Bugrovskoe Cemetery is an active municipal cemetery in Nizhny Novgorod, located in Nizhegorodsky District, in the vicinity of Artelnaya Street. The cemetery's address is 34 Pushkina Street, in Sovetsky District of Nizhny Novgorod; its red brick enclosure wall is listed on the register of cultural heritage sites.[3] The cemetery serves as one of the reference points for determining the geographic center of the city: the coordinates 56°18′ N and 44°00′ E correspond precisely to this block, just beyond the cemetery. The cemetery was effectively established during the First World War, funded by Varvara Mikhaylovna Rukavishnikova, a representative of the prominent Nizhny Novgorod merchant dynasty.[1][3]

History and Significance

The cemetery is mentioned among the principal historic necropolises of Nizhny Novgorod, alongside Vsesvyatskoye (Petropavlovskoye) Cemetery and Mar'ina Roscha Cemetery. The name "Bugrovskoe" became attached to the cemetery because of its proximity to a former Old Believer skete on whose grounds the merchant and philanthropist Bugrov was buried; the skete itself was demolished in the 1930s, no reburials were carried out, and Bugrov's grave has been irretrievably lost.[2][1] Bugrovskoe Cemetery holds a handwritten inventory of graves that has made it possible to establish the life dates of individuals not recorded in other sources. The cemetery had several official and unofficial names: Novoye Gorodskoye (New Municipal), Krasnoye (Red, after the color of the brick enclosure), Staroye (Old), Staroobryadcheskoye (Old Believer); before the founding of Marina Roscha Cemetery in 1938, it was also known as the cemetery near Maryin Grove.[1] Among other findings, the necrologist Moskvin discovered here a small board bearing the life dates of the historian and linguist Fyodor Rzhiga (1848–1925/1926), though newspaper sources (the "Gorkovskaya Kommuna (newspaper))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))") established that the scholar died on 5 March 1926 — the cemetery's date turned out to be erroneous. Rzhiga's grave was subsequently cleared away as an abandoned plot.

The cemetery contains a mass grave of the victims of the Avtozavod during the The Great Patriotic War. Those buried at the cemetery include, among others: former Governor and former Mayor of Nizhny Novgorod Ivan Petrovich Sklyarov (d. 2007), Honored Master of Sport and Torpedo (nnov.ec) and USSR national team forward Aleksandr Skvortsov, and Luzyanin (d. 18 August 2021).[3]

Location and Surroundings

The cemetery is situated near Pushkina Street and Lyadov Square. The main entrance takes the form of a semicircular arch decorated with crosses and white floral and star ornaments; the arch is popularly known as the "Gates of the Two Watchmen."[3][2] Artelnaya Street, which runs behind the cemetery, serves as a topographic reference point in descriptions of the geographic center of Nizhny Novgorod.[3]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (ru) — The cemetery had several official and unofficial names: Novoye Gorodskoye, Krasnoye (after the color of the brick enclosure), Staroye, Staroobryadcheskoye; before the founding of the cemetery (archive)
  2. NewsNN — The name "Bugrovskoe" became attached to the cemetery because of its proximity to a former Old Believer skete on whose grounds the merchant and philanthropist Nik (archive)
  3. V gorode N — The cemetery is located at 34 Pushkina Street, in Sovetsky District of Nizhny Novgorod; the red brick enclosure wall is listed on the register of cultural heritage sites (archive)
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All Saints Cemetery, Pushkin Street, Coordinate, Flight on November 4, Moscvin, the Necrologist