Serafimovskoe Cemetery, Memorial cemetery in Primorsky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Serafimovskoe Cemetery covers 59 hectares in Primorsky District, Saint Petersburg. Its Church of Seraphim of Sarov, a pale green wooden building with blue trim and a gold onion dome, was built in 87 days in 1906. A memorial wall of grey stone blocks bears the inscription "ВЕЧНАЯ СЛАВА ГЕРОИЧЕСКИМ ЗАЩИТНИКАМ ЛЕНИНГРАДА".
The site began as a burial ground in 1905 and became a place of mass burial during the Leningrad Siege from 1941 to 1944. Over 100,000 victims were interred there, marking it as a key memorial to that period.
The cemetery serves as a place where people remember naval officers, submarine crews, Olympic athletes, and artists who left their mark on the country. Visitors come here to pay respects to those whose lives shaped important moments in Russian history.
The cemetery lies near Staraya Derevnya metro station in Primorsky District. The main entrance is on Bogatyrsky Prospekt, with the siege memorial to its right; the St. George chapel stands near that entrance. New burials are mostly in the eastern part and near the church, while the grounds are largely full.
The memorial wall at the main entrance carries the lines "ВЕЧНАЯ СЛАВА ГЕРОИЧЕСКИМ ЗАЩИТНИКАМ ЛЕНИНГРАДА" and a longer inscription ending "ЗА РОДИНУ, ЗА МИР, ЗА КОММУНИЗМ". The eternal flame before the portico was brought here from Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery, the usual site of the city's main siege commemorations.
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