Moscow Armenian Cemetery

The Armenian Cemetery of Moscow (Armenian: Մոսկվայի Հայկական Գերեզմանատուն, Russian: Армя́нское Вага́ньковское кла́дбище, Armyanskoe Vagan'kovskoe kladbishche) is an Armenian historical cemetery in Moscow, Russia It is located in the Krasnaya Presnya (Красная Пресня) district, not far from Vagankovo Cemetery. The cemetery was established in 1804 by the initiative of Minas Lazarev, the leader of Moscow’s Armenian community, who also initiated the construction of the Surb Harutyun Armenian church (1808–1815). The Lazarev family crypt is located under the church. The cemetery and the church are under state protection. Among the state-protected monuments are the obelisk on A.A. Loris-Melikov's tomb (1844), Ananov's^{[clarification needed]} tombs (constructed by medieval Armenian canons) ^{[further explanation needed]}, khachkar on D.S. Melik-Beglyarov's tomb (1913), and the modernist gravestone for Nikolai Tarasov sculpted by Nikolai Andreev. The Armenian Cemetery is also the resting place for the remains of people who were not of Armenian descent.

Moscow Armenian Cemetery
Армянское Ваганьковское кладбище Մոսկվայի Հայկական Գերեզմանատուն
Details
Established	1805
Location	Moscow
Country	Russia
Coordinates	55°45′59″N 37°33′13″E
Size	17 hectares (42 acres)
No. of graves	10,000 +

Burials at Armenian Cemetery of Moscow

Tigran Petrosian's Grave

Andrei Platonov's grave at Armenian Cemetery

• Sergey Aslamazian (1897–1978), cellist, composer
• Hamo Beknazarian (1891–1965), film director
• Mikhail Chailakhyan (1901–1991), botanist
• Zara Dolukhanova (1918–2007), opera singer
• Alexey Dushkin (1904–1977), architect
• Ivan Lazarev (1820–1879), lieutenant general
• Pavel Lisitsian (1911–2004), opera singer
• Koryun Nahapetyan (1926–1999), painter-nonconformist and public activist
• Stepanos Nazarian (1812–1879), publisher, historian of literature and orientalist
• Kerope Patkanov (1833–1889), orientalist, researcher, professor
• Tigran Petrosian (1929–1984), World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969
• Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), Russian writer
• Leonid Ramzin (1887–1948), Russian thermal engineer
• Nadezhda Rumyantseva (1930–2008), theatrical and cinema actress
• Marietta Shaginyan (1888–1982), Russian writer
• Smbat Shahaziz (1840–1908), Armenian poet, educator, writer
• Mikael Tariverdiev (1931–1996), composer
• Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996), composer

Books

• (in Russian) Памятники архитектуры Москвы. Окрестности старой Москвы (северо-западная и северная часть территории). М., "Искусство XXI век", 2004, ISBN 5-98051-011-7, с. 71

External links

• Armenian cemetery official website
• Search ancestors: Armenian cemetery in Moscow
• Moscow Armenian Cemetery at Find a Grave