal rest was found here:

• scientists (transplant scientist V. Demikhov, rocket scientist N. Tikhomirov, naturalist K. Timiryazev, lexicographer V. Dal, zoologist S. Usov);
• Archpriest V. Amphitheaters;
• revolutionary N. Bauman;
• actors (USSR State Prize laureate V. Vysotsky, artist of the Imperial Theaters G. Fedotova, symbol of the era of romanticism P. Mochalov, Moscow Prize laureate V. Solomin, people's artists A. Mironov, G. Vitsin, M. Tsarev, E. Gogoleva, L. Filatov, etc.)
• painters (V. Surikov, A. Savrasov, V. Tropinin);
• directors (S. Rostotsky, V. Pluchek, G. Chukhrai, Yu. Zavadsky);
• poets and writers (representative of the new peasant lyricism S. Yesenin, satirist G. Gorin, Stalin Prize laureate L. Oshanin, prose writer and bard B. Okudzhava, playwright E. Permyak);
• baker and philanthropist I. Filippov;
• creator of the Theater Museum A. Bakhrushin;
• musicians and singers (rock performer I. Talkov, author of the Anthem of Cosmonautics V. Migulya, lyrical baritone Yu. Gulyaev, folklorist D. Pokrovsky, author of musicals and ballets Yu. Saulsky, pianist E. Svetlanov, performer of gypsy romances V. Panina);
• gymnast and Olympic champion M. Voronin;
• football players (I. Netto, E. Streltsov, L. Yashin, N. Starostin).

Grave of Vladimir Vysotsky

Leonid Filatov's grave

Grave of Nadezhda Rumyantseva

Vitaly Solomin's grave

Grave of Georgy Vitsin

The grave of Alexander Abdulov

Georgy Chukhrai's grave

Sergei Yesenin's grave

Igor Talkov's grave

Lev Yashin's grave

When telling your interlocutors about visiting a cemetery as a tourist attraction, you often see surprise and wariness in their eyes. How, instead of magnificent estates, museums and art galleries, did you wander among the graves and admire the beauty, decoration, and admire the sculptural compositions?!

Indeed, this does not look like a standard monument of architecture and art, but how much you can see and learn when you find yourself on famous cemeteries! Almost every big city has its own famous places burial places where tourists flock and where excursions are held. And there are plenty of people willing!

Novodevichy Cemetery

We invite you to take a walk through two of the most famous and significant cemeteries Moscow - Novodevichy and Vagankovsky. On their territories rest the great minds of our fatherland, heroes of the Second World War, statesmen, writers, poets, composers, actors, directors, singers, athletes - all these people left an eternal mark on Russian and world history. Above big amount Our famous sculptors, artists and architects worked on monuments: M. Anikushin, E. Vuchetich, S. Konenkov, V. Mukhina, N. Tomsky, G. Schultz, many of them also found their last refuges in these cemeteries. Some gravestones are kept amazing stories, secrets and assumptions that remained unsolved (we recommend reading the versions about the reburial of N.V. Gogol, and also finding out where the stone on the grave of M.A. Bulgakov was taken from. - Ed.).

Cemetery Vagankovsky

Despite the cold and rainy summer, we managed to take advantage of several on sunny days and capture our walk in photographs. Although it is worth noting that a cloudy and gloomy sky adds mystery and mysticism, which, of course, changes general mood and impression of the place. It all depends on the visitor, on what emotions you want to get in a certain life period. There is a lot to think about here, and the silence and the feeling as if time has stopped around helps to clarify your thoughts and distract you from everyday worries.

Novodevichy Cemetery

The Novodevichy Cemetery is considered the main Moscow necropolis. IN Soviet time it became the second most important burial site after the Kremlin wall. The cemetery is located in the southwestern part of the city, in Khamovniki, on the territory adjacent to the Novodevichy Convent (Sportivnaya metro station).

The first burials appeared in the 17th century on the territory of the Novodevichy Convent. By the 20th century there was practically no free space left, and then land was allocated behind the southern wall of the monastery. The official opening date of this part is 1904. At the moment, the cemetery occupies more than 7.5 hectares, consists of 4 territories, where 26,000 people are buried.

The territory of the Novodevichy Convent is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List and is one of the world's most beautiful burial places, deservedly included in the top 10.

