Vagankovo Cemetery, Historic cemetery in Presnensky District, Moscow, Russia.
Vagankovo Cemetery covers 47.9 hectares on Sergei Makeyev Street in Moscow's Presnensky District. Its Orthodox churches were built between 1819 and 1823 in the Muscovite version of the Empire style. The grounds are divided into numbered sections, with the cheapest seventh section once holding the unmarked graves of the poorest.
The cemetery was founded in 1771 during Catherine the Great's reign as a response to the plague epidemic threatening the city. Over the centuries, it expanded to accommodate those who died in different wars and important moments of Russian history.
Many Russian artists and intellectuals rest here, their graves often adorned with fresh flowers and personal mementos. Visitors regularly stop by to tend these spots and keep the memory of poets, painters and other figures alive.
The cemetery lies on Ulitsa Sergeya Makeeva, 15, in the Presnensky District, spread over 47.9 hectares. Graves are divided into numbered sections, with the cheapest seventh section farthest from the church. The grounds are served by Orthodox churches built between 1819 and 1823 in the Muscovite Empire style.
Some graves hold soldiers from the Napoleonic Wars as well as victims of other military conflicts from the 19th and 20th centuries. These collective burial sites recall events that reached far beyond Moscow.
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