Komarovskoe Cemetery in St. Petersburg

Komarovo village cemetery arose recently,was small, but gradually expanded - on it together with local summer residents began to bury famous writers, actors, artists, cultural figures and science. The graves of the intelligentsia occupy now a decent area - there are about 200 of them.

History of the Finnish cemetery

Until the 80s of the 19th century in the village of Kellomäki(Komarovo) no one lived. Sandy dry soil, completely unsuitable for agriculture and agriculture, covered with a pine forest mixed with marshy areas, was unattractive for people.

After laying the Finnish railway inThe picturesque place near Shchuchye Lake began to be built the first summer cottages. Petersburgers from the windows of trains admired the natural splendor of these places, and there was a demand for the construction of cottages in the Kellomäk district. By 1910, about 600 dachas had been built in the village, it had grown so large that it became necessary to build a railway platform, which a year later received the status of a station. The locality in Finnish was called Hirvi-suo, in translation - "moose bog".

Not far from the swamp with the same nameThere was a sandy hill on which a large bell was hung during the construction of the railway. The builders nicknamed this hill "Kello-flesh", in translation into Russian "bell-shaped mountain". From the name of the hill and got its name of the railway station and a holiday village.

The population of the village of Kellomäki consisted not only ofPetersburg residents, as well as residents of Finland. The building of the village was made according to a strict scheme developed by Elias August Piponius. On the north and south side of the railway station were laid two straight streets - Merikatu (Marine) and Kauppakatu (Shop), they crossed a street parallel to the railway - Valtakatu (Bolshaya ulitsa). Along it there were the most expensive summer cottages, since it had a view of the bay from it. In some cottages the owners lived all year round.

After the revolution of 1917, many cottages and plotswere abandoned, about 600 dachas from them were sold and dismantled for export to the territory near Helsinki. On the site there were only a few country houses, most of which were destroyed in the war. The dacha buildings in Komarovo that have survived to this day are mostly post-war buildings.

Elderly summer residents, who lived in the village, sometimesthey died, they were buried not far from the dachas, as a result, a cemetery was built, the oldest burial of which from the surviving to us - 1915 - composer VE Savinsky. The area of ​​the cemetery was small - only 1 hectare.

In 1944, there were about ten Finnish burials and three Russians. There were no gravestones for these graves, the crosses mounted on them were cast-iron and dark. The cemetery was not fenced.

Revival of the village and cemetery in Komarovo

The new history of the country settlement began in 1945of the year. The Soviet leadership drew attention to the magnificent places and an attractive village on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. The dachas that survived during the war were repaired and handed over to Leningrad artists and scientists. Here a few months lived a scientist-botanist VL Komarov. In his honor the settlement was named in 1948. About 25 dachas were built and handed over to members of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

Since the late 1940s Komarovo village has become a favorite vacation spot for the Leningrad intelligentsia. Here the houses of creativity of architects, writers, cinematographers, composers arise chaotically.

With the revival of life in the village burials were resumed on the Komarovskoye cemetery of St. Petersburg. Most of the burials date back to the 1950s.

On March 9, 1966, AA Akhmatova was buried here. With her funeral, the cemetery becomes a landmark in the Leningrad region, and it is sometimes called Akhmatovsky.

At the Komarov Cemetery near St. Petersburgwriters, directors, composers, artists, actors of theater and cinema, scientists, military are buried. More than 200 outstanding people were buried. Many tombstones are made by famous sculptors and are now monuments of sculptural art. So the Komarovskoe memorial cemetery was formed.

On the territory of the necropolis, it is planned to build a temple and name it in honor of the holy martyr Uar, who can petition even for the repose of the unbaptized.

Now the Komarovskoye cemetery is expanding. Who is buried here from the outstanding personalities of Soviet and Russian art, science and culture?

The grave of Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova, a great Russian poetess, very muchbeloved and revered in Russia. A lot of monographs and articles have been written about it, documentary films have been made. Her works are a classic of Russian literature, many of them have been translated into foreign languages. The poet died in St. Petersburg in 1966, was buried in the Komarovskoye cemetery.

The grave of Academician, cultural and public figure, philologist Dmitry Likhachev

Dmitry at the CemeteryLikhachev, academician, literary critic, scientific and public figure. He was imprisoned from 1928 to 1932 in political affairs. His works on the history of literature are known on the territory of Russia and beyond.

The grave of the poet Nikolai Brown

Nikolai Brown is a poet and translator. The most famous of his poem is "Russia", published in 1924 in the journal Zvezda. During the Patriotic War he was a military correspondent. Many of his works are devoted to military topics. Was the husband of the poetess Maria Komissarova. He died in 1975 and is buried in the Komarov Cemetery.

The grave of Andrei Krasko

A popular actor of modern times. He played in such films as "National Security Agent", "Lousy", "Don Cesar de Bazan", "Blockpost", "Oligarch", "Saboteur", "Sisters", "72 meters", "Death of the Empire", " Esenin "," Turkish Gambit "," Bastards "and many others.

