| Vagankovo Cemetery | |
|---|---|
Ваганьковское кладбище | |
 Church of the Renewal of the Temple of the Resurrection at Vagankovo Cemetery | |
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 Location in Presnensky District, Moscow | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1771 |
| Location | Sergey Makeev Street, 15 Presnensky District, Moscow |
| Country | Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°46′05″N 37°32′54″E / 55.76806°N 37.54833°E |
| Type | Public, military graves, memorial |
| Style | Empire style |
| Size | 47.9 ha (118 acres) |
| No. of graves | More than 100,000[1] |
| Website | ritual |
| Find a Grave | Vagankovo Cemetery |
Vagankovo Cemetery (Russian: Ваганьковское кладбище, romanized: Vagan'kovskoye kladbishche) is located in the Presnensky District of Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1771, in an effort to curb an outbreak of bubonic plague in Central Russia. The cemetery was one of those created outside the city proper so as to prevent the contagion from spreading.
More than 500,000 people are estimated to have been buried at Vagankovo Cemetery from 1771 to 1990.[1] As of 1990, the cemetery contained slightly more than 100,000 graves.[1] The vast necropolis contains the mass graves from the Battle of Borodino, the Battle of Moscow, and the Khodynka Tragedy. It is the burial site for many prominent people from the academic, artistic, military, and sports communities of Russia and the old Soviet Union.
The cemetery is served by several Orthodox churches constructed between 1819 and 1823 in the Muscovite version of the Empire style.
- ^ a b c Артамонов [Artamonov], Михаил Дмитриевич [Mikhail Dmitriyevich] (1991). Ваганьково [Vagankovo] (in Russian). Moscow: Московский рабочий [Moscow Worker]. p. 8. ISBN 5-239-01167-2. Retrieved 8 April 2023 – via Internet Archive.
За 220 лет официального существования кладбища на нем захоронено свыше полумиллиона москвичей. Сохранилось же немногим более 100 тысяч могил.