Никољско гробље, Cemetery and cultural heritage site in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
The Nikolsky Cemetery is a burial ground in Krasnoyarsk with numerous graves marked by monuments in varied architectural styles. The gravestones and memorial structures span different periods, creating a layered visual landscape of the cemetery.
In 1907 the city duma allocated 3,600 square sazhens behind the Nikolayevskaya settlement for a citywide cemetery, which opened on 8 August 1908. A wooden single-domed church dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra was built in 1911; closed in the 1930s, it reopened in 1943 with a first liturgy served by Bishop Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky). The cemetery closed to new burials in 1968 but still receives occasional family interments.
The cemetery holds a mass grave of four members of an underground military organization executed by Kolchak's forces on 1 October 1919: P. N. Cherkashina, T. T. Budnikov, L. F. Genke and I. A. Savelyev. Since the 1970s a memorial to Japanese prisoners of war has stood here, and in October 2000 the Japanese government erected a monument on the site of former graves.
The cemetery covers about 10 hectares in five sectors, entered from Proletarskaya Street 157 in the Oktyabrsky district. The St. Nicholas church stands on the grounds. The site closed for new burials in 1968, though single family graves are still made, so some plots are tended and others overgrown.
In the 1970s remains of Japanese prisoners of war were moved here from surrounding villages, and in October 2000 the Japanese government placed a monument on the site of the former graves. Hundreds of remains were later returned to Japan, including from this cemetery and the one at Zaozerny.
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