The Vagankovskoe cemetery is one of the largest and most famous necropolises in Moscow. This memorial complex occupies an area of ​​50 hectares of land. Its location is the northwestern part of the capital.

The Vagankovskoe cemetery in Moscow has become one of the monuments of history and culture.

Necropolis - last refuge

In the capital of our country there are three cemeteries where it is customary to bury national idols: Novodevichye, Vagankovskoe, and Kuntsevo cemetery.

The first is the most prestigious; people who officially made history are buried here. The Vagankovskoye cemetery is a kind of alternative; those who “didn’t make it to Novodevichy for some reason” are buried here, mostly public figures surrounded by people’s love, rumor and fame. Surprisingly, the word “vagant” is translated as “wandering artists,” so the necropolis seems to tell in advance about the type of activity of those who found their last refuge here.

History of origin

The Vagankovskoe cemetery was founded in 1771 by order of Count Grigory Orlov. Catherine II personally sent him to Moscow to prevent the consequences of the plague epidemic.

The formation of a new burial place was a necessary measure due to the many who died from the terrible disease. There was a catastrophic shortage of land in old cemeteries.

Over the following years (until the mid-19th century), this place was the last refuge of peasants, minor officials, and ordinary residents of Moscow.

The Vagankovskoe cemetery in Moscow gained its popularity after the burial of the fallen soldiers of the Russian army in 1812 in the Battle of Borodino. After that, the graves of people who wrote their names in history began to appear here: politicians, writers, poets, scientists, military personnel, actors and others.

By the end of the 20th century, Vagankovsky graveyards had become famous and prestigious burial places.

Today there are no places for new graves in the necropolis, but related burials and burials of urns are allowed (in closed, open columbariums and in the ground).

Sightseeing tours are held here once a week. People visiting the Vagankovskoe cemetery take photos here quite often, photographing the graves of idols.

Temple

At the entrance to the territory of the necropolis there is a complex of buildings: on one side there is a church, on the other there are administrative premises.

In 1772, a small wooden church named after John the Merciful was erected. Instead, in 1824, the stone Church of the Resurrection of the Word was built, its architect was A. Grigoriev. Funds for construction were provided by Moscow merchants. The historical bells have been preserved in the Temple to this day.

In memory of the old church, a rotunda chapel was built, which is still there today.

The doors of the Temple were always open, even in Soviet times.

Mass graves at the Vagankovskoe cemetery

The tragic moments of our history can be traced through local burials.

Here are the mass graves of soldiers of the Battle of Borodino, the burials of those who died during the stampede on the Khodynka field.

On the territory of the famous necropolis there are:

• a memorial dedicated to the victims of repressions of Stalin's times;
• mass grave of the defenders of Moscow who died in 1941-1942;
• monuments to those killed during the 1991 coup, defenders of the White House and child actors who were victims of a terrorist attack in 2002 during the musical “Nord-Ost”.

Vagankovskoye Cemetery: graves of celebrities (photos)

Not all people come to the Moscow necropolis to visit the burials of their deceased relatives. Most visitors are looking for burial places of famous people, for whom the Vagankovskoe cemetery became their final resting place.

Photos of celebrities, forever immortalized in stone, have always attracted attention. For some, this is comparable to going to a history museum. On the territory of the Moscow necropolis there is a map that will help you navigate the area.

One of the most popular burials is the grave of Archpriest Valentin Amfitheatrov. It is considered miraculous; many pilgrims come here every day and pray at the cross on the grave. In the 20th century they tried to destroy it twice; the first time they could not find it, and the second time no remains were found.

Thus, the Vagankovskoe cemetery preserves its “quiet tenants”. Not everyone dares to take a photo of this grave, for fear of disturbing the archpriest’s peace.

The starting point for visiting the most famous burials is the columbarium. Right from the entrance, along the alley, there are chains of burials of athletes, actors, musicians, and poets.