Monument at the grave pop singer, People's Artist of the USSR Lyudmila Zykina. The monument is completed folk artist Russia, Armenian sculptor Friedrich Soghoyan

Monument at the grave of a circus performer, film actor, TV presenter, director of the Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard Yuri Nikulin

Monument at the grave of the great Russian writer Anton Chekhov. Made in Art Nouveau style according to the design of the artist L. M. Brailovsky

Monument at the grave of the artist and landscape painter Isaac Levitan

From left to right: a monument at the grave of an outstanding architect, a representative of romantic symbolism and constructivism Ilya Golosov; monument at the grave of the writer, academician, count Alexei Tolstoy

Monument at the grave of the great writer Mikhail Bulgakov.“Golgotha” made of Black Sea granite previously stood on the grave of N.V. Gogol, in the cemetery of the St. Danilov Monastery, and then, during the reburial of the writer’s remains, the stone was sent to the cemetery workshop. In the early 1950s, “Golgotha” was discovered and bought by E. S. Bulgakov in order to install it on her husband’s grave. It is worth noting that M. A. Bulgakov was a passionate admirer of N. V. Gogol’s talent

Monument at the grave of the founder of children's literature Samuil Marshak. Sculptor N. B. Nikoghosyan. The monument is located in the Marshak family memorial

Monument at the grave of a talented teacher of world renown, public figure and writer Anton Makarenko. The monument was made by sculptor Vladimir Tsigal and architect V. Kalinin

Monument at the grave greatest composer twentieth century, pianist, teacher, people's artist USSR Dmitry Shostakovich

Monument at the grave of the violin virtuoso, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR Leonid Kogan. The monument was made by sculptor Yuri Orekhov in the style of geometric abstractionism

Monument at the grave of the composer and conductor Isaac Dunaevsky. The monument was made by a graduate student art university P. Melnikov and architect L. Polyakov

Monument at the grave of the Russian writer, playwright and critic Nikolai Gogol. Initially, the writer was buried in the cemetery of the St. Daniel's Monastery in Moscow; in 1931, the graveyard was liquidated, and the writer's remains were reburied in the Novodevichy cemetery. The bronze cross from the grave was lost, and the “Calvary” was removed. Legend has it that this tombstone was brought from Crimea by Konstantin Aksakov especially for Gogol. In 1952, a monument was unveiled at the grave with a bust of N.V. Gogol on a pedestal, which was made by the sculptor N.V. Tomsky. And on the 200th anniversary of the writer’s birth, the authorities tried to return the grave to its original appearance.

Monument at the grave of the Russian and Soviet actor, theater and film director, winner of four Stalin Prizes Konstantina Zubova

Monument at the grave of the poet, playwright, one of the most prominent representatives of Soviet literature and avant-garde art of the early twentieth century - Vladimir Mayakovsky. The poet was cremated, the urn with the ashes was kept in the closed columbarium of the Donskoye Cemetery, and in 1952 it was moved to the territory of the Novodevichy Cemetery. The monument was completed Soviet sculptor Alexander Kibalnikov

Monument at the grave of the Soviet aircraft designer Semyon Lavochkina, specializing in the creation of fighter aircraft. Family grave

Monument at the grave of the actor, film director, writer and screenwriter Vasily Shukshina

Monument at the grave of the aircraft designer, founder Soviet school aircraft manufacturing, "king of fighters" Nikolai Polikarpov

Monument at the grave of the Russian revolutionary, Soviet statesman and party leader Anastas Mikoyan

Monument at the grave of the Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Armored Forces (1944), Deputy People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR Yakova Fedorenko

Monument at the grave of a major scientist, a great military surgeon Nikolai Burdenko. His wife and son are buried nearby

Monument at the grave of the writer, poet and screenwriter Agni Barto. Family memorial

Monument at the grave of the famous virtuoso pianist, conductor, founder of the Moscow Conservatory Nikolai Rubinstein

Monument at the grave of the composer and pianist Alexandra Skryabina. Work of sculptor E. A. Rudakov

Monument at the grave of a poet, prose writer, artist, architect Andrey Voznesensky. Family memorial. Voznesensky designed the monument for his mother’s grave together with Zurab Tsereteli.

