Khovanskoye Cemetery

Khovanskoye Cemetery

Khovanskoye Cemetery ( _ru. Хованское кладбище), also known as Nikolo-Khovanskoye Cemetery (Николо-Хованское кладбище), is a large and expanding cemetery servicing Moscow, Russia. It is located in the Leninsky District, Moscow Oblast, beyond the Moscow Ring Road, at the 21st kilometre mark of the Kiev Highway by the Mosrentgen and Nikolo-Khovanskoye settlements. [ [http://www.prof-ritual.ru/index.php?name=Pages&op=view&id=160 Хованское кладбище (Николо Хованское кладбище) | Кладбища Москвы закрытые... | Документация | Профсоюз работников ритуальных услуг ] ]

Khovanskoye Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Europe, covering more than 197 ha (21,226,431 sq. ft.) [ [http://www.mosritual.ru/mesta-zahoronenija/hovanskoe-kladbische/ Хованское кладбище | ГУП РИТУАЛ ] ] It is divided into three smaller parts: Khovanskoye Central Cemetery, which was established in 1972 and covers 87.72 ha, Khovanskoye Northern Cemetery, founded in 1978 and covering 60 ha, and Khovanskoye Western Cemetery, which was establisehd in 1992 and covers 50.12 ha. A Russian Orthodox chapel, which has been visited by Patriarch Alexius II, is located on the cemetery's grounds. A crematorium was built in 1988 for those wishing to use this service.

Interred

*Dmitri Bystrolyotov
*Ivan Safronov
*Ruslana Korshunovacite news |first=Elena |last=Sheremetova |title=Ruslana Korshunova buried at Khovanskoye Cemetery in Moscow |url=http://www.kp.ru/daily/24125.5/347037/ |publisher=Komsomolskaya Pravda |location=Moscow |date=2008-07-07 |accessdate=2008-07-21 |language=Russian |quote= ]

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