NOVODEVICHY CEMETERY INTRODUCTION PART II

The charming Novodevichy Cemetery, located outside the convent, is full of interesting sculptures. Here famous Russian figures are laid to rest, including great writers such as Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol and Mikhail Bulgakov, and musicians such as Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich.

There are also important political figures such as Nikita Kruschev, former president Boris Yeltsin and Raisa Gorbachev.

Curiosity: you should know that almost 27,000 people are buried in the cemetery, which is why a map is displayed at its entrance to facilitate the search for famous people, unfortunately written only in Russian.