Monument at the grave of the actor and director puppet theater, outstanding theater figure, People's Artist of the USSR Sergei Obraztsov

Monument at the grave of the famous actress, pop singer, beloved actress of many generations of Russians Lyudmila Gurchenko. The monument was made by sculptors Yuri Khorovsky and Yuri Shabelnikov

Monument on the grave of a singer with a rare timbre (lyric soprano), famous actress operetta, People's Artist of the USSR Tatiana Shmyga. Work by sculptors Daria Uspenskaya and Vitaly Shanov

Monument at the grave of a popular film actress Clara Luchko. Work by sculptors Daria Uspenskaya and Vitaly Shanov

Monument at the grave of the greatest opera singer with world fame Fyodor Chaliapin The basis of the monument was taken from Konstantin Korovin’s painting “Portrait of F. I. Chaliapin.”

Monument at the grave of an outstanding physicist, doctor of science, professor, owner Nobel Prize Vitaly Ginzburg

Monument at the grave of the famous theater and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR, winner of the State Prize Evgenia Evstigneeva

Monument at the grave Secretary General Central Committee of the CPSU, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Hero Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev. Job famous sculptor Ernst Neizvestny

Monument at the grave of an aircraft designer, academician, colonel general engineering troops, laureate of Lenin and five State awards USSR Andrey Tupolev. The monument was made by sculptor G. Taidze and architect Y. Belopolsky

Monument at the grave of the Russian statesman, first president of Russia Boris Yeltsin

Monument at the grave Soviet painter, teacher, doctor of art history (1956), professor, director of the Moscow State Art Institute. V. I. Surikov (1943-1948), first secretary of the Board of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1958-1964) Sergei Gerasimov

Cemetery Vagankovsky

Vagankovskoye Cemetery is a monument of Russian cultural heritage. Official year foundation – 1771 – the time of the plague epidemic that accompanied Russian-Turkish war. Both the Turkish and Russian armies suffered from the Plague Riot. By order of Empress Catherine II, those who died from the plague could not be buried within the city, so the lands near the village of Vagankova were given over for the mass burial of ordinary Muscovites. The cemetery was filling with graves unknown people from slums, poor peasants and petty officials until the 19th century - before the appearance of the first burials of prominent personalities.

On the territory of the Vagankovskoye cemetery, more than 100 thousand burials are related to the tragic events of our history. Here are the mass graves of those killed in the Battle of Borodino (1812); monuments to the victims of the Khodynka stampede (1896) and Stalin's repressions(1930); graves of the defenders of Moscow (1941) and victims of the August putsch (1991). Also buried on Vagankovsky are those killed in the terrorist attack on Dubrovka (2002).

The Church of the Resurrection of the Word was founded on the site of the wooden church of St. John the Merciful (1773) according to the design of the architect A. G. Grigoriev in 1824

Monument at the grave of the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin. Made by sculptor Anatoly Bichukov

Monument at the grave of Soviet and Russian actor theater and cinema, film director, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1986), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1991) Alexandra Abdulova

Monument at the grave of the Soviet and Russian poet, bard, prose writer and screenwriter, composer Bulat Okudzhava. Work of sculptor Georgy Frangulyan

Monument at the grave Soviet actor theater and cinema, People's Artist of the RSFSR Sergei Yakovlev. The memorial was made by sculptor Vladimir Evropeytsev

From left to right: monument at the grave of the writer, poet and playwright Vasily Aksenov; monument on the grave famous artist pop singer, actor Zinovy ​​Vysokovsky

Monument at the grave of the legendary goalkeeper, the face of Soviet football, player of Dynamo Moscow and the USSR national team Lev Yashin

Monument at the grave of the theater and film actor, one of the most recognizable Soviet artists Mikhail Pugovkina

Monument at the grave of the Soviet rock musician, author and performer of songs with a pronounced civic position Igor Talkov

Monument at the grave of the Russian architect Petra Skomoroshenko. Family burial site, cultural heritage site

Monument at the grave of the Russian Itinerant artist, author of the landscape “The Rooks Have Arrived” Alexey Savrasov

Monument at the grave of the modernist architect, painter, who made an invaluable contribution to Russian architecture, Fedor Shekhtel. The architect personally completed the family burial and memorial design during his lifetime

Monument at the grave of the famous Soviet bard, theater and film actor Vladimir Vysotsky. Work of sculptor Alexander Rukavishnikov

Monument at the grave of the outstanding opera and pop singer, soloist Bolshoi Theater(since 1975) Yuri Gulyaev

Monument at the grave of the inventor, rocketry specialist, Hero Socialist Labor Nikolai Tikhomirov(cover name, real name – Nikolai Viktorovich Sletov)

Monument at the grave of the Soviet theater and film actor, pop artist, People's Artist of the RSFSR Andrey Mironov. Buried next to his mother

If you liked our short excursion, then throw away all prejudices and boldly hit the road to see the famous cemeteries with your own eyes. Moreover, you don’t see all the monuments in the photo, and only your personal presence will help you feel the atmosphere of these places!

