Although graveyards can not by definition be interesting theological cemetery (St. Petersburg) to visit all the stands.At least for the reason that there is buried a large number of well-known people.Of course, this tour does not give you a lot of positive emotions, but you learn a lot of interesting facts.
Theological cemetery has existed since the 18th century in the Kalinin region.Initially there were burying people who had died in a hospital located nearby (military and onshore), but after a while there were buried the victims of cholera, which at that time was still poorly understood by physicians, and therefore took away many lives.Theological cemetery was located on the territory of the Church of St. John the Evangelist (actually, so it was called), which in 1788 it was decided to dismantle.
Over time, the land here have begun to actively populated.The population is growing rapidly, and with growing birth rate and mortality.It expands and Theological cemetery.Therefore, the authorities decided to build a new one - is 2.5 kilometers from the old.It also re-built (at the beginning of the last century) parsed once the church of John the Theologian.
now well-groomed cemetery: here was made landscaping and asphalt paths are made.However, these places had a hard time during the Soviet era, and especially during the Second World War.We all know how devastating was the period of the siege of Leningrad.As a result of the hostilities and the lack of fuel most of the wooden crosses had been burned.And after the war were frequent cases when the Theological cemetery Graben looters.Despite the fact that much here was plundered and destroyed, it survived several mass graves of victims of the siege.According to official data, in one of the pits in the cemetery, which was to be used as a mass grave, in 1942 just a few days as a result of hunger, cold and shelling were buried 60,000 people.These sad figures - not just statistics, but real picture of the horrors of war.
Today Theological cemetery (St. Petersburg) - a place where the burial related mainly to the second half of the 20th century and, of course, to the war and postwar periods.In addition, there rests a large number of well-known writers, scientists, artists, soldiers and athletes.This children's writer Bianchi, a famous storyteller and Schwartz, and conductor Mravinsky, the hero of the Great Patriotic War Marinesko.
Many cemeteries name associated with the name of a rock musician Viktor Tsoi, who crashed the car in 1990.His grave is easy to find: it is a place frequently visited by fans.
If you decide to get to the place by yourself, it is wise to first figure out how to do it better.There are two simple ways:
- First you need to get to the station "Courage Area", and from there - to the 123rd Street bus.Butlerova.
- With the subway to get to the station "Ploshchad Lenina".Right near the exit of the subway has a stop with a trolleybus №38 takes you to the graveyard.
