Komarovskoe cemetery in St. Petersburg

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:44

Komarovskoye village cemetery appeared recently, it was small, but gradually grew - along with local summer residents, famous writers, actors, artists, cultural and scientific figures began to be buried there. The graves of the intelligentsia currently occupy a decent area - there are about 200 of them.

History of the Finnish cemetery

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

After the laying of the Finnish railway in a picturesque place near Lake Shchuchye, the first dachas began to be built. Petersburgers from the windows of trains admired the natural splendor of these places, and there was a demand for the construction of country houses in the Kellomyak area. By 1910, about 600 dachas had already been built in the village, it had grown so much that it became necessary to build a railway platform, which a year later received the status of a station. The area in Finnish was called Hirvi-suo, translated -“moose swamp”.

Not far from the swamp with the same name was a sandy hill, on which a large bell was hung during the construction of the railway. The builders nicknamed this hill “Kello-myaki”, translated into Russian as “bell mountain”. From the name of the hill, the railway station and the holiday village got their name.

The population of the village of Kellomyaki consisted not only of St. Petersburg summer residents, but also of the inhabitants of Finland. The building of the village was carried out according to a strict scheme developed by Elias Augustus Piponius. Two straight streets were laid to the north and south from the railway station - Merikatu (Sea) and Kauppakatu (Shop), they were crossed by a street parallel to the railway - V altakatu (Big Street). Along it were the most expensive suburban areas, as it overlooked the bay. In some dachas, the owners lived all year round.

After the revolution of 1917, many dachas and plots were abandoned, about 600 of them were sold and dismantled for export in the area near Helsinki. Only a few suburban buildings remained on the site, most of which were destroyed during the war. The dacha buildings that have survived to this day in Komarovo are mostly post-war buildings.

Elderly dacha residents who lived in the village sometimes died, they were buried near the dachas, as a result, a cemetery was arranged, the oldest burial of which has come down to us - 1915 - by composer V. E. Savinsky. The area of the cemetery was small - only 1 hectare.

In 1944 there were about ten Finnish burials andthree Russians. These graves did not have tombstones, the crosses installed 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 dacha settlement began in 1945. The Soviet leadership drew attention to the magnificent places and an attractive village on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. The dachas that survived during the war were repaired and handed over to Leningrad artists and scientists. Botanist VL Komarov lived here for several months. The village was named after him in 1948. About 25 dachas were built and transferred to the use of members of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Since the end of the 1940s, the village of Komarovo has become a favorite vacation spot for the Leningrad intelligentsia. Houses of creativity of architects, writers, cinematographers, composers appear randomly here. During the revival of life in the village, burials resumed at the Komarovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg. Most of the burials date back to the 1950s.

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

Writers, directors, composers, artists, theater and film actors, scientists, military men are buried at the Komarovsky cemetery near St. Petersburg. In total, more than 200 prominent people are buried. Many tombstones are made by famous sculptors andare now monuments of sculptural art. This is how the Komarovskoye memorial cemetery was formed.

It is planned to build a temple on the territory of the necropolis and name it in honor of the holy martyr Uara, who can intercede even for the repose of the unbaptized.

Currently, the Komarovskoye cemetery is being expanded. Who are the outstanding personalities of Soviet and Russian art, science and culture buried here?

Grave of Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova, the great Russian poetess, much loved and revered in Russia. Many monographs and articles have been written about her, documentaries have been made. Her works are classics of Russian literature, many of them have been translated into foreign languages. The poetess died in St. Petersburg in 1966 and was buried at the Komarovsky cemetery.

Grave of academician, cultural and public figure, philologist Dmitry Likhachev

Dmitry Likhachev, academician, literary critic, scientific and public figure, is buried at the Komarovsky cemetery. He was imprisoned from 1928 to 1932 on a political case. His works on the history of literature are known in Russia and abroad.

The grave of the poet Nikolai Brown

Nikolai Braun - poet and translator. His most famous poem is "Russia", published in 1924 in the magazine "Star". During World War II he was a war correspondent. Many of his works are devoted to military topics. He was the husband of the poetess Maria Komissarova. Died in 1975 andburied at the Komarovsky cemetery.

Grave of Andrei Krasko

Popular actor of our time. He played in such films as "National Security Agent", "Useless", "Don Cesar de Bazan", "Checkpoint", "Oligarch", "Saboteur", "Sisters", "72 meters", "Death of the Empire", " Yesenin", "Turkish Gambit", "Bastards" and many others.