Following the directions on the map, you can easily find the most visited graves - the poet Sergei Yesenin, the poet and actor Vladimir Vysotsky. The Vagankovskoe cemetery keeps many legends about them.

At the burial site of Yesenin, according to rumors, the ghost of a girl is seen. A year after his death, G. Benislavskaya committed suicide at the poet’s grave. In total, 12 people said goodbye to their lives here.

Vladimir Vysotsky rests in someone else's grave. Contrary to the order of the authorities to bury the poet and actor in the far corner, the director of the Vagankovsky cemetery gave other instructions, allocating a place at the entrance. Previously, relatives of one of the deceased removed the remains from the artist’s burial place for reburial, after which the grave was vacated. There is an opinion that those who visit his monument receive inspiration in creativity.

The Vagankovskoe cemetery preserves the graves of celebrities and famous artists, such as A.K. Savrasov, V.A. Tropinin, V.I. Surikov.

Tombstones of folk idols of the late 20th and early 21st centuries

Many monuments amaze with their architectural design. You can see majestic full-length statues of the deceased themselves, such as Leonid Filatov’s.

Others have tombstones made in the Slavic style, for example, Igor Talkov’s - a large cross was built in memory of him, and at the head under a wooden visor there is his photo. This is one of the few graves with fresh flowers all year round.

The guides say that one girl wanted to bury herself alive next to the famous singer, but she was not completely covered with earth, and the young woman was saved.

The Vagankovskoe cemetery keeps many similar stories. The graves of celebrities, photos of which are presented in this article, attract living people to themselves like magnets.

You can always meet someone at the graves of Andrei Mironov and Vlad Listyev. The first has a monument in the form of a curtain, and the famous journalist and presenter has a bronze angel-girl with one broken wing crying over his grave.

The unusual tombstone of actor Mikhail Pugovkin is like a film strip containing footage from the films in which he played.

Alexander Abdulov, who died of a serious illness in 2008, has a white monument erected in the spirit of constructivism, in the form of a rock with a large cross, a photograph of the actor and three-dimensional letters with his name.

Many athletes are also buried here: the Znamensky brothers, Inga Artamonova, Lyudmila Pakhomova, Lev Yashin, Stanislav Zhuk and others.

Monuments of “ordinary” people

“Vagankovskoye Cemetery” means “celebrity graves”; for some, these phrases have long become synonymous. However, when you walk along the narrow alleys of the necropolis, the tombstones of “mere mortals” catch your eye, whose loved ones tried to decorate the burial place in an unusual way.

It is impossible to pass by some of the tombstones, they are so amazing with their architecture. Thus, a golden angel was erected on the grave of the artist A. Shilov’s daughter.

Here you can see family crypts, moments from life literally carved from stone, and sculptural sketches. There are also graves with simple crosses or monuments erected almost 200 years ago.

Vandals and other horror stories

Unfortunately, not all people treat cemeteries with respect; vandals often appear here. Most often they steal precious metals. Thus, an easel disappeared from the grave of the artist N. Romadin, copper strings were stolen from the harpist M. Gorelova, and a fence disappeared from A. Mironov. However, most often photos of idols disappear.

Not far from the entrance to the Vagankovskoye cemetery there is a statue of a headless woman - this is a monument erected to Sonya the Golden Hand. Its pedestal contains many handwritten inscriptions. She lost her head by accident - drunken vandals tried to kiss the monument and accidentally broke it.

There is an opinion that it is impossible to bury on the territory of the Moscow necropolis, since here the holy cemetery land was desecrated with the blood of suicides, and murders took place here. There are also many crime bosses buried here.

At A. Abdulov’s grave they often see a glow and feel the warmth coming from somewhere below. Against this background, the actor’s photo seems alive.

There is another strange burial - A. Tenkova. Those who linger near it may fall into a trance, after which they suddenly find themselves near another grave.

The Moscow Novodevichy Cemetery is known far beyond the capital. The remains of great figures of science, culture and art, and prominent politicians rest in this shelter for the dead.