Andrei Krasko died in Odessa in 2006 on the set of the film "Liquidation", he was buried in the Komarovsky cemetery.

Graves of sculptors, architects, artists

In the cemetery are buried:

• Yavein IG, professor, architect;
• Zhuk AV, architect, artist;
• Mandel SS, artist;
• Weinman MA, sculptor;
• Macherit A.Ya., architect;
• L. Khidekel, architect;
• Kovarsky Ya.M., architect;
• Speransky S.B., academician, architect;
• Vuskovich IN, artist.

Graves of philologists, writers, writers, poets

At the graveyard rest:

• Ketlinskaya VK, writer;
• Berkovsky N.Ya., professor, literary critic;
• Chepurov AN, the poet;
• Komissarova MI, poetess;
• Bushmin AS, academician, literary critic;
• Plotkin LA, literary critic;
• Vasilyeva-Shvede OK, professor, philologist;
• Ryabkin GS, screenwriter, playwright;
• Vakhtin BB, playwright, writer;
• Urban AA, critic and writer;
• Volodin AM, playwright;
• Golyavkin V. V., artist, writer;
• Reizov BG, philologist, literary critic;
• Goryshin GA, writer;
• Azarov VB, playwright, poet;
• Dobin ES, film critic, literary critic, critic;
• Minchkovsky AM, script writer, writer;
• Efremov IA, paleontologist, science fiction writer;
• Barannikov AP, Academician, philologist;
• Zhirmunsky VM, linguist, academician;
• Kalmanovsky ES, critic, writer;
• Makogonenko GP, professor, literary critic;
• Brown N., publicist, poet;
• Panova VF, writer;
• Rytkheu S., writer;
• Beilin AM, historian, writer;
• Slonimsky ML, writer;
• Fogelson S.B., the poet-songwriter.

Photo of the graves of Barannikov AP, philologist and academician, and his son Barannikov PA, an Indologist, is presented below.

Graves of musicians, artists, directors, figures of theatrical art

In the cemetery are also buried:

• Korogodsky Z.Ya., professor and theater director;
• Sezenevskaya TV, actress;
• Balashova RT, actress;
• Kogan PS, film director;
• Vengerov V.Ya., film director;
• Kosheverova NN, director;
• Gaydarov VG, actor;
• Mikhailov VP, actor;
• Averbakh IA, screenwriter, film director;
• Karasik DI, film director;
• N. Birman, director;
• Katsman AI, composer;
• Khefits IE, director, screenwriter;
• Krasko AI, actor;
• Boyarsky NA, actor;
• Zarubina I. P., actress;
• Shakhmalieva A. G., film director;
• Kurekhin SA, musician, composer;
• Sergeev VA, playwright and director;
• Melentiev IV, opera singer;
• Mikhailovsky NV, actor;
• Pavlycheva AP, actress;
• Basner V. Ye., Composer;
• Rakhlin I. Ya., Founder of the Music Hall;
• Aristov VF, actor, film director, screenwriter;
• Reznikov VM, composer;
• Altshuller A. Ya., Theatrical;
• Savinsky V. Ye., Composer;
• Tregubovich VI, film director;
• Khamarmer Ya. S., theatrical director;
• Shtykan LP, actress;
• Vecheslova TM, ballerina;
• Shuster SA, actor and film director;
• Arapov BA, composer and teacher.

Graves of medical workers

Rest in the cemetery also:

• Petrov NN, academician, surgeon.
• Bekhtereva NP, Academician, neurophysiologist.

Komarovskoe cemetery: who is buried from the scientists?

Among the outstanding people who are at rest here:

• Kalesnik SV, academician, geographer;
• Sochava VB, Academician, Geographer and Geobotany;
• Yakovlev NN, paleontologist and geologist;
• Domansky Ya.V., an archaeologist and historian;
• Linnik Yu. V., Academician, mathematician;
• Gross EF, Academician, Physicist;
• Shishmarev VF, academician, philologist;
• Merkuriev SP, Academician, mathematician;
• Perevozchikov A. Ye., The designer of nuclear icebreakers;
• Golant V. Ye., Academician, physicist;
• Somov MM, an oceanologist;
• Fursenko AA, Academician, historian;
• Lozinsky SM, professor, mathematician;
• Toropov NA, chemist and mineralogist;
• Yushchenko AP, cartographer and hydrograph;
• Treshnikov AF, academician, polar researcher;
• Nikolsky BP, Academician, Physicist.

How to get to the Komarov Cemetery near St. Petersburg

You can get to the Komarov Cemetery in several ways:

• by train to Komarovo station, then walk about 4 km along the forest road towards Shchuchye Lake;
• by bus number 211 from the metro station "Chernaya Rechka";
• on a fixed-route taxi from the metro station "Chernaya Rechka", "Staraya derevnya", "Prospekt Prosveshcheniya".

Address of the necropolis: the city of St. Petersburg, Komarovo village, Ozernaya street, 52A

The churchyard is open with 9:00 to 17:00 (winter period), from 9:00 to 18:00 (summer).