There are ancient cemeteries in many large cities of our country. Most often, these are memorial territories where mass graves have not been carried out for a long time. And it is only in rare cases that the places in which people are buried for more than a century remain fully operational. This category includes the Sea Cemetery in Vladivostok. It is one of the oldest in the city, it is also buried today.
Historical reference
The official date of the founding of the cemetery in Pervomaisky district of Vladivostok is 1905. It was called when it was discovered by the Bratsk Sea Cemetery, at first it was buried by sailors and servicemen killed in battles. At that time the whole territory was divided into two sections: garrison and naval, and it was very easy to find the required burial. According to some reports, the first graves in place of the modern Marine cemetery appeared in 1902. At that time, on a new "unprestige" cemetery ground, employees of lower ranks were buried, as well as officers who died as a result of accidents and suicides. Adjustments to the development was made by the Russo-Japanese War, at which time the first mass graves and memorial burials appeared on the Sea.
Temple in the Sea Cemetery
Three years after the official opening of the cemetery, the "Temple-monument to the sailors, on the sea drowned and killed" was erected. The author of the project was engineer Andrey Isanov. Archbishop Eusebius consecrated the church in the name of the icon of the icon of the Mother of God "All the Sorrowful Joys". The sea cemetery was originally organized as a military cemetery, but already in 1912 it was officially allowed to carry out civil graves. Very soon a female monastic community of Odigitria Smolenskaya was organized at the temple. The sisters lived right on the cemetery territory, in a specially built house, looked after the graves and sang the burial service of the deceased. In 1928, the Marine Cemetery was transferred to the municipal department of municipal services. At the same time, the monastic community was disbanded, the temple building and the community house were used for some time for household needs.
List of famous burials and historical monuments
During the construction of the temple near him, a memorial site was organized for the most honorable burial places. Here, the ashes of the lower ranks of the legendary cruiser Varyag, brought from Korea, were reburied. Nearby are the mass graves of the sailors of the ships "Tiksi", "Bolsheretsk", "Tavrichanka". The marine cemetery boasts a large number of ancient tombstones and sculptures that are interesting from an artistic point of view. A gravestone made in the form of a mast fragment installed at the burial place of Yevgeny Panko-Maksimovich is striking. During the Soviet years, people of culture, science and party workers were buried with the greatest honor. On the Sea Cemetery lie such famous people as VK Arsenyev (traveler), AI Shchetinina (entered the world history as the first woman - the captain of the long voyage), MV Gotsky (polar captain), A. V Teleshov (artist), GG Khaliletsky (writer). A separate historical site is the burial place of Czechoslovak legionaries.
Naval cemetery (Vladivostok) these days
Vladivostok is a large city, where today there are two cemeteries open for burial. All the others are memorial. One of the existing - Sea Cemetery, whose territory is about 80 hectares. For convenience, division into plots is used, and each grave has its own number. However, there are rumors that the numbering is not quite right and it is very difficult to find a burial. But despite some confusion, the cemetery is quite well-maintained. Here it is always clean, the paths are cleared, the garbage is removed and taken out. In 2002, a crematorium was opened in the Sea Cemetery. Together with him appeared columbarium. Also in the cemetery territory you can rent tools for upgrading graves, order the production of monuments and fences.
Address and mode of operation
The exact address of the Sea Cemetery: city of Vladivostok, Patroclus street, possession 6. The territory is open from 9.00 to 17.00. In the summer time you can come to the graves of relatives and close people in the evening, until 19.00. Among the residents of Vladivostok, the question is popular: how to get to the Sea Cemetery on public transport? There are no stops near the central entrance to its territory. It is possible to get to the Monument to Miners on one of the bus routes: 4, 5, 8, 27, 62, 63. Further it is necessary to walk along Miner Street about 1 kilometer. Other nearby stops are "Turn", "Veterans Hospital", "Chasovitina, 7". In days of great church holidays and funeral days, an additional bus goes to the Sea Cemetery, its number is 31k. This route makes a stop near the central entrance to the cemetery territory.