The Komarovskoye cemetery of the village arose recently, it was small, but gradually grew - with it, together with local summer residents, famous writers, actors, artists, cultural and scientific workers were buried. The graves of the intelligentsia currently occupy a decent area - there are about 200 of them.
History of the Finnish cemetery
Until the 80s of the 19th century, no one lived in the village of Kellomyaki (Komarovo). Dry sandy soil, completely unsuitable for agriculture and agriculture, covered with pine forest mixed with swampy areas, was unattractive to people.
After the construction of the Finnish railway in the picturesque place near Lake Schuchye, the first summer houses began to be built. From the windows of trains, Petersburgers admired the natural splendor of these places, and there was a demand for the construction of country houses in the Kellomyak region. By 1910, about 600 dachas had already been built in the village, it had grown so much that it became necessary to build a railway platform, which a year later received the status of a station. The locality in Finnish was called Hirvi-suo, in translation - “moose swamp”.
Not far from the swamp with the same name was a sandy hill, on which during the construction of the railway a large bell was hung. The builders nicknamed this hill "Kello-Maki", translated into Russian as "bell mountain". From the name of the hill, the railway station and the holiday village got their name.
The population of the village of Kellomyaki consisted not only of Petersburg summer residents, but also of the inhabitants of Finland. The development of the village was carried out according to a strict scheme developed by Elias Augustus Piponius. Two straight streets were laid north and south of the railway station - Merikatu (Morskaya) and Kauppakatu (Magazinnaya), they were crossed by a street parallel to the railway - Valtakatu (Bolshaya street). Along it were the most expensive summer cottages, since it overlooked the bay. In some cottages, the owners lived all year round.
After the revolution of 1917, many dachas and plots were abandoned, about 600 dachas from them were sold and dismantled for export to the territory near Helsinki. Only a few suburban buildings remained on the site, most of which were destroyed during the war. The summer houses in Komarovo that have survived to this day are mainly post-war buildings.
Elderly summer residents who lived in the village sometimes died, they were buried near the dachas, as a result, a cemetery was built, the oldest burial of which came to us in 1915 - by the composer V. E. Savinsky. The cemetery area was small - only 1 hectare.
In 1944 there were about ten Finnish graves and three Russians. There were no tombstones at these graves; the crosses erected on them were cast-iron and dark. The cemetery was not fenced.
Revival of the village and cemetery in Komarovo
A new history of a summer cottage began in 1945. The Soviet leadership drew attention to magnificent places and an attractive village on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. The cottages that survived during the war were repaired and transferred to Leningrad artists and scientists. A botanist V.L. Komarov lived here for several months. In his honor, the village was named in 1948. About 25 dachas were built and handed over to members of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Since the late 1940s, the village of Komarovo has become a favorite vacation spot of the Leningrad intelligentsia. Here the houses of creativity of architects, writers, filmmakers, composers randomly appear.
With the revival of life in the village, burial sites at the Komarovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg resumed. Most of the burials date back to the 1950s.
March 9, 1966 A.A. Akhmatova was buried here. With her funeral, the cemetery becomes a landmark of the Leningrad region, and it is sometimes called Akhmatovsky.
Writers, directors, composers, artists, theater and film actors, scientists, and military are buried in the Komarovsky cemetery near St. Petersburg. In total, more than 200 outstanding people are buried. Many tombstones are made by famous sculptors and are currently monuments of sculptural art. So the Komarovskoye memorial cemetery was formed.
It is planned to erect a temple on the territory of the necropolis and name it in honor of the holy martyr Uara, who can intercede even for the repose of the unbaptized.
Currently expanding Komarovskoye cemetery. Who is buried here from the prominent personalities of Soviet and Russian art, science and culture?
Grave of Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova, the great Russian poetess, very beloved and revered in Russia. Many monographs and articles have been written about her, documentaries have been shot. Her works are a classic of Russian literature, many of them translated into foreign languages. The poetess died in St. Petersburg in 1966, she was buried in Komarovsky cemetery.
Grave of academician, cultural and public figure, philologist Dmitry Likhachev
Dmitry Likhachev, academician, literary critic, scientific and public figure, is buried at the Komarovsky cemetery. He was imprisoned from 1928 to 1932 on a political case. His works on the history of literature are known in Russia and abroad.
The grave of the poet Nikolai Brown
Nikolai Brown is a poet and translator. His most famous poem is Russia, published in 1924 in the journal Zvezda. During the Patriotic War he was a war correspondent. Many of his works are devoted to military subjects. He was the husband of the poetess Maria Komissarova. He died in 1975 and was buried in Komarovsky cemetery.
