Donskoye Cemetery

Donskoye Cemetery is a cemetery in Donskoy District, Russia. It was established in 1910. Wikidata records 390 notable interments here, including Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Lavrentiy Beria, Lavrentiy Beria.

At a glance

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Opening hours

• Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Source: Google Places. Last checked 2026-07-23. Hours can change, confirm with the cemetery before visiting.

Notable interments

390 notable figures are documented here in Wikidata, each with a Wikipedia article and recorded burial place. The 25 most widely covered are listed below. Browse all 390, or take the JSON record.

Of Donskoye Cemetery's 390 documented notable interments, recorded occupations include politician (24%), military personnel (9%), journalist (7%), writer (6%), poet (5%).

• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008), short story writer, militant, opinion journalist
• Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), politician, military personnel
• Lavrentiy Beria (1899–1953), politician, military personnel
• Isaak Babel (1894–1940), prose writer, short story writer, film director
• Grigory Zinoviev (1883–1936), revolutionary, politician, actor
• Anton Denikin (1872–1947), military officer, lieutenant general, politician
• Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940), politician, military personnel
• Nikolai Yezhov (1895–1940), politician, military personnel
• El Lissitzky (1890–1941), draftsperson, visual artist, designer
• Faina Ranevskaya (1896–1984), film actor, stage actor, actor
• Vasily Perov (1834–1882), painter
• Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874–1940), theatre director, theatrologist, director
• Vasily Klyuchevsky (1841–1911), university teacher, historian
• Alexander Rodchenko (1891–1956), ceramics designer, draftsperson, collagist
• Rudolf Abel (1903–1971), radio technician, spy, intelligence agent
• Nikolay Zhukovsky (1847–1921), aerospace engineer, military flight engineer, inventor
• Alexander Ilyich Yegorov (1883–1939), military commander, soldier, military officer
• Tikhon of Moscow (1865–1925), patriarch
• Yury Lyubimov (1917–2014), opera director, film actor, director
• Valeriya Novodvorskaya (1950–2014), political activist, opinion journalist, journalist
• Pyotr Chaadayev (1794–1856), philosopher, politician
• Tatyana Lioznova (1924–2011), drama teacher, film director, theatre director
• Alexander Sumarokov (1717–1777), satirist, literary critic, librettist
• Oleg Penkovsky (1919–1963), spy, military personnel
• Vasili Blokhin (1895–1955), executioner, military personnel

Common questions

Where is Donskoye Cemetery?

Donskoye Cemetery is in Donskoy District, Russia, at coordinates 55.7121, 37.6023.

When was Donskoye Cemetery established?

Donskoye Cemetery was established in 1910, according to Wikidata.

Who is buried at Donskoye Cemetery?

Wikidata documents 390 notable interments at Donskoye Cemetery, including Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Lavrentiy Beria, Lavrentiy Beria, Isaak Babel, Grigory Zinoviev.

Records and sources

• Wikidata: Q1242128 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
• Wikipedia article
• Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)

Related terms

Notable intermentInterment

Resting Places. "Donskoye Cemetery, Donskoy District, Russia." restingplaces.site. Wikidata source record: Q1242128. https://restingplaces.site/cemeteries/donskoye-cemetery/

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