The northwestern part of Moscow once consisted of rural estates and landlords. The large village of New Vagankovo was founded and settled in the 15th century between two tracts, trade routes from west to east and from northeast to west. Princess Sofia Vitovna, wife of Prince Vasily the First, initiated the rural settlement. About Vagankovsky cemetery then she did not think. She surrounded her estate with villages, combined it into one village and named it New Vagankovo.
The places were free, picturesque, the village became a place for festivals of sovereigns and Moscow guests. The spirits had a wild character, from all around the people came running to stare at the amusing amusements of the princes with the boyars. In the end, for reasons of shame, Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich forbade the common people to come and watch, and the boyars told his fun to continue. So almost a hundred years passed, but in 1771 trouble came to New Vagankovo - the plague epidemic began. A terrible disease mowed down people, not knowing which of them is a prince, and who is a simple plowman. Everyone was dying. And if earlier, before the plague, the dead were buried on church or monastery land, then on the occasion of the epidemic it was ordered to take all the dead away from the city limits and to bring them to earth. So Vagankovsky cemetery appeared. Along with Novodevichy and Troekurovsky, it is also the burial place of famous people.
The Vagankovskoye cemetery, the graves of celebrities on its alleys remind visitors of the past, when the deceased pleased people with their talent. Here you can see the burial of Sergei Yesenin - the broad soul of a man, a poet of all time, who lived only 30 years. At the very entrance is the grave of Vladimir Vysotsky, who does not need to be represented. The monument to Vladimir Semenovich is turned to the Church of the Resurrection of the Word, with which the ensemble in the style of architectural Empire begins. This complex of sacred buildings is a masterpiece of church architecture of the 19th century. The temple is fourfold, surrounded by two chapels of John the Merciful and Fyodor of Sikeot, giving the impression of integrity. The fours crowns a dome drum on a rotunda. The main temple apse and apse aisles are aligned.
On the other hand, the refectory, the throne of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, adjoins the church. There is also a bell tower in three tiers. A little further, at the entrance to the cemetery, there are two outbuildings of the architect Elkinsky. Both wings have architectural value. In one of them is the Church of St. Andrew.
The Vagankovskoye cemetery is planned according to the scheme of quarter sections, it is impossible to get lost in it, any alley will lead to the main entrance. Walking through the neighborhoods, you will meet friends and beloved artists who have gone to another world, famous athletes and coaches, singers and composers. Each grave is necessarily someone's fate, a long creative life of a person who left a mark in history. The Vagankovskoye cemetery keeps a memory of all the people who found peace in its shady alleys. And not only about the famous and famous.
Vagankovskoe cemetery … How to get to it? The main entrance is on Sergey Makeev street, 15. It is not difficult to drive a car. Also, the cemetery can be reached by metro, station "Ulitsa 1905 goda".