Grave of Andrei Krasko
Popular actor of our time. He played in such films as "Agent of National Security", "Useless", "Don Cesar de Bazan", "Checkpoint", "Oligarch", "Saboteur", "Sisters", "72 meters", "The death of the empire", " Yesenin ", " Turkish Gambit ", " Bastards "and many others.
Andrei Krasko died in Odessa in 2006 on the set of the film “Liquidation, ” and was buried in the Komarovsky cemetery.
Graves of sculptors, architects, artists
At the cemetery are buried:
- Yavein I.G., professor, architect;
- Zhuk A.V., architect, artist;
- Mandel S. S., artist;
- Weinman M.A., sculptor;
- Macheret A. Ya., Architect;
- Hidekel L. M., architect;
- Kovarsky Y. M., architect;
- Speransky S. B., academician, architect;
- Vuskovich I.N., artist.
Graves of philologists, writers, writers, poets
Rest on the graveyard:
- Ketlinskaya V.K., writer;
- Berkovsky N. Ya., Professor, literary critic;
- Chepurov A.N., poet;
- Komissarova M.I., poetess;
- Bushmin A.S., academician, literary critic;
- Plotkin L.A., literary critic;
- Vasilieva-Shvede O.K., professor, philologist;
- Ryabkin G.S., screenwriter, playwright;
- Vakhtin B. B., playwright, writer;
- Urban A.A., critic and writer;
- Volodin A.M., playwright;
- Golyavkin V.V., artist, writer;
- Reizov B. G., philologist, literary critic;
- Goryshin G.A., writer;
- Azarov V. B., playwright, poet;
- Dobin E.S., film critic, literary critic, critic;
- Minchkovsky A. M., screenwriter, writer;
- Efremov I.A., paleontologist, science fiction writer;
- Barannikov A.P., academician, philologist;
- Zhirmunsky V.M., linguist, academician;
- Kalmanovsky E.S., critic, writer;
- Makogonenko G.P., professor, literary critic;
- Brown N. L., publicist, poet;
- Panova V.F., writer;
- Rytkheu Yu.S., writer;
- Beilin A.M., historian, writer;
- Slonimsky M. L., writer;
- Vogelson S. B., songwriter.
A photograph of the graves of A. P. Barannikov, philologist and academician, and his son P. A. Barannikov, indologist, is presented below.
Graves of musicians, artists, directors, theater workers
The following are also buried in the cemetery:
- Korogodsky Z. Ya., Professor and theater director;
- Sezenevskaya T.V., actress;
- Balashova R.T., actress;
- Kogan P.S., film director;
- Vengerov V. Ya., Film director;
- Kosheverova N.N., director;
- Gaidarov V.G., actor;
- Mikhailov V.P., actor;
- Averbakh I.A., screenwriter, film director;
- Karasik D.I., film director;
- Birman N. B., director;
- Katsman A.I., composer;
- Kheifits I.E., director, screenwriter;
- Krasko A.I., actor;
- Boyarsky N.A., actor;
- Zarubina I.P., actress;
- Shakhmalieva A.G., film director;
- Kurekhin S. A., musician, composer;
- Sergeev V.A., playwright and director;
- Melentiev I.V., opera singer;
- Mikhailovsky N.V., actor;
- Pavlycheva A.P., actress;
- Basner V.E., composer;
- Rakhlin I. Ya., Founder of the Music Hall;
- Aristov V.F., actor, film director, screenwriter;
- Reznikov V.M., composer;
- Altshuller A. Ya., Theatologist;
- Savinsky V.E., composer;
- Tregubovich V.I., film director;
- Hamarmer Y. S., theater director;
- Shtykan L.P., actress;
- Vecheslova T.M., ballerina;
- Schuster S.A., actor and film director;
- Arapov B.A., composer and teacher.
Graves of medical figures
Rest on a cemetery also:
- Petrov N.N., academician, surgeon.
- Ankylosing spondylitis N.P., academician, neurophysiologist.
Komarovskoe cemetery: who is buried among scientists?
Among the prominent people resting here:
- Kalesnik S.V., academician, geographer;
- Sochava V. B., academician, geographer and geobotanist;
- Yakovlev N.N., paleontologist and geologist;
- Domansky Y. V., archaeologist and historian;
- Linnik Yu. V., academician, mathematician;
- Gross E.F., academician, physicist;
- Shishmarev V.F., academician, philologist;
- Merkuryev S.P., academician, mathematician;
- Perevozchikov A.E., designer of atomic icebreakers;
- Golant V.E., academician, physicist;
- Somov M.M., oceanologist;
- Fursenko A.A., academician, historian;
- Lozinsky S. M., professor, mathematician;
- Toropov N.A., chemist and mineralogist;
- Yushchenko A.P., cartographer and hydrograph;
- Treshnikov A.F., academician, polar explorer;
- Nikolsky B.P., academician, physicist.
