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Novodevichy Cemetery
Moscow's most prestigious resting places - a veritable who's who of Russian politics and
culture. Here you will find the tombs of Rostrovpovich, Bulgakov, Chekhov, Gogol,
Mayakovsky, Prokofiev, Stanislavsky and Eisenstein, among many other Russian and Soviet
cultural notables.
In Soviet times Novodevichy Cemetery was used for eminent people the authorities
judged unsuitable for the Kremlin wall, most notably Khrushchev. The intertwined white-
and-black blocks around his bust were intended by sculptor Ernst Neizvestny to represent
Khrushchev's good and bad sides.
The tombstone of Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Stalin's second wife, is covered by unbreakable
glass to prevent vandalism. The grave of former president Boris Yeltsin, who died in 2007,
is marked by an enormous sculpture of a Russian flag, rippling in the wind.
DON'T MISS…
Smolensk Cathedral frescoes and icons
The 72m bell tower
Graves of Nikita Khrushchev and Boris Yeltsin
PRACTICALITIES
adult/child R300/100
8am-8pm, museums 9am-5pm
Sportivnaya