The Vagankovskoe cemetery is one of the largest and most famous necropolises in Moscow. The memorial Complex covers an area of ​​50 hectares of land. Its location is the northwestern part of the capital.

The Vagankovskoe cemetery in Moscow has become one of the monuments of history and culture.

Necropolis - last refuge

In the capital of our country there are three cemeteries where it is customary to bury national idols: Novodevichye, Vagankovskoe, and Kuntsevo cemetery.

The first is the most prestigious; people who officially made history are buried here. The Vagankovskoe cemetery is a kind of alternative; those who “didn’t make it to Novodevichy for some reason” are buried here, mostly public figures surrounded people's love, rumor and fame. Surprisingly, the word “vagant” is translated as “wandering artists,” so the necropolis seems to tell in advance about the type of activity of those who found their last refuge here.

History of origin

The Vagankovskoe cemetery was founded in 1771 by order of Count Grigory Orlov. Catherine II personally sent him to Moscow to prevent the consequences of the plague epidemic.

The formation of a new burial place was a necessary measure due to the many deaths from terrible disease. There was a catastrophic shortage of land in old cemeteries.

Over the following years (until the mid-19th century), this place was the last refuge of peasants, minor officials, and ordinary residents of Moscow.

The Vagankovskoe cemetery in Moscow gained its popularity after the burial of the fallen soldiers of the Russian army in 1812 in the Battle of Borodino. After that, the graves of people who wrote their names in history began to appear here: politicians, writers, poets, scientists, military personnel, actors and others.

By the end of the 20th century, the Vagankovsky graveyards had become famous and prestigious burial places.

Today there are no places for new graves in the necropolis, but related burials and burials of urns are allowed (in closed, open columbariums and in the ground).

They spend here once a week sightseeing tours. People visiting the Vagankovskoe cemetery take photos here quite often, photographing the graves of idols.

Temple

At the entrance to the territory of the necropolis there is a complex of buildings: on one side there is a church, on the other there are administrative premises.

In 1772 a small wooden church named after John the Merciful. Instead, in 1824, the stone Church of the Resurrection of the Word was built, its architect was A. Grigoriev. Funds for construction were provided by Moscow merchants. The historical bells have been preserved in the Temple to this day.

In memory of the old church, a rotunda chapel was built, which is still there today.

The doors of the Temple were always open, even in Soviet times.

Mass graves at the Vagankovskoe cemetery

The tragic moments of our history can be traced through local burials.

Here are the mass graves of soldiers of the Battle of Borodino, the burials of those who died during the stampede on the Khodynka field.

On the territory of the famous necropolis there are:

• memorial, dedicated to the victims repressions of Stalin's times;
• mass grave of the defenders of Moscow who died in 1941-1942;
• monuments to those killed in the 1991 coup, White House defenders, and child actors who were victims terrorist attack in 2002 during the musical “Nord-Ost”.

Vagankovskoye Cemetery: graves of celebrities (photos)

Not all people come to the Moscow necropolis to visit the burials of their deceased relatives. Most visitors are looking for burial places of famous people, for whom the Vagankovskoe cemetery became their final resting place.

Photos of celebrities, forever immortalized in stone, have always attracted attention. For some, this is comparable to going to historical Museum. On the territory of the Moscow necropolis there is a map that will help you navigate the area.

One of the most popular burials is the grave of Archpriest Valentin Amfitheatrov. It is considered miraculous; many pilgrims come here every day and pray at the cross on the grave. In the 20th century they tried to destroy it twice; the first time they could not find it, and the second time no remains were found.

Thus, the Vagankovskoe cemetery preserves its “quiet tenants”. Not everyone dares to take a photo of this grave, for fear of disturbing the archpriest’s peace.

