Vagan'kovskoye Cemetery
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Vagan'kovskoye Cemetery (Ваганьковское кладбище), established in 1771, is located in the Krasnaya Presnaya (Красная Пресная) district of Moscow, Russia. It is the burial site for a number of people from the artistic and sports community of Russia and the old Soviet Union.
Some of those interred here are:
- Inga Artamonova (1936-1966), world speed-skating champion
- Vladimir Dal (1801-1872), lexicographer
- Sergei Grinkov (1967-1995), world ice skating pairs champion
- Lyudmila Pakhomova (1946-1986), world & Olympic ice dancing pairs champion
- Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989), scientist, social reformer, statesman
- Vasily Surikov (1848-1916), painter
- Igor Talkov (1956-1991), poet, singer-songwriter
- Vladimir Vysotsky (1938-1980), actor, singer
- Sergei Yesenin (1895-1925), poet, husband of Isadora Duncan
See also: List of famous cemeteries
