Where to travel, travel and route planner » moscow russia http://www.dankuna.com/blog Best travel, maps, GPS, weather, images, cheap hotels Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow http://www.dankuna.com/blog/novodevichy-cemetery-moscow.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=novodevichy-cemetery-moscow http://www.dankuna.com/blog/novodevichy-cemetery-moscow.html#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:38:46 +0000 Mio http://www.dankuna.com/blog/continent/europe/novodevichy-cemetery-moscow/ [...]]]> is the most famous cemetery in Moscow, Russia, situated next to the , the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city’s third most popular tourist site.
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It should not be confused with the Novodevichy Cemetery in . The cemetery was inaugurated in 1898, when it was judged that there were too many burials within monastery walls. One of the first notables to be buried there was , whose gilded tomb is the work of Fyodor Shekhtel. Today, the cemetery holds the tombs of , musicians, playwrights, and poets, as well as famous actors, political leaders, and scientists. More than 27,000 are buried at Novodevichy. It has a park-like ambiance, dotted with small chapels and large sculpted monuments. It is divided into an eastern and western section; maps are available at the .

Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow GPS coordinates: 55° 43′ 29″ N, 37° 33′ 5″ E

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The current building was built on Theatre Square in 1824 to replace the Petrovka Theatre, which had been destroyed by fire in 1805. It was designed by architect Andrei , who had built the nearby Maly Theatre in 1824. At that time, all Russian theatres were imperial property. each had only two theatres, one intended for opera and ballet (these were known as the Bolshoi Theatres), and one for plays (tragedies and comedies). As opera and ballet were considered nobler than drama, the were named “Grand Theatres” (“Bolshoi” being the Russian for “large” or “grand”) and the were called “Smaller Theatre” (“Maly” being the Russian for “small,” “lesser,” or “little”). Moscow is interesting tourist destination.
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow GPS coordinates:55° 45′ 37″ N, 37° 37′ 7″ E

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