The starting point for visiting the most famous burials is the columbarium. Right from the entrance, along the alley, there are chains of burials of athletes, actors, musicians, and poets.

Following the directions on the map, you can easily find the most visited graves - the poet Sergei Yesenin, the poet and actor Vladimir Vysotsky. The Vagankovskoe cemetery keeps many legends about them.

At the burial site of Yesenin, according to rumors, the ghost of a girl is seen. A year after his death, G. Benislavskaya committed suicide at the poet’s grave. In total, 12 people said goodbye to their lives here.

Vladimir Vysotsky rests in someone else's grave. Contrary to the order of the authorities to bury the poet and actor in the far corner, the director of the Vagankovsky cemetery gave other instructions, allocating a place at the entrance. Previously, relatives of one of the deceased removed the remains from the artist’s burial place for reburial, after which the grave was vacated. There is an opinion that those who visit his monument receive inspiration in creativity.

The Vagankovskoe cemetery preserves the graves of celebrities and famous artists, such as A.K. Savrasov, V.A. Tropinin, V.I. Surikov.

Tombstones of folk idols of the late 20th and early 21st centuries

Many monuments amaze with their architectural design. You can see the majestic statues of the deceased themselves in full height, such as Leonid Filatov.

Others have tombstones made in the Slavic style, for example, Igor Talkov’s - a large cross was built in memory of him, and at the head under a wooden visor there is his photo. This is one of the few graves with fresh flowers all year round.

The guides say that one girl wanted to bury herself alive next to famous singer, but she was not completely covered with earth, and the young woman was saved.

The Vagankovskoe cemetery keeps many similar stories. The graves of celebrities, photos of which are presented in this article, attract living people to themselves like magnets.

You can always meet someone at the graves of Andrei Mironov and Vlad Listyev. The first has a monument in the form of a curtain, and the famous journalist and presenter has a bronze angel-girl with one broken wing crying over his grave.

The unusual tombstone of actor Mikhail Pugovkin is like a film strip containing footage from the films in which he played.

Alexander Abdulov, who died from a serious illness in 2008, has been diagnosed with white monument in the spirit of constructivism, in the form of a rock with a large cross, a photograph of the actor and three-dimensional letters with his name.

Many athletes are also buried here: the Znamensky brothers, Inga Artamonova, Lyudmila Pakhomova, Lev Yashin, Stanislav Zhuk and others.

Monuments of “ordinary” people

“Vagankovskoye Cemetery” means “celebrity graves”; for some, these phrases have long become synonymous. However, when you walk along the narrow alleys of the necropolis, the tombstones of “mere mortals” catch your eye, whose loved ones tried to decorate the burial place in an unusual way.

It is impossible to pass by some of the tombstones, they are so striking in their architecture. Thus, a golden angel was erected on the grave of the artist A. Shilov’s daughter.

Here you can see family crypts, moments from life literally carved from stone, and sculptural sketches. There are also graves with simple crosses or monuments erected almost 200 years ago.

Vandals and other horror stories

Unfortunately, not all people treat cemeteries with respect; vandals often appear here. Most often they steal precious metals. Thus, an easel disappeared from the grave of the artist N. Romadin, copper strings were stolen from the harpist M. Gorelova, and a fence disappeared from A. Mironov. However, most often photos of idols disappear.

Not far from the entrance to the Vagankovskoye cemetery there is a statue of a headless woman - this is a monument erected to Sonya the Golden Hand. Its pedestal contains many handwritten inscriptions. She lost her head by accident - drunken vandals tried to kiss the monument and accidentally broke it.

There is an opinion that it is impossible to bury on the territory of the Moscow necropolis, since here the holy cemetery land was desecrated with the blood of suicides, and murders took place here. There are also many crime bosses buried here.

At A. Abdulov’s grave they often see a glow and feel the warmth coming from somewhere below. Against this background, the actor’s photo seems alive.

There is another strange burial - A. Tenkova. Those who linger near it may fall into a trance, after which they suddenly find themselves near another grave.

