Kuntsevo Cemetery

Kuntsevo Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Mozhaysky District, Russia. It was established in 1700, covering 12.9 hectares. It holds cultural heritage site in Russia status. Wikidata records 282 notable interments here, including Georgy Malenkov, Leonid Gaidai, Varlam Shalamov.

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

282 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 282, or take the JSON record.

Of Kuntsevo Cemetery's 282 documented notable interments, recorded occupations include politician (14%), writer (8%), military personnel (7%), actor (7%), film director (7%).

• Georgy Malenkov (1902–1988), politician
• Leonid Gaidai (1923–1993), director, film director, actor
• Varlam Shalamov (1907–1982), prose writer, journalist, poet
• Trofim Lysenko (1898–1976), agricultural biologist, geneticist, botanist
• Viktor Shklovsky (1893–1984), literary scholar, film screenwriter, literary historian
• Kim Philby (1912–1988), spy, intelligence officer, opinion journalist
• Valeri Kharlamov (1948–1981), ice hockey player
• Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899–1980), memoirist, linguist, lecturer
• Ramón Mercader (1913–1978), communist, assassin, spy
• Leon Theremin (1896–1993), cellist, musician, inventor
• Venedikt Yerofeyev (1938–1990), writer
• Larisa Shepitko (1938–1979), director, film director, screenwriter
• Nonna Mordyukova (1925–2008), actor
• Anatoly Rybakov (1911–1998), film screenwriter, writer
• Vsevolod Bobrov (1922–1979), bandy player, ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
• Yevgeny Khaldei (1916–1997), war photographer, journalist, photojournalist
• Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903–1979), non-fiction writer, philosopher, academic
• Alexander Kotov (1913–1981), non-fiction writer, chess player
• Alexander Kaidanovsky (1946–1995), dub actor, film director, director
• Aleksei Arbuzov (1908–1986), director, playwright, dramaturge
• Evgeny Lifshitz (1915–1985), non-fiction writer, theoretical physicist, university teacher
• Evgeny Lifshitz (1915–1985), non-fiction writer, theoretical physicist, university teacher
• Dmitri Ivanenko (1904–1994), theoretical physicist, nuclear physicist, physicist
• Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976), science fiction writer, children's writer, director
• Nikolai Gubenko (1941–2020), dub actor, theatre director, director

Common questions

Where is Kuntsevo Cemetery?

Kuntsevo Cemetery is in Mozhaysky District, Russia, at coordinates 55.7072, 37.4201.

When was Kuntsevo Cemetery established?

Kuntsevo Cemetery was established in 1700, according to Wikidata.

Who is buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery?

Wikidata documents 282 notable interments at Kuntsevo Cemetery, including Georgy Malenkov, Leonid Gaidai, Varlam Shalamov, Trofim Lysenko, Viktor Shklovsky.

Records and sources

• Wikidata: Q1514332 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
• Wikipedia article
• Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)

Related terms

Heritage StatusNotable intermentInterment

Resting Places. "Kuntsevo Cemetery, Mozhaysky District, Russia." restingplaces.site. Wikidata source record: Q1514332. https://restingplaces.site/cemeteries/kuntsevo-cemetery/

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