Ganina Yama (initial burial site vicinity)

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Ganina Yama is a forested ravine near Yekaterinburg, Russia, historically known as one of the sites where the executed Romanov family’s remains were initially concealed and now a place of memorial and pilgrimage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical site
place of pilgrimage
ravine
accessFrom Yekaterinburg NERFINISHED
associatedWithDynasty House of Romanov NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent execution and concealment of the Romanov family remains
associatedWithPerson Alexandra Feodorovna NERFINISHED
Alexei Nikolaevich NERFINISHED
Anastasia Nikolaevna NERFINISHED
Maria Nikolaevna NERFINISHED
Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED
Olga Nikolaevna NERFINISHED
Tatiana Nikolaevna NERFINISHED
commemorates Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED
family of Nicholas II
retinue of Nicholas II executed with him
country Russia
currentUse place of prayer and remembrance
tourist destination
hasCulturalRole symbol of the end of the Russian monarchy
hasMemorialFunction commemoration of the murdered Romanov family
hasStructure monastic complex
wooden churches
heritageType memorial site
historicalSignificance initial burial site vicinity of the Romanov family
languageOfToponym Russian
locatedIn Sverdlovsk Oblast NERFINISHED
Ural region NERFINISHED
locatedNear Yekaterinburg NERFINISHED
nameMeaning Ganya’s pit or Ganya’s mine (colloquial Russian)
nearbySite Porosenkov Log NERFINISHED
notableDate 1918
partOf sites related to the Romanov execution
religiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED
religiousSignificance site of Orthodox Christian pilgrimage
terrainFeature forested ravine
timePeriod Russian Civil War era
usedFor concealment of bodies after the execution of the Romanov family

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Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia burialPlace Ganina Yama (initial burial site vicinity)
subject surface form: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia