Old Donskoy Cemetery

Old Donskoy Cemetery is a cemetery in , , , . Old Donskoy Cemetery is situated nearby to the church , as well as near .
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  • Type: Cemetery
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Also known as: “Cemetery in Donskoy Monastery”, “Donskoye Cemetery”, and “The Old Donskoye Cemetery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Donskoy Monastery and New Donskoye Cemetery.

Monastery
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is a major monastery in , founded in 1591 in commemoration of Moscow's deliverance from the threat of an invasion by the Crimean Khan Kazy-Girey.

Cemetery
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The New Donskoy Cemetery is a 20th-century necropolis sprawling to the south from the in the south-west of Central , Russia. It has been closed for new burials since the 1980s. is situated 220 metres south of Old Donskoy Cemetery.

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is situated 520 metres south of Old Donskoy Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gagarinsky District and Khamovniki District.

Suburb
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, Moscow is an administrative district of , and one of the 125 raions of , . The area of the district is 5.50 square kilometers. Population - 72,072. Established in 1995.

Suburb
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is a district of of the federal city of , . Population: 102,730 ; 97,110 . The district extends from Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge into the Luzhniki bend of Moskva River; northern boundary with follows Znamenka Street, Gogolevsky Boulevard, Sivtsev Vrazhek and Borodinsky Bridge. is situated 2½ km northwest of Old Donskoy Cemetery.

Suburb
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, Moscow is an administrative district of , and one of the 125 raions of , . The area of the district is 12.60 square kilometers. is situated 2½ km east of Old Donskoy Cemetery.

Old Donskoy Cemetery

Latitude
55.71411° or 55° 42′ 51″ north
Longitude
37.60305° or 37° 36′ 11″ east
Open location code
9G7VPJ73+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 127173299
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q18428537
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Old Donskoy Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Donskoy monastrının nekropolu”
  • Catalan: “cementiri del monestir de Donskoi”
  • Czech: “hřbitov Donského kláštera”
  • Czech: “hřbitov Donského monastýru”
  • Czech: “Starý Donský hřbitov”
  • French: “nécropole du monastère Donskoï”
  • French: “Nécropole du monastère Donskoï”
  • German: “Alter Donskoi-Friedhof”
  • Hebrew: “בית הקברות של מנזר דונסקוי”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “nekropol i Domskoj Kloster”
  • Polish: “Cmentarz Doński”
  • Polish: “Stary Cmentarz Doński”
  • Russian: “Донское кладбище”
  • Russian: “Некрополь Донского монастыря”
  • Russian: “Старое Донское кладбище”
  • Slovenian: “pokopališče v Donskem samostanu”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio del monasterio de Donskoy”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio del monasterio Donskói”
  • Swedish: “Donskoj klosters kyrkogård”
  • Ukrainian: “Старий Донський цвинтар”

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