Marine cemetery in Vladivostok: centuries-old history and modernity

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:47

Ancient cemeteries are available in many large cities of our country. Most often, these are memorial territories where mass graves have not been carried out for a long time. And only in rare cases are places in which people are buried for more than a century fully operational. This category also includes the Marine Cemetery in Vladivostok. It is one of the oldest in the city, burials are still held there today.

Historical background

The official date of foundation of the cemetery in the Pervomaisky district of Vladivostok is 1905. It was called the Fraternal Sea Cemetery at its opening. At first, sailors and military personnel who died in battles were buried here. At that time, the entire territory was divided into two sections: the garrison and the sea, and it was very easy to find the right burial. According to some reports, the first graves on the site of the modern Marine Cemetery appeared as early as 1902. At that time, employees of the lower ranks, as well as officers who died as a result of accidents and suicides, were buried on the new “non-prestigious” cemetery land. The Russo-Japanese War made adjustments to the development, it was then thatThe first mass graves and memorial burials appeared in the Marine.

Temple at the Sea Cemetery

Three years after the official opening, a "Temple-monument to sailors drowned and killed at sea" was erected on the territory of the cemetery. The author of the project was engineer Andrey Isanov. Archbishop Eusebius consecrated the temple in the name of the icon of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow." The maritime cemetery was originally organized as a military one, but already in 1912 civilian burials were officially allowed here. Very soon, a female monastic community of Hodegetria of Smolensk was organized at the temple. The sisters lived right on the cemetery territory, in a specially built house, looked after the graves and buried the dead. In 1928, the Marine Cemetery was transferred to the municipal department of public utilities. At the same time, the monastic community was disbanded, the temple building and the community house were used for household needs for some time.

List of famous graves and historical monuments

During the construction of the temple, a memorial site for the most honorable burials was organized near it. The ashes of the lower ranks of the legendary cruiser Varyag, brought from Korea, were reburied here. Nearby are the mass graves of the sailors of the ships "Tiksi", "Bolsheretsk", "Tavrichanka". The maritime cemetery boasts a large number of ancient tombstones and artistically interesting sculptures. The gravestone made byin the form of a fragment of a mast, installed at the burial site of Evgeny Panko-Maksimovich. In the Soviet years, cultural figures, scientists and party workers were buried with the greatest honor. Such famous people as V. K. Arseniev (traveler), A. I. Shchetinina (entered world history as the first woman - sea captain), M. V. Gotsky (polar captain), A. V Teleshov (artist), G. G. Khaliletsky (writer). A separate historical site is the burial place of Czechoslovak legionnaires.

Marine cemetery (Vladivostok) today

Vladivostok is a large city in which today there are two cemeteries open for burials. All others are memorial. One of the active ones is the Marine Cemetery, the territory of which is about 80 hectares. For convenience, division into sections is used, and each grave has its own number. However, there are rumors that the numbering here is not entirely correct and it is very difficult to find a burial. But despite some confusion, the cemetery is quite comfortable. It is always clean here, the paths are cleared, garbage is removed and taken out. In 2002, a crematorium was opened at the Sea Cemetery. A columbarium appeared along with him. Also on the cemetery territory you can rent tools for ennobling graves, order the manufacture of monuments and fences.

Address and opening hours

The exact address of the Marine Cemetery: Vladivostok, Patrokl Street, property 6. Territoryopen for visits from 9.00 to 17.00. In the summer, you can come to the graves of relatives and close people in the evening, until 19.00. A popular question among the residents of Vladivostok is how to get to the Marine Cemetery by public transport? There are no stops near the main entrance to its territory. You can get to the “Monument to miners” on one of the bus routes: 4, 5, 8, 27, 62, 63. Then you need to walk along Miners street for about 1 kilometer. Other nearest stops are "Povorot", "Hospital of Veterans", "Chasovitina, 7". On the days of major church holidays and memorial days, an additional bus runs to the Marine Cemetery, its number is 31k. This route makes a stop near the main entrance to the cemetery.