The territory of the cemetery is huge - as much as 7 and a half hectares. It continues to grow. It all started with a modest burial at, founded in the 16th century. Prince Vasily III. At first, the deceased nuns of the monastery were buried here. The monastery gave its name to the cemetery. The name of the most holy place, according to legend, comes from the Maiden Field, where the Tatars in ancient times selected Russian beauties for themselves.

Before the October Revolution and a decade after it, nuns and ordinary Muscovites were buried at Novodevichy. It became privileged in the late 20s. last century, when the government of the country decided that only people who occupied a prominent social position would be buried here. On this land the writers V. Mayakovsky, V. Bryusov, A. Chekhov, A. Tvardovsky, B. Akhmadullina, V. Shukshin and many others found eternal peace; political figures - V. Chernomyrdin, A. Gromyko, B. Yeltsin, M. Gorbachev’s wife Raisa Maksimovna; artists - I. Levitan, V. Serov; actors and directors - S. Bondarchuk, E. Evstigneev. There is a special “Mkhatovskaya Alley” at the cemetery.

The territory of the eternal resting place of outstanding people of Russia is divided into Old, New and Newest cemeteries. There is a special office where you can book an excursion. The “Cemetery Guide” will show you the most famous graves and tell you about interesting facts related to the life and death of our wonderful compatriots.

So, during the excursion you can find out that Vasily Shukshin was buried in a “privileged” cemetery against the will of his mother, who wanted the body to be delivered to her son’s homeland - Siberia.

An interesting and rather unexpected story is about Stalin’s wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva. It turns out that the unbending “leader of the peoples,” who accused her of treason at his wife’s grave (Nadezhda committed suicide for unknown reasons), often came here secretly at night and was sad at her grave.

The most mysterious story of Novodevichy is connected with the name of Gogol. When his grave was opened, it was discovered that the coffin was damaged on the inside, and the head of the corpse was missing. They say that it was not for nothing that the great writer was afraid that he would be buried alive... Scientists have been disproving these legends and speculations for decades, but among the people they are still alive.

The Novodevichy cemetery also became famous thanks to its architectural monuments. Many tombstones are real works of art, creations of brilliant sculptors. This last refuge of many famous people of Russia is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Silence and tranquility reign everywhere here. In this land lie those who created our history, whose names are written in school textbooks. No matter how we treat them, their memory is worthy of our respect. Peace and rest to their ashes...

The graves of celebrities at the Novodevichy Cemetery - the most famous and prestigious necropolis in Moscow - are included in the list of “must see” excursion and tourist routes in the Russian capital. The churchyard was founded at the end of the 19th century near the southern wall of the Novodevichy Convent. Subsequently, the burial places of prominent compatriots, major politicians, scientists, and artists were located here.

Yeltsin's grave and government officials at Novodevichy Cemetery

Boris Yeltsin, First President of the Russian Federation, is buried in section 6 of the Novodevichy Cemetery (central alley). On the wide tombstone, the Russian tricolor made of red porphyry, sky-blue Byzantine mosaic and white marble is spread out in monumental folds.

The grave of Alexandra Kollontai, a Russian revolutionary of noble origin, is decorated with a sculptural image of her. Kollontai became the world's first female minister, then the plenipotentiary representative of the USSR in Mexico, Norway, Sweden, and in 1944-1945. - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR to the Kingdom of Sweden.

Tombstone of the First Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR in 1958-1964. Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev confirms the unspoken rule according to which disgraced statesmen were not buried near the Kremlin wall. The complex political fate of the Soviet leader is symbolically reflected in the tombstone commissioned by Khrushchev’s son by Ernst Neizvestny. The simple face, sculpted with maximum portrait likeness, of the First Secretary is surrounded, like an angular spacesuit, by a white and black vertical composition - faith in a bright communist future and the dark legacy of mass repression.

