Novodevichy necropolis

There are many unique and interesting places in Moscow where every curious person should visit. One of these places is located on the banks of the Moscow River and is the Novodevichy Monastery and the adjacent necropolis. On our tour we will visit the most famous necropolis, where many outstanding people of Russia and not only found their peace. Walking along neat alleys, you can kind of scroll through the history of our country. After all, many outstanding people who left a noticeable mark in various fields are buried here: politicians, military, cultural and scientific figures.

Here lie Nikolai Gogol, Konstantin Stanislavsky, Anton Chekhov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Alexander Vertinsky, Vasily Shukshin, Lyubov Orlova, Stalin's wife Nadezhda Alliluyev, Nikita Khrushchev, Arkady Raikin, Yuri Nikulin, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Lev Landau and others. But the Novodevichy necropolis is not only a burial place, it is also a real museum of memorial sculpture in the open air. Over the monuments worked such famous masters of their craft as N. Andreev, S. Konenkov, S. Merkurov, M. Anikushin, V. Mukhina and many others.