Armenian Cemetery (Moscow)
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The Armenian Cemetery of Moscow is an Armenia
n historical cemetery in the city of Moscow
, Russia
, located in the Krasnaya Presnya (Красная Пресня) district, not far from Vagankovo Cemetery
. It is established in 1804, by the initiative of Minas Lazarev, the leader of Moscow Armenian community, who also iniciated the construction of Surb Harutyun Armenian church (1808–1815). The Lazarev Family crypt is located under the church. The cemetery and the church are under the state protection. Among the state-protected monuments are the obelisk on A.A. Loris-Melikov's tomb (1844), tombs of Ananov's, constructed by medieval Armenian canons, khachkar
on D.S. Melik-Beglyarov's tomb (1913), N.L. Tarasov's tomb, a modernist style work by sculptor Nikolai Andreev.
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n historical cemetery in the city of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located in the Krasnaya Presnya (Красная Пресня) district, not far from Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagan'kovskoye Cemetery , established in 1771, is located in the Krasnaya Presnya district of Moscow...
. It is established in 1804, by the initiative of Minas Lazarev, the leader of Moscow Armenian community, who also iniciated the construction of Surb Harutyun Armenian church (1808–1815). The Lazarev Family crypt is located under the church. The cemetery and the church are under the state protection. Among the state-protected monuments are the obelisk on A.A. Loris-Melikov's tomb (1844), tombs of Ananov's, constructed by medieval Armenian canons, khachkar
Khachkar
A khachkar or khatchkar is a carved, cross-bearing, memorial stele covered with rosettes and other botanical motifs. Khachkars are characteristic of Medieval Christian Armenian art found in Armenia.-Description:...
on D.S. Melik-Beglyarov's tomb (1913), N.L. Tarasov's tomb, a modernist style work by sculptor Nikolai Andreev.
Burials at Armenian Cemetery of Moscow
- Stepanos NazarianStepanos NazarianStepanos Nazarian May 1812, Tiflis - 27 April 1879, Moscow) was a prominent Armenian publisher, enlightener, historian of literature and orientalist....
, Armenian publisher, historian of literature and orientalist. - Kerope PatkanovKerope PatkanovKerope Petrovich Patkanov was an Armenian scientist-orientalist, professor of Saint Petersburg University; in 1863 he obtained the master degree for his eastern literature study ; in 1864 he obtained the doctor degree in literature for "The Study of the Composition in the Armenian language".-...
, Armenian scientist-orientalist - Smbat ShahazizSmbat ShahazizSmbat Shahaziz was an Armenian educator, poet and publicist.-Biography:Born in a family of a priest, he was the youngest of six brothers. He was home schooled until the age 10, and then sent to Lazarian College in Moscow...
, Armenian poet and publicist - Ivan Davidovich Lazarev, Russian general
- Tigran PetrosianTigran PetrosianTigran Vartanovich Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his playing style because of his almost impenetrable defence, which emphasised safety above all else...
, World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969 - Mikael TariverdievMikael TariverdievMikael Tariverdiev |Georgia]] - 24 June 1996, Sochi, Russia) was a prominent Soviet composer of Armenian descent. He headed the Composers' Guild of Soviet Cinematographers' Union from its inception.-Biography:...
, composer - Nadezhda RumyantsevaNadezhda RumyantsevaNadezhda Vasilyevna Rumyantseva was a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actress. Best known as Tosya Kislitsina in 1961 film Devchata and voicing a lot of Soviet cartoons.-Filmography:* Devchata * Tough nut...
, Soviet Russian theatrical and cinema actress - Sergey AslamazianSergey AslamazianSergei Zakharovich Aslamazyan, also Aslamazian was a Soviet Armenian cellist, composer, People's Artist of Armenian SSR , awarded the Stalin Prize . He was a co-founder and a member of Komitas Quartet from 1925 to 1968. He was the author of quartet versions of Komitas works...
, Soviet Armenian cellist - Pavel LisitsianPavel LisitsianPavel Gerasimovich Lisitsian was a Soviet baritone opera singer who performed in the Bolshoi Opera, Moscow from 1940 until his retirement from stage in 1966....
, opera singer - Hamo BeknazarianHamo BeknazarianHamo Beknazarian , also known as Hamo Bek Nazarov or Amo Bek-Nazarian, was an Armenian and Soviet film director.-Biography:...
, film director - Zara DolukhanovaZara DolukhanovaZara Dolukhanova was an Armenian mezzo-soprano who achieved fame performing on many lauded radio broadcasts of operas and works from the concert repertoire during the 1940s through the 1960s...
, opera singer - Vasily YanVasily YanVasily Yan. - Russian Soviet writer. Also spelled "Vassily Yan" or just "V...
, Soviet writer - Andrei PlatonovAndrei PlatonovAndrei Platonov was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov , a Soviet author whose works anticipate existentialism. Although Platonov was a Communist, his works were banned in his own lifetime for their skeptical attitude toward collectivization and other Stalinist policies...
, Russian writer - Marietta ShaginyanMarietta ShaginyanMarietta Sergeevna Shaginian was a Soviet writer and public activist. She was one of the outstanding communist female-authors with broad philosophical and social views....
, Soviet writer and public activist - Alexey DushkinAlexey DushkinAlexey Nikolayevich Dushkin was a Soviet architect, best known for his 1930s designs of Kropotkinskaya and Mayakovskaya stations of Moscow Metro...
, Soviet architect - Ashot Manucharov, leader of KarabakhKarabakhThe Karabakh horse , also known as Karabakh, is a mountain-steppe racing and riding horse. It is named after the geographic region where the horse was originally developed, Karabakh in the Southern Caucasus, an area that is de jure part of Azerbaijan but the highland part of which is currently...
movement - Koryun NahapetyanKoryun NahapetyanKoryun Nahapetyan was an Armenian-Russian painter-nonconformist, sociologist, philosopher and public activist, a participant of the Bulldozer Exhibition. He was a member of UNESCO International Federation of Painters....
, painter-nonconformist and public activist
Books
- (in Russian) Памятники архитектуры Москвы. Окрестности старой Москвы (северо-западная и северная часть территории). М., "Искусство XXI век", 2004, ISBN 5-98051-011-7, с. 71