One of the cemeteries of the Central Administrative District of Moscow and one of the most famous cemeteries of the capital is called Kalitnikovsky. What is famous for it and what are its features, will be discussed below.
State Unitary Enterprise "Ritual"manages most of the capital places intended for burials. Kalitnikovskoye cemetery is no exception. It was discovered in 1771 during a plague epidemic. At the same time, the Rogozhskoe, Vagankovskoe, Danilovskoye and Vvedenskoye cemeteries opened in Moscow. They all owe their appearance to this terrible disease, which claimed many lives in the capital. However, at that time the area where the Kalitnikovskoye cemetery is located today was not, in fact, Moscow, that is, a city territory. Then there was located the village Kalitniki. It was by his name that the cemetery was named.
Once on its territory was beautifulwooden church. But it so happened that it was completely destroyed by the fire of a sudden outbreak of fire. In its place in 1838 another Orthodox church was erected. This time the church was laid out of stone, and it still exists. The throne was consecrated in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow."
The project of this facility has developed and preparedarchitect N. I. Kozlovsky. Then, at the end of the 19th century, the church was rebuilt, its interior decoration was modified. The interior and decor of the church was re-executed in accordance with the project of architect I. T. Baryutin in the 1890s. Among other things, the sacristy and the iconostasis were altered.
До того как случилась революция 1917 года Kalitnikovskoe cemetery served as a resting place mainly for peasants from nearby villages. Also, traders and entrepreneurs who came out of the peasant class were often buried there. However, with the advent of Soviet power in the Kalitnikovskoye cemetery, they often began to bury representatives of the Moscow intelligentsia. Among them were both scholars and artists, artists and artists.
There are a lot of buried Orthodox priests and monks in this cemetery. Some of them should be discussed separately.
First, behind the altar of the Church of the Sorrow, inThe family burial complex houses the grave of the notorious ideologue of the Renovation Orthodox Church in the USSR, Metropolitan Alexander Vvedensky. He died in 1946 of paralysis and was buried here near his mother Zinaida Savvichna. In 1963, Olga Fedorovna Vvedenskaya, the spouse of the First Hierarch, was buried here. And in the 1980s, the last two sons of the metropolitan found their last refuge near the grave of their father.
Secondly, it enjoys great veneration here.the grave of one of the nuns. Believers call her the blessed old lady Olga. In life, this woman was a schema-monk and differed in a peculiar way of life. Today, her admirers are gathering at the Kalitnikovsky cemetery to honor the memory of their patroness and pray. Olga died at the age of 103.
As for the size, today Kalitnikovskoethe cemetery covers an area of 19 hectares of land, divided into two parts by a ravine. Both halves of the cemetery complex are divided into thirty sections. Some of them are still being buried. In particular, there are territories set aside for family and family burials. They are located to the left of the main entrance deep in the cemetery. In addition, an open columbarium is currently functioning on the territory of the burial complex, intended for the burial of ashes in an urn. If for some reason there is no desire to use columbarium, the urn can be buried in the ground. At the Kalitnikovsky cemetery, this service is provided.
If, having entered the territory of the Kalitnikovsky cemetery, to turn right, you can reach the memorial dedicated to the soldiers who fell during the battles in the Great Patriotic War.
In order to allow visitors to take care of the graves, equipment rental is available at the cemetery. This allows you not to carry bulky tools with you around the city from home.
Many people coming to Moscow want to visitKalitnikovsky burial complex. This is not surprising, considering how many honored figures rest there. A natural question arises for those who intend to visit the Kalitnikovskoye cemetery - how to get to this place? Since the cemetery is today in the city, it is very easy to do. In the immediate vicinity of the cemetery, there are as many as three metro stations: Volgogradsky Prospekt, Krestyanskaya Zastava and Proletarskaya. From any of them to the cemetery can be reached on foot.
You can visit the burial complex in Kalitnikidaily from 9:00 am It closes depending on the season: from October to April at - 17:00, and from May to September at - 19:00. Burials are performed daily from the opening until 17:00 throughout the year.
