The northwestern part of Moscow once consisted of country estates and landowners' lands. The large village of Novoe Vagankovo was founded and settled in the 15th century between two routes, trade routes from west to east and from northeast to west. The rural settlement was founded by Princess Sofya Vitovna, the wife of Prince Vasily the First. She did not think about the Vagankovskoye cemetery then. She surrounded her estate with villages, united it into one village and named it New Vagankovo.
The places were free, picturesque, the village became a place for festivities of sovereigns and guests of Moscow. The fun had a wild character, people from all over the neighborhood came running to stare at the amusing amusements of the princes with the boyars. In the end, for reasons of shame, Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich forbade ordinary people to come and watch, and ordered the boyars to continue their fun. Almost a hundred years passed in this way, but inIn 1771, trouble came to Novoe Vagankovo - a plague epidemic began. A terrible disease mowed down people, not understanding which of them was a prince and which was a simple tiller. Everyone died. And if earlier, before the plague, the dead were buried on church or monastery land, then on the occasion of the epidemic, it was ordered to take all the dead away from the city limits and bury them there. And so the Vagankovsky cemetery appeared. Along with Novodevichy and Troyekurovsky, it is also the burial place of famous people.
Vagankovskoye cemetery, the graves of celebrities in its alleys remind visitors of past times, when the deceased delighted people with their talent. Here you can see the burial place of Sergei Yesenin - a broad-minded person, a poet of all times and peoples, who lived only 30 years. At the very entrance is the grave of Vladimir Vysotsky, who needs no introduction. The monument to Vladimir Semenovich faces the Church of the Resurrection of the Word, from which the ensemble begins in the architectural Empire style. This complex of sacred buildings is a masterpiece of church architecture of the 19th century. The temple is four-sided, surrounded by two aisles of John the Merciful and Theodore of Sikeot, giving the impression of integrity. The chetverik crowns the domed drum on the rotunda. The main temple apse and the apses of the aisles are lined up in one line.
On the other side of the church adjoins the refectory, the throne of Nicholas the Wonderworker. There is also a bell tower in three tiers. A little further at the entranceon the territory of the cemetery, there are two outbuildings of the architect Elkinsky. Both wings are of architectural value. One of them houses the Church of St. Andrew the First-Called.
The Vagankovskoye cemetery is laid out according to the scheme of block sections, it is impossible to get lost in it, any alley will lead to the main entrance. Walking through the quarters, you will meet friends and favorite artists who have gone to another world, famous athletes and coaches, singers and composers. Each grave is necessarily someone's destiny, a long creative life of a person who left a mark on history. The Vagankovo cemetery keeps the memory of all the people who found peace in its shady alleys. And not only about the famous and famous.
Vagankovskoye cemetery… How to get to it? The main entrance is located on Sergey Makeev Street, 15. It will not be difficult to get there by car. You can also get to the cemetery by metro, station "Ulitsa 1905 Goda".
