Tikhvin Cemetery (Necropolis of Masters of Arts)

Saint Petersburg · Russia

Tikhvin Cemetery (Necropolis of Masters of Arts), Russia
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Part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, this cemetery reorganised in the Soviet era gathers the tombs of composers and writers including Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky. Elaborate 19th-century monuments make it an outdoor gallery of funerary sculpture.

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