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The Kazanskoye Cemetery
The Kazanskoye Cemetery
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The Kazanskoye Cemetery is a historic and cultural heritage site. It was established by order of Catherine the second in 1784. The Church of Our Lady of Kazan in the Kazanskoye Cemetery was designed by architect G. Quarenghi. It was consecrated in 1790. In 1809, Sophia Town and Tsarskoye Selo were integrated and the cemetery became the municipal cemetery. There is a rotunda shaped tomb containing 27 funeral niches under the church. Commander of Life-Guards Hussar Regiment N.F. Plautin and the Chief Officer of the Tsarskoselsky Palace Administration Leontyev were buried here. Veterans of the War of 1812 and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 were buried here.
