Vagankovo Cemetery
Vagankovo Cemetery (Russian: Ваганьковское кладбище, romanized: Vagan'kovskoye kladbishche) is located in the Presnensky District of Moscow, Russia. It was established in 1771, in the aftermath of the Moscow plague riot caused by an outbreak of bubonic plague in the country, outside the city proper so as to prevent the contagion from spreading. Half a million people are estimated to have been buried at Vagankovo throughout its history. As of 2010, the existing cemetery contains more than 100,000 graves. The vast necropolis contains the mass graves from the Battle of Borodino, the Battle of Moscow, and the Khodynka Tragedy. It is the burial site for a number of people from the artistic and sports community of Russia and the old Soviet Union. American political scientist William Taubman wrote that, during the Great Purge, "alcohol-soused guards would execute weeping prisoners" after they had dug their graves in the cemetery.The cemetery is served by several Orthodox churches constructed between 1819 and 1823 in the Muscovite version of the Empire style.
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Звенигородское шоссе, Moscow Presnensky District
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Звенигородское шоссе
123100 Moscow, Presnensky District
Moscow, Russia
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