This object of urban infrastructure of the northern capital is not widely known. Even not all native St. Petersburg residents can tell a visitor how to find in the shortest possible way what is indicated on the detailed maps of the city as "Kinoveevsky cemetery of St. Petersburg". Nevertheless, there is a necropolis with this name in the city on the Neva, and it deserves no less attention than all the others.
From Petersburg history
The Kinoveevskoye cemetery got its name from the name of the monastery, which was once located in the area of Malaya Okhta. The toponym itself is of Greek origin and means something like "common life". Such was the order in the monastery on Okhta, all its inhabitants, upon entering the holy monastery, transferred all their property to it and lived as a single community. The monastery, otherwise referred to as "kinoveya", was a suburban branch of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. The monastery has been gone for a long time, but the Kinoveevsky cemetery, which once belonged to it, exists to this day. The same name was given to the avenue passing near the cemetery. In the middle of the twentieth century, it was renamed and incorporated into another highway.
It can be assumed that in those days when St.was the capital of the Russian Empire, it was quite easy to answer the question: "Kinoveevsky cemetery … How to get to it?" It was necessary to look for a churchyard, of course, on Kinoveevsky Prospekt. Arbitrary change by the authorities of historical toponyms often leads to difficulties in orienting among city streets.
From the history of the churchyard
The date of the foundation of the necropolis is considered to be 1848, when local monks were buried next to the Church of All Saints that existed on the territory of Kinoveya. For almost the entire nineteenth century, the Kinoveevsky cemetery was considered a suburban one, and relatively few burials were made there. The social composition of those who happened to be buried on it is noteworthy. For the most part, these people are low-income and not famous. Mostly - peasants from the Okhta coast. This necropolis could not be attributed to the number of prestigious and aristocratic ones.
In the summer of 1862, the five-domed Trinity Cathedral was laid at the cemetery. Subsequently, burials of persons of spiritual and merchant ranks began to be made near it. At the beginning of the Soviet historical era, Kinoveya ceased to exist, giving the name to the churchyard. In 1942, mass graves appeared at the cemetery, in which they buried soldiers who died in hospitals during the defense of Leningrad, and ordinary residents of the besieged city, who died of starvation, shelling and bombing.
Kinoveevsky cemetery today
The modern territory of the necropolis founded in the middle of the century before last is not much more than sixteen hectares. The Kinoveevsky cemetery is located between two busy city highways - Dalnevostochny Prospekt and Oktyabrskaya Embankment. It directly borders on the streets of Mginskaya, Samoilova and the embankment of the Volkovka River. The architectural background of the historical churchyard is modern industrial buildings. Of the buildings of the nineteenth century, only a few buildings have survived, they are located on the side of the embankment.
In the administrative sense, the Kinoveevsky cemetery is a structural subdivision of the St. Petersburg State Treasury Institution "Specialized Service of St. Petersburg for Funeral Affairs". The cemetery is still active. But mainly related burials and burials of urns with ashes in the grave or in the wall of the columbarium are made here. The reserve of free space in the cemetery is almost exhausted, and there are no prospects for its expansion.
Reconstruction of the cemetery
Reconstruction of economic infrastructure, redevelopment and expansion of the territory of the cemetery were carried out several times during its history. In 1946, a memorial was erected on the site of the wartime mass graves. It is made in the form of a black obelisk column. In 1964, on the territory of the fifth section of the Kinoveevsky cemetery, the so-called "Communist site" was formed, where there are burialsold Bolsheviks and party functionaries of the Soviet era.
The most extensive reconstruction of the necropolis was carried out in the late eighties of the twentieth century. Modern administrative and utility buildings appeared on the territory, hard coatings were applied on all central alleys, landscaping work was carried out and lighting structures were installed. Not far from the central alley, a memorial was erected to the anti-aircraft crew, who died in 1943 while repelling a German air raid on the Finland Railway Bridge. After the reconstruction work was completed, the Kinoveevsky cemetery acquired a look that meets the architectural standards required for such objects of urban infrastructure. The appearance of the necropolis is mainly determined by the burials of the mid-twentieth century.
Working hours
Kinoveevsky cemetery, the address of which is indicated in the directory as Oktyabrskaya embankment, 16, building 3, is open to visitors. You can visit it from 9 am to 5 pm from October to April, and from 9 am to 6 pm from May to September (without days off). Access of visitors to the territory is closed only on New Year's holiday on the first of January. Administration phone number - (812) 587 94 14. Postal address: Russian Federation, St. Petersburg-193091, Oktyabrskaya embankment, 16, building 3.
Kinoveevsky cemetery: how to get there
As a rule, it is not very difficult to get to any object,located within the city limits and in the area of public transport. The problem in this case is that it is quite difficult to get to the Kinoveevsky cemetery without transfers. There are as many as three metro stations in this area - Elizarovskaya, Novocherkasskaya and Prospekt Bolshevikov. But they are all located at a considerable distance from the cemetery. Therefore, when exiting the metro, it is best to use the services of a fixed-route taxi.