Andrei Gromyko, the foreign minister and Mr. No of Soviet foreign policy, was the last person planned to be buried near the Kremlin wall. Nevertheless, the grave was placed at the Novodevichy cemetery at the will of Gromyko himself and at the request of his relatives.

The monumental monument to General Alexander Lebed, governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, who died in a plane crash, depicts the military leader seated, in full dress uniform with a full set of orders.

Viktor Chernomyrdin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers - Government of the Russian Federation in 1992-1998, rests in a paired family grave, decorated with monuments in the traditional Russian style, with carvings in black marble.

The tombstone of Yevgeny Primakov, intelligence officer and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, was a massive monolith of gray granite and a light stone scroll with the text of a poem written by this outstanding politician: “I firmly decided everything: to be in harness until the end, until I won't be exhausted until I fall. And if it becomes unbearably hard, then even then I will not leave the road.”

Famous scientists at the Novodevichy cemetery

Powerful thinkers, founders of scientific directions and schools, who lived extremely fruitfully, are buried in the Novodevichy necropolis.

The snow-white marble monument, covered with a transparent protective case, marks the burial of the Russian cosmist scientist, the outstanding mineralogist Vladimir Vernadsky, who first introduced the terms “biosphere” and “noosphere”. At the base of the monument is a quote: “We live in a wonderful time when man becomes a geological force changing the face of our planet.”

The tombstone of the brilliant theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner Lev Landau was made by Ernst Neizvestny. A block of dark granite with a bust-length sculptural portrait of a scientist rests on a metal column formed by three concave sections.

The grave of geologist and geographer Vladimir Obruchev is marked by a gray granite monolith with a sculpturally detailed portrait and a symbolic image of a geological hammer crossed by a writer's pen. Obruchev perfectly mastered the art of effective time management, successfully combining intensive scientific work with the creation of science fiction works, including such voluminous ones as “Plutonia” and “Sannikov Land”.

Famous composers at the Novodevichy cemetery

The names of the composers buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery have become iconic phenomena in the history of music.

A black marble stele with the dates of the life of Sergei Prokofiev marks the burial place of the world famous author of instrumental concertos, symphonies, seven operas and eleven ballets.

The tombstone of Dmitry Shostakovich, one of the most performed composers in the world, is no less laconic. His numerous works had a significant influence on the development of the musical culture of mankind.

Gogol's unquiet grave. Burials of writers on Novodevichy

The great classic Nikolai Gogol was buried at the Danilovsky cemetery. In 1931, during the liquidation of this monastery graveyard at the height of the fight against religion, the writer’s ashes were transferred to the Novodevichy cemetery. In 1952, over the new grave, instead of the previous cross with a stone base, a sculptural monument stood with the inscription “To the Great Russian Artist of Words from the Government of the Soviet Union.” In 2009, the tombstone again acquired its previous appearance: only a stone and only a cross.

A special black stone with a lumpy surface, shaped like Golgotha, the site of Christ’s crucifixion, located on Gogol’s original grave, was installed as a tombstone over the burial of another master of words, Mikhail Bulgakov.

The Novodevichy cemetery as a whole has become a real pantheon of writers and poets. Here, under a white stele in the New Russian style, Anton Chekhov rests. The urn with the ashes of the frantic futurist, proletarian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky is buried under a massive slab of dark gray granite. An ancient statue from the Kyrgyz steppes was laid over the grave of the creator of new words, “Chairman of the Globe” Velimir Khlebnikov. The tombstone of the intellectual symbolist Valery Bryusov, who sought inspiration at the intersection of science and poetry, is decorated with an accurate, stylistically consistent profile portrait of the poet. The medallion with a bas-relief profile of Alexei Tolstoy, favored by the Soviet regime, is accompanied by sculptural images of characters from his most monumental works - the novels “Peter the Great” and “Walking through the Torment”. The monument to Alexander Fadeev is complemented by heroes from Krasnodon from the Young Guard. There are no sculptures or portraits at the grave of the wonderful poet Andrei Voznesensky. The tombstone, made according to his own design, is an inclined polished plane of dark granite. It’s as if a large stone ball is about to roll down it, held back from rapid movement down the slope only by a small bronze crucifix.

