Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery
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Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery is a vast war memorial and burial ground in Saint Petersburg, Russia, honoring hundreds of thousands of victims and defenders of the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery canonical | 11 |
| Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery ensemble | 1 |
| Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery sculptures | 1 |
| Piskaryovskoye Memorial Complex | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
mass grave site ⓘ war memorial ⓘ |
| architect |
Alexander Vasiliev
ⓘ
Evgeny Levinson ⓘ |
| burialType | mass graves ⓘ |
| category |
World War II memorials in Russia
ⓘ
cemeteries in Saint Petersburg ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Siege of Leningrad
ⓘ
defenders of Leningrad ⓘ victims of the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Patriotic War
World War II ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1946 ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
civilian victims of the Siege of Leningrad
ⓘ
soldiers of the Leningrad Front ⓘ victims of bombardments ⓘ victims of starvation ⓘ |
| hasMonument |
Monument to the Motherland
ⓘ
eternal flame of remembrance ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mother Motherland monument
ⓘ
central memorial alley ⓘ eternal flame ⓘ mass grave mounds ⓘ memorial wall with inscriptions ⓘ museum pavilion ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ |
| inception | 1956 ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Leningrad Oblast
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Piskaryovskoye Avenue ⓘ |
| notableEvent | annual commemorations of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad ⓘ |
| numberOfBurials | about 470000 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| operator |
Government of Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
authorities of Saint Petersburg
|
| ownedBy |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Saint Petersburg
|
| periodOfBurials | 1941–1944 ⓘ |
| sculptor |
Robert Taurit
ⓘ
Vera Isaeva ⓘ |
| significance |
largest mass burial site of the Siege of Leningrad victims
ⓘ
major World War II memorial in Russia ⓘ |
| theme |
heroic defense of Leningrad
ⓘ
remembrance of wartime suffering ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Complex
this entity surface form:
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery ensemble
this entity surface form:
Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery sculptures