Brethren Cemetery (Rostov-on-Don)

The Brethren Cemetery (Russian: Братское кладбище) is a cemetery at Oktyabrskiy District of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.[1]

Brethren Cemetery
Church of the Ascension of the Lord at the Brethren Cemetery
Details
Location
Rostov-on-Don
CountryRussia
Coordinates47°14′32″N 39°42′59″E
Size2.2 km2

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.[2][3] From 1998 it is permitted to bury relatives of the ones already buried at the territory of the cemetery.[2]

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.
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