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

Graves of sculptors, architects, artists

Buried in the cemetery:

• Yavein I. G., professor, architect;
• Zhuk A. V., architect, artist;
• Mandel S. S., artist;
• Weinman M. A., sculptor;
• Macheret A. Ya., architect;
• Khidekel L. M., architect;
• Kovarsky Ya. M., architect;
• Speransky S. B., academician, architect;
• Vuskovich I. N., artist.

Graves of philologists, writers, writers, poets

They rest on the churchyard:

• Ketlinskaya V. K., writer;
• Berkovsky N. Ya., professor, literary critic;
• Chepurov A. N., poet;
• Komissarova M. I., poetess;
• Bushmin A. S., academician, literary critic;
• Plotkin L. A., literary critic;
• Vasilyeva-Shwede O. K., professor, philologist;
• Ryabkin G. S., screenwriter, playwright;
• Vakhtin B. B., playwright, writer;
• Urban A. A., critic and writer;
• Volodin A. M., playwright;
• Golyavkin V. V., artist,writer;
• Reizov B. G., philologist, literary critic;
• Goryshin G. A., writer;
• Azarov V. B., playwright, poet;
• Dobin E. S., film critic, literary critic, critic;
• Minchkovsky A. M., screenwriter, writer;
• Efremov I. A., paleontologist, science fiction writer;
• Barannikov A. P., academician, philologist;
• Zhirmunsky V. M., linguist, academician;
• Kalmanovsky E. S., critic, writer;
• Makogonenko G. P., professor, literary critic;
• Brown N. L., publicist, poet;
• Panova V. F., writer;
• Rytkheu Yu. S., writer;
• Beilin A. M., historian, writer;
• Slonimsky M. L., writer;
• Fogelson S. B., songwriter.

The photograph of the graves of Barannikov A. P., a philologist and academician, and his son Barannikov P. A., an Indologist, is presented below.

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

The cemetery is also buried:

• Korogodsky Z. Ya., professor and theater director;
• Sezenevskaya T. V., actress;
• Balashova R. T., actress;
• Kogan P. S., film director;
• Vengerov V. Ya., film director;
• Kosheverova N. N., director;
• Gaidarov V. G., actor;
• Mikhailov V. P., actor;
• Averbakh I. A., screenwriter, film director;
• Karasik D. I., film director;
• Birman N. B., director;
• Katsman A. I., composer;
• Kheifits I. E., director, screenwriter;
• Krasko A. I.,actor;
• Boyarsky N. A., actor;
• Zarubina I. P., actress;
• Shakhmaliyeva A. G., film director;
• Kurekhin S. A., musician, composer;
• Sergeev V. A., playwright and director;
• Melentiev I. V., opera singer;
• Mikhailovsky N. V., actor;
• Pavlycheva A. P., actress;
• Basner V. E., composer;
• Rakhlin I. Ya., founder of the Music Hall;
• Aristov V. F., actor, film director, screenwriter;
• V. M. Reznikov, composer;
• Altshuller A. Ya., theater critic;
• Savinsky V. E., composer;
• Tregubovich V. I., film director;
• Hamarmer J. S., theater director;
• Shtykan L. P., actress;
• Vecheslova T. M., ballerina;
• Shuster S. A., actor and film director;
• Arapov B. A., composer and teacher.

Graves of medical figures

They also rest in the cemetery:

• Petrov N. N., academician, surgeon.
• Bekhtereva N. P., academician, neurophysiologist.

Komarovskoe cemetery: which of the scientists is buried?

Among the prominent people resting here:

• Kalesnik S. V., academician, geographer;
• Sochava V. B., academician, geographer and geobotanist;
• Yakovlev N. N., paleontologist and geologist;
• Domansky Ya. V., archaeologist and historian;
• Linnik Yu. V., academician, mathematician;
• Gross E. F., academician, physicist;
• Shishmarev V. F., academician, philologist;
• Merkuriev S. P., academician, mathematician;
• Carriers A. E.,designer of nuclear icebreakers;
• Golant V. E., academician, physicist;
• Somov M. M., oceanologist;
• Fursenko A. A., academician, historian;
• Lozinsky S. M., professor, mathematician;
• Toropov N. A., chemist and mineralogist;
• Yushchenko A. P., cartographer and hydrographer;
• Treshnikov A. F., academician, polar explorer;
• Nikolsky B. P., academician, physicist.

How to get to the Komarovsky cemetery near St. Petersburg

There are several ways to get to the Komarovsky cemetery:

• by train to Komarovo station, then walk about 4 km along the forest road towards Lake Shchuchye;
• by bus number 211 from the Chernaya Rechka metro station;
• by shuttle bus from the Chernaya Rechka, Staraya Derevnya, Prospekt Prosveshcheniya metro stations.

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

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