Sights of Moscow: Vostryakovskoe Cemetery

In Moscow, there are many interesting places that can be considered as attractions not less than the alleys of the old Arbat or Red Square. For example, cemeteries. For a long time already from objects of ritual burials they have turned to islands of culture and history. One of them is located in the Western District, the administrative center is on Ozernaya Street, along the Borovskoye Highway.

History

Those who know Moscow well, probably guessed that we are talking about Vostryakovskoe cemetery. He has his own, special, if I may say so, biography. Once near Moscow was the village of Vostryakovo. Gradually it became a suburb, and then it entered the city limits. Vostryakovskoe cemetery itself began to function in the early 1930s. In the 60's it was already attributed to the city's Moscow administration. Naturally, the boundaries of the necropolis had to be expanded. He reached the Moscow Ring Road. The burial grounds are divided into two large sections: Central (large) and Northern (smaller).

The current Vostryakovskoe cemetery adjoins the places where the now liquidated Drahomilovskoye stood next, the second name to which is the Jewish one. Most of the reburial occurred at Vostryakovskii site. Since then, the necropolis is considered Jewish. After all, it was there that the chief rabbi of Moscow at the end of the 19th and the first quarter of the 20th century, J. I. Maze, found his last refuge. And not only he! A large number of really legendary personalities sheltered Vostryakovskoe cemetery. For example, very few people know that the famous Ostap Ibrahim Bender, the protagonist of the "12 chairs" and the "Golden Calf", had a real prototype - Osip Benjaminovich Shore. He too is buried here.

Legends of the past

If you walk along the alleys of the necropolis, read the inscriptions on the monuments, then you will face the biography of the country, its ups and downs. Vostryakovskoe cemetery in Moscow is the very place where the grave of the great academician Sakharov and his wife, an associate doctor, human rights activist and a fighter for human freedom and dignity is located.

A brutal grave with 1200 remains of Soviet soldiers and officers who died from wounds in Moscow hospitals became a harsh and brave memory of the Great Patriotic War. To the monument established in their honor, people carry flowers and wreaths. Immediately buried 32 heroes of the Soviet Union, who also won us the Victory, and the Full Chevalier of the Order of Glory.

Wolf Messing and Yuri Longo, the famous female lawyer Kallistratova and intelligence officer Sizov, who brought enormous benefits to the country by his agent activities, - thanks to these people know far beyond the boundaries of Moscow Vostryakovskoe cemetery. Its monuments - solemn, mournful, strict in its sad beauty, attract the eyes of visitors, causing respect and appreciation to those who are under them. And this is not only the heroes of the war, but also of Soviet sport. Honored masters of hockey and football, chess and weightlifting, champions of the world and olympiads are those who with their hard work have won the prestige of the USSR on the world stage.

And, of course, we can not say about actors, singers, stage masters, bards, writers and poets - the cultural elite of society. They, too, lie a lot under the coffin plates of Vostryakov. Brilliant names and surnames, brilliant, sometimes tragic destinies. And in general - the great story of a great country.

Modern services

The cemetery is still functioning. It carries out burials for family sites and solitary. In the temple and the House of Ritual Services located on the territory of the necropolis, funerals and other services are held. The list of administration and personnel services includes the manufacture and installation of tombstones, monuments, fences, the development of sketches, artwork, the production of tablets with inscriptions and much more.