Vagankovo Cemetery

Vagankovo Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Presnensky District, Russia. It was established in 1771. It holds cultural heritage site in Russia status. Wikidata records 592 notable interments here, including Vladimir Vysotsky, Sergei Yesenin, Lev Yashin.

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Notable interments

592 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 592, or take the JSON record.

• Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980), actor, screenwriter, writer
• Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925), poet
• Lev Yashin (1929–1990), goalkeeper, association football player, athlete
• Vladimir Dal (1801–1872), writer, military personnel, physician
• Bulat Okudzhava (1924–1997), singer, poet, singer-songwriter
• Vasily Surikov (1848–1916), painter
• Valeri Polyakov (1942–2022), astronaut, physician
• Valentin Ivanov (1934–2011), association football coach, association football player
• Vasily Aksyonov (1932–2009), screenwriter, writer, physician
• Vladimir Markovnikov (1838–1904), chemist
• Alexei Savrasov (1830–1897), painter, visual artist
• Andrei Mironov (1941–1987), actor, screenwriter, television presenter
• Sergei Belov (1944–2013), basketball coach, basketball player
• Vladislav Listyev (1956–1995), screenwriter, television presenter, television producer
• Igor Netto (1930–1999), association football coach, association football player, ice hockey player
• Kliment Timiryazev (1843–1920), inventor, physiologist, botanist
• Grigori Chukhrai (1921–2001), screenwriter, lecturer, public figure
• Eduard Streltsov (1937–1990), engineer, association football player
• Aleksandr Abdulov (1953–2008), screenwriter, actor, singer
• Lyubov Popova (1889–1924), illustrator, artist, painter
• Nikita Simonyan (1926–2025), association football coach, association football player, association football executive
• Salo Flohr (1908–1983), writer, Grandmaster, journalist
• Galina Prozumenshchikova (1948–2015), journalist, swimmer
• Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776–1857), painter, draftsperson
• Viktor Tikhonov (1930–2014), coach, ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

Common questions

Where is Vagankovo Cemetery?

Vagankovo Cemetery is in Presnensky District, Russia, at coordinates 55.7681, 37.5483.

When was Vagankovo Cemetery established?

Vagankovo Cemetery was established in 1771, according to Wikidata.

Who is buried at Vagankovo Cemetery?

Wikidata documents 592 notable interments at Vagankovo Cemetery, including Vladimir Vysotsky, Sergei Yesenin, Lev Yashin, Vladimir Dal, Bulat Okudzhava.

Records and sources

• Wikidata: Q281859 (CC0, the source for the facts on this page)
• Wikipedia article
• Burial records on Find a Grave (external, not affiliated)
• OpenStreetMap relation/5394306