Russia
Urals
Sverdlovsk Oblast

Monastery in honor of the Holy Royal Martyrs (Ganina Yama)

Ganina Yama was a 6 ft deep pit in the Four Brothers mine near the village of Koptyaki, 15 km north from . In the pre-dawn hours of 17 July 1918, after the murder of the Romanov family, the bodies of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were secretly transported to Ganina Yama and thrown into the pit.
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Russian Orthodox
  • Description: mine
  • Also known as: “Ganina Yama”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shuvakish and Гать.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of Monastery in honor of the Holy Royal Martyrs (Ganina Yama).

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km west of Monastery in honor of the Holy Royal Martyrs (Ganina Yama).

Town
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is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of in , , located on the shore of Iset Lake, at the head of the Iset River, 25 kilometers north of . is situated 6 km north of Monastery in honor of the Holy Royal Martyrs (Ganina Yama).

Monastery in honor of the Holy Royal Martyrs (Ganina Yama)

Latitude
56.94184° or 56° 56′ 31″ north
Longitude
60.47342° or 60° 28′ 24″ east
Open location code
9J82WFRF+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 40264460
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­religious
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­russian_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q126847
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Monastery in honor of the Holy Royal Martyrs (Ganina Yama)” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “加尼納坑”
  • Chinese: “加尼纳坑”
  • Czech: “Ganina jama”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van de heilige koninklijke lijdendulders”
  • French: “Ganina Jama”
  • German: “Ganina Jama”
  • German: “Kloster zu Ehren der Heiligen Königlichen Märtyrer (Ganina Jama)”
  • Italian: “Ganina Jama”
  • Japanese: “ガニナ・ヤマ”
  • Portuguese: “Ganina Iama”
  • Portuguese: “Ganina Yama”
  • Russian: “Ганина Яма”
  • Russian: “Место захоронения расстрелянной царской семьи”
  • Russian: “Монастырь в честь Святых Царственных Страстотерпцев (Ганина яма)”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Святых Царственных Страстотерпцев”
  • Spanish: “Ganina Yama”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monastery in honor of the Holy Royal Martyrs (Ganina Yama)”. Photo: Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0.