Novodevichy_Cemetery_(Saint_Petersburg)
Novodevichy Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)
Cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Novodevichy Cemetery (Russian: Новодевичье кладбище) in Saint Petersburg is a historic cemetery in the south-west part of the city near the Moscow Triumphal Gate. The cemetery is named after the historical Resurrection (Novodevichy) Convent. In the 19th century it was the second most prestigious cemetery after the Tikhvin Cemetery in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery.
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