Southern cemetery - a shelter for people of different religions

Unfortunately, necropolises are an inalienablepart of all cities and settlements. Some have long become monuments of architecture and sculpture, such as the burial in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Others barely barely supported in order, although it is still unpleasant and scary to walk on them. In Northern Venice, there are many different necropolises. St. Petersburg Southern Cemetery is considered to be one of the largest not only in the Northern capital, but also in the whole of Europe, its total area is approximately 300 hectares. It was discovered quite recently, in 1971.

Location and structure

This cemetery is located in Moscowdistrict, that is, in the southern part of the city. Actually, its name came from here. Its address: Volkhonskoye shosse d.1. You can get here from two metro stations: "Moskovskaya" and "Prospekt Veteranov". Pogost is currently active. The scheme of the Southern Cemetery (St. Petersburg) is divided into several parts, among which are Muslim, Old Believer, Jewish, a piece of land for the funeral of unidentified persons, and in 2009 a site for military graves was added, where a memorial wall and a court with a guard of honor were added. The territory is constantly expanding, the land is being developed, new areas are being added, and columbar walls are being built. Every year, about two thousand unidentified graves find new monuments through the search for relatives of the deceased. The central alley is decorated with a tall statue of a grieving woman, flowers are planted around it. Bury in this churchyard is allowed not only residents of the city, but also the Leningrad region. It is noteworthy that most of the sites are "vegetable names": Walnut, Lilac, Ivovy, Green, Lime, Olkhov, Khvoyny, Yablonevy and others.

Religious buildings

The southern cemetery (St. Petersburg) until 1994 is nothad no religious buildings. Now there stands a multifaceted white-stone chapel, crowned with a beautiful silver dome, consecrated in memory of Patriarch Moscow Tikhon (the architect was Velichko NP). This elegant structure was built exclusively on the donations of believers and parishioners of St. Sophia Cathedral (in the city of Pushkin). It works daily, you can order Orthodox rites here. On the territory of the same cemetery, you can organize and burial of relatives, clan birthmarks, the use of urns is allowed.

Accomplishment of the churchyard

The southern cemetery is in order and islandscaped: the tracks are asphalted, the garbage cans are delivered and duly emptied, bus routes are laid on the territory so that you can easily reach the most remote areas. There is a bus every hour on weekends and religious holidays from ten to three in the afternoon. There is also a special point of hire, where you can take inventory for the care of graves, a container with water for watering flowers. There is a system for ordering wreaths for laying and care.

What is famous for the churchyard

The southern cemetery has hosted many famous people,which left a notable mark in the history and culture of both St. Petersburg and the whole of Russia. This is, for example, the famous actor and honored artist Smirnov Alexei Makarovich, an outstanding architect and artist Nikolai Alekseyevich Zazersky, bard and geologist Kukin Yuri Alekseyevich, heroes of the USSR Nikolai I. Brozgol, F. Kotanov, V. Uzu, Kharitonov F A.A., Osipov V.N., Vasiliev M.P. and Vladimir V. Humanenko, as well as the world champion in volleyball Aroshidze Yu.V., the first Russian conqueror of Mount Everest, Balyberdin V.S. and many others. In addition, in this graveyard there is also a mass grave in which the residents of the besieged Leningrad found buried during the organization of construction work who died during the war.