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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
mass grave site ⓘ war memorial ⓘ |
| architect |
Alexander Vasiliev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Evgeny Levinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
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