The Vagankovskoe cemetery is probably the most famous necropolis of our time. The history of this place began almost three hundred years ago and continues to this day. It is unlikely that it will ever be possible to establish an exact list of everyone who is buried on Vagankovskoe cemetery at least in the last hundred years, not to mention all of it long history. The list of the deceased who found their final refuge here, according to the most conservative estimates, should have numbered about half a million names. However, many burials remain unnamed.

and the foundation of the cemetery

One of the last outbreaks of the plague in Russia in 1770-1772 was marked not only by mass death of the population, but also by significant popular unrest in Moscow and its surroundings. The unrest was suppressed, however, by decree of Empress Catherine II, dead citizens were prohibited from being buried within the city.

The preventive sanitary measure had an effect, the disease receded, and a necropolis grew up near Moscow in the village of Novoye Vagankovo, where ordinary Muscovites were buried.

Who is buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery? Of course, no one kept a list of burials in those distant times. In the 18th and 19th centuries, those who died from epidemics, soldiers who fell in the Battle of Borodino, those who died on the Khodynka Field and many other victims of wars and historical tragedies found their final refuge there.

Great Patriotic War added to the Vagankovsky cemetery of mass graves and monuments to the defenders of the city.

Do they remember everyone? Who is buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery among celebrities

Today, the biggest thing we associate with the graves of everyone’s favorite actors, cultural and artistic figures, politicians - our contemporaries. Meanwhile, many people forget that, in fact, this place became a necropolis of celebrities more than a hundred years ago. If at the very beginning of its history the Vagankovskoe cemetery could only “boast” of nameless mass graves and modest graves of ordinary people, then after half a century it turned into the resting place of the greatest people of its era.

Among those buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery are the most famous names of the 19th century. These are politicians, military men, cultural figures, writers and artists. Next to the magnificent graves of famous historical figures modest burials are now adjacent to almost forgotten people, whose names are known only to specialists.

Memory of the Decembrist uprising

The list of those buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery can begin with the names of the Decembrists. Currently, only seven of their graves have survived. In one fence there are the tombstones of Alexander Filippovich Frolov and Pavel Sergeevich Bobrishchev-Pushkin, next to them is a pink marble stele of Ivan Nikolaevich Khotyaintsev.

On the main alley is the grave of Mikhail Alexandrovich Bestuzhev. His daughters and sister Elena are also buried here. great woman, whose name is undeservedly forgotten by descendants. It was she who preserved for history the most valuable archival artifact - the famous Bestuzhev gallery of portraits of the Decembrists, taking it out of Siberia after the death of her brother.

A monument made of black granite crowns the grave of the Decembrist Alexander Petrovich Belyaev, and the grave of Nikolai Alexandrovich Zagoretsky is nearby.

Friends of A. S. Pushkin

Few people remember where the burial place of the great poet himself is. No, of course, he does not rest in the Vagankovskoye cemetery. The grave of the classic of Russian literature is located in the Svyatogorsk Monastery, in the Pskov region. Nevertheless, of those of his contemporaries who are buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery, many were closely connected with A.S. Pushkin and his family.

Thus, near the church ensemble there are the graves of the poet’s close friends: Count Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy and the famous theater figure and composer Alexei Nikolaevich Verestovsky.

Masters of the Brush

Famous people buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery did not always, after ending their lives, come to this place in glory and honor. Especially if we were talking about creative people who devoted all their strength to art and thought little about worldly affairs.

The host of outstanding artists, painters and graphic artists who are buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery is impressive. Vasily Andreevich Tropinin, the great painter of the Romantic era and the founder of realistic portrait in Russian painting. He left more than three thousand portraits of his contemporaries and it was his talent and brushwork that Russian art owes to the development of realism and the emergence of the type portrait.

V. A. Tropinin was the first famous artist, buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery. Following him, this Moscow necropolis became the last refuge for such masters of the brush as Vasily Ivanovich Surikov, Vasily Vladimirovich Pukirev, Nikolai Alexandrovich Klodt, Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov and many others. The Peredvizhniki and avant-garde artists, illustrators, decorators, graphic artists and painters who worked in the 19th and 20th centuries are buried here.

People who were buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery and left an indelible mark on history are today mostly forgotten by their contemporaries. Many graves are dilapidated, some do not even have memorial plaques. Nevertheless, their names are gradually being returned.

The grave of the author of “The Rooks...”

At the Vagankovskoe cemetery there is the grave of the creator of the cult, or, as they say, “archetypal” work of Russian painting. Famous work“The rooks have arrived” is still known from school days. However, few people know tragic fate its creator.

