Novodevichy Cemetery is the most famous cemetery in Russia

The Novodevichy cemetery was inaugurated in 1898. The total area of the cemetery is 7.5 hectares. In the Soviet era burial in the Novodevichy Cemetery was second in prestige only to burial in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Among the Soviet leaders, only Nikita Khrushchev was buried at the Novodevichy rather than at the Red Square. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Kremlin Wall is no longer used for burials and the Novodevichy Cemetery is used for only the most symbolically significant burials. For example, in April 2007, within one week both the first President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and world-renowned cellist Mstislav Rostropovich were buried there. Today, the cemetery holds the tombs of Russian authors, musicians, playwrights, and poets, as well as famous actors, political leaders, and scientists. More than 27 thousand are buried at Novodevichy Cemetery. There is scant space for more burials. My gear: Sony Action Cam FDR-X3000 - https://goo.gl/nxdeii Sony SLT-A65V - https://goo.gl/Vobzyn Sigma 18-250mm F3.5-6.3 DC MACRO HSM - https://goo.gl/9zx8Vy