Steel wing hands, fiery engine of the heart - creators and heroes

Bas-relief and sculptural portraits mark the burial places of outstanding aircraft designers - Pavel Sukhoi (Su fighters), Andrei Tupolev (Tu planes), Semyon Lavochkin (LaGG and La fighters), Alexander Yakovlev (Yak fighters).

The polar pilot Anatoly Lyapidevsky, the first to receive the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and the air marshal, three times Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Pokryshkin, a fighter ace and one of the most successful pilots of the Great Patriotic War, are buried at Novodevichy.

Space. Earth. Ocean

Above the grave of cosmonaut No. 2 German Titov there is a sculptural portrait of him with an eagle. “Eagle” was Titov’s call sign in radio communications with the Earth. Buried at Novodevichy, cosmonaut and test pilot Georgy Beregovoy, who piloted the Soyuz-3 spacecraft, received the first title of Hero of the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War.

The space theme is displayed on the exclusive tombstone of Yuri Senkevich, who for 30 years was the permanent TV presenter of the Film Travel Club. Senkevich was engaged in medical preparation of space and high-latitude expeditions, took part in ocean voyages on the papyrus boats “Ra” and “Tigris” at the invitation of Thor Heyerdahl. On the tombstone, these voyages are represented by a sculpted wave with a reed ship under straight sail.

Act four, final and eternal

Life is like a play in three acts - exposition, twists and turns and denouement - among stage people there may be a fourth act, which continues in the memory of followers and admirers.

The author of the acting technique of genuine emotions, which has been followed for a hundred years, Konstantin Stanislavsky rests in the Novodevichy cemetery under a red granite slab. On it there is a white vertical stela-curtain with the Moscow Art Theater emblem - a seagull, topped with a large Orthodox cross.

At the grave of Stanislavsky's direct follower, Evgeniy Vakhtangov, there is a bronze figure of a woman, whose sadly bowed face is hidden by a cape.

The burial place of the great Maria Ermolova is marked by a vase made of dark polished granite with flowing drapery. A bas-relief profile of the actress is placed on a dark pedestal.

The bas-relief profile of an actor of unique talent, Innokenty Smoktunovsky, is captured in a round medallion on a gray grave boulder. The bronze sculpture of Vyacheslav Tikhonov reproduces the image of the actor in the role of intelligence officer Stirlitz. A white marble rounded stele with a bas-relief Orthodox cross was installed on the grave of Oleg Efremov. The monument to Lyudmila Gurchenko combines black polished granite and snow-white marble with a full-length sculptural image of the actress. The grave of Yuri Yakovlev is overshadowed by a white marble eight-pointed cross, designed in the style of Chekhov's tombstone. The great comedian Yuri Nikulin is forever captured in bronze, sitting on a low curb-pedestal.

At the Novodevichy cemetery there are many memorial places that allow us to remember the great voices of Russia - Chaliapin, Zykin, Yuri Levitan, a whole galaxy of artists, outstanding chess players, film directors, doctors, teachers, architects. This necropolis with twenty-five thousand burials is a real encyclopedia of Russian celebrities.

Novodevichy Cemetery. Lists of celebrities

• Alexander Vertinsky
• Lyudmila Zykina
• Elena Obraztsova
• Galina Vishnevskaya
• Klavdiya Shulzhenko
• Fyodor Chaliapin
• Leonid Utesov
• Yuri Levitan

World chess champions

• Vasily Smyslov
• Mikhail Botvinnik

A galaxy of artists and famous patrons of the arts

• Valentin Serov
• Witold Byalynitsky-Birulya
• Isaac Levitan
• Mikhail Nesterov
• Tretyakov brothers

Actors

• Arkady Raikin
• Yury Nikulin

Film directors

• Sershgay Eisenstein
• Sergei Bondarchuk
• Eldar Ryazanov

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Novodevichy Cemetery is considered the second most important burial place in Moscow. At the same time, it is one of the oldest. The cemetery appeared back in 1898 on the southern side of the Novodevichy Convent. More than a hundred years ago it was considered an honorable place for a final resting place due to the proximity of the holy monastery.