Alexey Kondratievich Savrasov is one of the founders of the Association of Traveling Exhibitions, a brilliant painter and teacher. Alas, he spent the last years of his life in poverty. Personal tragedies that the artist could not cope with, alcoholism and constant need led to the fact that he found himself in all alone, forgotten and sick. He died in a Moscow hospital for the poor.

Initially, his grave was crowned with the cheapest wooden cross and a modest inscription on it read: “Academician Alexey Kondratievich Savrasov. Born May 12, 1830, died September 26, 1897.” The boards on the cross rotted and collapsed, eventually it disappeared, and the burial place of the great painter was abandoned and forgotten for many years.

However, the words of Isaac Levitan about Savrasov turned out to be prophetic: “One of the most profound Russian artists has passed away... From Savrasov appeared lyricism in landscape painting and boundless love for his native land... and this undoubted merit of his in the field of Russian art will never be forgotten.”

Today, his grave at the Vagankovskoye cemetery is decorated with a granite obelisk with a laconic inscription: “Outstanding Russian artist Alexey Kondratyevich Savrasov, 1830-1897.”

The last journey of Melpomene's servants

The list of celebrities buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery is impressive. Paradoxically, the necropolis, which appeared as a result of the greatest tragedies in the history of the state, became a favorite burial place for theater and film actors, directors, musicians and composers.

According to legend, the tradition of burying people of the acting profession here came from one of the Moscow mayors, by whose decree it was instructed to bury acting people at Vagankovsky. Perhaps because this cemetery was the largest and it was quick and convenient to get to, which reduced the cost of funerals, which were often carried out at public expense. However, there is another mystical coincidence: it was on the site of the future necropolis that jesters and buffoons settled in the 17th century.

Today, the number of beloved actors, musicians and singers buried here is difficult to accurately determine. The actors buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery were the idols of their time, and the glory of many has not been forgotten to this day.

At the entrance stands a snow-white iceberg monument in the constructivist style on the grave of Alexander Abdulov. The original monument-memorial in the form of film frames reminds of everyone’s beloved Mikhail Pugovkin. Nearby is the grave of “the best Watson in the world,” Vitaly Solomin. Actors Andrei Mironov, Oleg Dal, Leonid Filatov, directors and playwright, playwright and satirist Grigory Gorin. It’s impossible to count all the celebrities who are buried at the Vagankovskoye Cemetery who enriched the Russian and world culture. Below is a list (far from complete, of course, of celebrities not mentioned in the text):

• - writer.
• Alov Alexander - director.
• Bogatyrev Yuri - actor.
• Braginsky Emil - playwright.
• Burkov Georgy - actor.
• Balter Alla - actress.
• Vitsin Georgy - actor.
• Voroshilov Vladimir - presenter.
• Spiridonov Vadim - actor.
• Garin Erast is an actor.
• Glebov Peter - actor.
• Gluzsky Mikhail - actor.
• Dvorzhetsky Evgeniy - actor.
• Kaverin Veniamin - writer.
• Mikhail Kononov - actor.
• Levtova Marina - actress.
• Liepa Maris - dancer.
• Vlad Listyev is a journalist.
• Migulya Vladimir - composer.
• Rozov Victor - playwright.
• Rostotsky Andrey - actor.
• Sazonova Nina - actress.
• Samoilov Vladimir - actor.
• - actor.
• Streltsov Eduard is an athlete.
• Tanich Mikhail - poet.
• Seraphim Tulikov - composer.
• Fedorova Zoya - actress.
• Leonid Kharitonov - actor.
• Chekan Stanislav - actor.
• Chukhrai Grigory is a film director.
• Yumatov Georgy - actor.
• Yashin Lev is an athlete.

Two graves of one genius

There is also a monument to Vsevolod Meyerhold. Tragic, like the life of the director himself, the fate of his grave. For a long time the circumstances and place of Meyerhold's death were kept secret. Only in 1987 did his real burial place in the cemetery near the Donskoy Monastery become known. A black stone stele with Meyerhold's name was installed on the grave of his tragically deceased wife Zinaida Reich 20 years before the discovery of the real burial place of the theater directing reformer.

