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Brethren Cemetery (Rostov-on-Don)


Brethren Cemetery
Church of the Ascension of the Lord at the Brethren Cemetery
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Location
CountryRussia
Coordinates47°14′32″N 39°42′59″E / 47.24222°N 39.71639°E / 47.24222; 39.71639
Size2.2 km

The Brethren Cemetery (Russian: Братское кладбище) is a cemetery at Oktyabrskiy District of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

History

The cemetery, on the outskirts of the city, was inititllay considered to be a place for burial of the poor, here there were mostly brethren graves. So the cemetery's name derived from here. Later, a section for deceased soldiers and officers appeared at the cemetery, which mostly hasn't survived until our days.

The cemetery has monuments dedicated to soldiers of Rostov-on-Don People's Militia Regiment, who died in November 1941 and a monument in honor of soldiers the 230st NKVD Regiment who also died in November 1941 while defending Rostov-on-Don from invading German forces. From 1998 it is permitted to bury relatives of the ones already buried at the territory of the cemetery.

Famous people buried at the Brethren Cemetery

References

  1. ^ "Братское кладбище – Общероссийский реестр кладбищ : Международная система поминовения усопших". skorbim.com (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  2. ^ "Братское кладбище в Ростове-на-Дону: адрес, как доехать, план-схема". Изготовление памятников (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-11-13.
  3. ^ ne_oleg (2011-04-23). "Братское кладбище". Конкретный анализ конкретных обстоятельств. Retrieved 2017-11-13.