During the Soviet Union, Novodevichye turned into a real pantheon of national heroes and outstanding figures of art and science. Only burial near the Kremlin wall can be more prestigious.

History of Novodevichy

The very first graves on the territory of the modern Novodevichy cemetery appeared in the 16th century. But then these were isolated cases of burials. Here some of the inhabitants of the monastery found their last earthly refuge. The number of their graves gradually increased. Over time, they were joined by the tombs of noble people.

In the 50s of the 20th century, the territory of the Novodevichy cemetery was actively developed. It was expanded by adding soil on the southern slope. The territory was fenced with a brick wall, which adjoined the ancient monastery walls. Now on Novodevichy there are 11 sites on which more than 26 thousand people are buried. To receive the honor of being buried in this place, during your lifetime you must be an outstanding person, a son (or daughter) of whom the Motherland could be proud.

Who lies here

Novodevichy Cemetery is, in a sense, a Russian historical museum. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Register. Some of the first “sovereign” personalities buried on its territory were relatives of Ivan the Terrible: his daughter Annushka, as well as his daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law. High-born nuns also found peace here, and in the past - the princesses Ekaterina and Evdokia of Miloslavsky, Sophia, the sister of Tsar Peter I, and his wife Evdokia Lopukhina.

Later, representatives of famous Russian families were buried here: princes Sergei Trubetskoy, Alexander Muravyov, Decembrist Matvey Muravyov-Apostol, Count Alexey Uvarov, etc. During the years of Soviet power, the ashes of the great author of “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka” Nikolai Gogol and worldwide famous opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin (the latter’s ashes were transported from France several decades after the death of Fyodor Ivanovich).

It is interesting that in a sense, a real “cherry orchard” “grew up” on the old territory of the cemetery. Many famous actors of the Moscow Art Theater are buried here, led by the unforgettable Anton Chekhov and Konstantin Stanislavsky. In addition to the graves of these outstanding people, on Novodevichy you can find the tombstones of the final resting places of Mikhail Bulgakov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Samuil Marshak, Sergei Prokofiev, Vladimir Vernadsky, Ivan Sechenov and other world-famous poets, writers, playwrights, composers and scientists.

Who can be buried at Novodevichye in our time?

According to official data, burial places are provided in 2 cases: for special services to the Fatherland and in the presence of ancient family burials. In the first case, the Moscow government provides a place in the cemetery free of charge to a person whose services to the Motherland are undeniable. Such persons include outstanding scientists, figures of art and literature, political figures, etc. The state provides them free of charge with the opportunity to rest in close proximity to the great sons of Russia and automatically replenish this glorious pantheon.

In the second case, you need to be a descendant of an old Russian family, whose representatives already have graves on Novodevichy. Naturally, in such a situation it is necessary to provide documents confirming the relationship of the deceased with those who were previously buried in the historical cemetery. According to the law, new family burials cannot be opened here (Novodevichye is considered a closed cemetery).

At the same time, you can often find advertisements for funeral services that offer assistance in conducting burials on Novodevichy. According to unofficial data, prices for a plot in this historical cemetery start from 150 thousand rubles and can reach an amount of 1.5-1.8 million. Usually such burials are only possible if a very old grave is moved, but this happens extremely rarely.

The Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow is one of the most famous necropolises in Russia, which appeared in the 16th century and was officially rebuilt in 1898 at the Novodevichy Convent according to the designs of architects S.K. Rodionov, I.P. Mashkov. Today the pantheon occupies a significant territory of the Moscow Khamovniki district in the Central Administrative District (about 7.5 hectares) and is divided into the Old (1904-1949), New (1949-1970) and Newest (1970-2000) Novodevichy cemetery.

Playwright Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol 31.03.1809-4.03.1852	Writer Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov 15.05.1891-10.03.1940	Artist Isaac Ilyich Levitan 30.08.1860-4.08.1900
President Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin 1.02.1931-23.04.2007	Engineer Andrey Nikolaevich Tupolev 10.10.1888-23.12.1972	Singer Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina 10.07.1929-1.08.2009

More than 25 thousand people are buried on the territory of the cemetery. In the tombs of the Smolensk Cathedral at the monastery there are the graves of Anna Ioanovna (daughter of Tsar Ivan the Terrible), Princess Sophia Ioanovna and Tsarina Evdokia Lopukhina (sister of Tsar Peter I and his first wife), the Obolensky princes.

On the territory of the Old Novodevichy Cemetery there are graves of heroes of the war of 1812, including the poet Denis Davydov (1784-1839), the Decembrist princes S. Trubetskoy (1790-1860), A. N. Muravyov (1792-1863), M.I. Muravyov-Apostol (1793-1863), revolutionary A. N. Pleshcheev (1825-1893), historical writers and philosophers I. I. Lazhechnikov (1790-1869), A. F. Pisemsky (1821-1881), S. M. Solovyov (1820-1879), General A. A. Brusilov (1853-1926).

Here lie the ashes of writers N.V. Gogol, S.T. Aksakov, V.A. Gilyarovsky, A. P. Chekhov, A. N. Tolstoy, I. A. Ilf, M. A. Bulgakov, S. Ya. Marshak, V. M. Shukshin, poets D. V. Venevitinov and V. V. Mayakovsky , artist I. I. Levitan, creators of modern Russian theater K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko, actors L. P. Orlov, M. N. Ermolova and V. P. Maretskaya, directors W. B. Vakhtangov, S.M. Eisenstein and V.I. Pudovkin, composers A.N. Scriabin, I.O. Dunaevsky, S.S. Prokofiev and D.D. Shostakovich, singers F.I. Chaliapin and L.V. Sobinov, scientists S.I. Vavilov, I.M. Sechenov, P.P. Kashchenko and V.I. Vernadsky, architects A.V. Shchusev and V.I. Mukhina.

On the new and “newest” territory of the Novodevichy Pantheon the first president of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, N. S. Khrushchev, aircraft designers S. V. Ilyushin and A. N. Tupolev, pilot A. Maresyev, cosmonauts G. Beregovoy and G. are buried. Titov, writers I. G. Erenburg, A. T. Tvardovsky, N. A. Zabolotsky, S. V. Mikhalkov, Yu. Nagibin and Yu. S. Semenov, directors I. A. Pyryev, M. I. Romm, S. Gerasimov, S. Bondarchuk, singers A. N. Vertinsky, L. Utesov, L. G. Zykina, L. A. Ruslanova, M. N. Bernes, K. Shulzhenko, composers O. B. Feltsman, S. T. Richter, M. L. Rostropovich, G. Sviridov, D. Kabalevsky, A. Schnittke, N. Bogoslovsky, J. Frenkel, ballerina G. S. Ulanova, artists Emil and Igor Kio, Yu. V Nikulin, Yu. V. Yakovlev, R. Plyatt, E. Leonov, A. Papanov, I. Ilyinsky, R. Bykov, N. Kryuchkov, I. Smoktunovsky, E. Matveev, E. Evstigneev, M. Ulyanov, O . Yankovsky, announcer Yu. Levitan

Since 1922, the Novodevichy Convent has been turned into an open-air museum, although in the 30s more than two thousand burials were destroyed in its necropolis. In 2007, burials in the cemetery were officially stopped after the funeral of M. Rostropovich. Today the cemetery is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.