"Faithful Galya"

The poet Sergei Yesenin is buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery. Rebellious life and tragic death The young genius of poetry attracted the attention of fans and admirers to his resting place. Alas, the grave of Sergei Yesenin is notorious. Neither a bust carved in a block of white marble, nor a granite plinth buried in flowers can erase the sad facts of the history of this burial. One of the cemetery legends says that at night the ghost of a young woman appears near the grave.

“I committed suicide here, although I know that after this more dogs They will hang it on Yesenin. But he and I don’t care. Everything that is most precious to me is in this grave...”

Perhaps this legend was based on the sad fate of his friend and assistant. A year after the poet’s death, she shot herself at his grave, leaving the famous suicide note. She rests here, next to her idol. The first inscription on the modest grave: “Faithful Galya” very accurately reflected the essence of her feelings for Yesenin and their difficult, drama-filled relationship. However, now the snow-white slab is decorated with long lines from the poet’s letter to her: “Galya, dear! I repeat to you that you are very, very dear to me. And you yourself know that without your participation in my fate there would be a lot of deplorable things.”

The series of suicides that followed at the grave of the “Moscow reveler” shrouded the place in an ominous veil of fatalism and misfortune. In total, 12 people committed suicide here - all women.

Idols of millions

It is difficult to count which celebrities are buried at the Vagankovskoe cemetery and what stories and legends shroud their deaths and resting places. The grave of Vladimir Semenovich Vysotsky was no exception. The slightly pretentious monument depicts everyone’s favorite singer and artist, as expressive and eager as he was during his lifetime. On one side there is a portrait, on the other there is an allegory monument, the leitmotif of which is the lines of the artist’s prophetic song “Fasicky Horses.” Pathetic, strange monument. Eyewitnesses to Vysotsky's funeral claimed that his widow Marina Vladi cried when she saw the tombstone and called it an ugly example of socialist realism.

Vysotsky should not have found his last refuge on the main alley. The authorities assigned him a place in the far corner. However, fate intervened in the person of the director of the Vagankovsky cemetery, a great admirer of the work of Vladimir Semyonovich. It was he who allocated an empty place for the funeral at the very entrance, where the singer rests to this day.

The tombstone of another great bard is distinguished by its modesty and brevity. Bulat Okudzhava is also buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery. The tombstone is in the form of a large boulder with an intricately executed inscription - the name of the singer and composer. This tombstone can rightfully be considered the most magnificent example of artistic minimalism.

One of the few graves still littered with flowers belongs to Igor Talkov. Another idol of millions, who died tragically at a young age. And his death is shrouded in secrets, rumors and legends, like many of his predecessors who were buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery. A photo of the singer in a frame with a carved wooden pediment, reminiscent of a Russian hut, is almost always framed with garlands of carnations and roses. The tombstone itself is decorated in neo-pagan Slavic style. On a black pedestal stands a huge cross made of bronze, the surface of which is decorated with Cyrillic script, and at the base of the pedestal the famous lines “And defeated in battle, I will rise again and sing...” are inscribed in gold.

At the grave of Igor Talkov, as well as at the grave of Sergei Yesenin, there were suicide attempts. Fortunately, in this case, suicide was prevented and the restless fans were saved.

Who are the saints buried at the Vagankovskoye cemetery?

There are special graves in this huge necropolis. There are always crowds of people around them; people come here from afar with prayers and requests for help. One of these graves belongs to Father Valentin. Although he was never officially canonized, people sincerely believe in his intercession and consider the grave miraculous.

During his lifetime, Father Valentin was known for his kind disposition and open, generous heart. The poor and orphans, widows and homeless people turned to him for help. The priest took a sincere part in the fate of everyone who sought his protection and support.

It is noteworthy that exact location The burial place of Father Valentin is unknown. The priest died in 1908, and in the roaring 20s they wanted to destroy his grave in order to stop the pilgrimage. In 1941, after digging up the supposed burial site, no remains were found. It is believed that, fulfilling the will of Father Valentin, he was buried two meters deeper than it was customary to bury the dead.

Today, at the supposed resting place of the holy father, there are two crosses, literally a meter from each other. The white one, stone, was erected by the great-granddaughter of a clergyman, the second, wooden, was erected by pilgrims. From somewhere there came a belief that it was here, away from the official grave, that the ashes of Father Valentin rested. Both crosses have flowers, candles, and there is always a line of people begging for help and thanking them for their intercession.