18th-century Necropolis

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18th-century Necropolis — the former Lazarevskoe cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, in existence since 1713, it took its name from the Lazarevsky tomb built in 1717. In 1923 a museum was opened here, and in 1932 it was incorporated into the Museum of Urban Sculpture. To date more than 1,000 funerary monuments from the 18th–19th centuries have been preserved here; they are works of memorial art. The gravestones commemorate contemporaries of Peter I, figures of national history, science and culture, and members of noble families: M. V. Lomonosov, D. I. Fonvizin, S. Y. Witte; admirals V. Ya. Chichagov, N. S. Mordvinov; the widow of A. S. Pushkin — N. N. Lanskaya; St. Petersburg architects I. E. Starov, A. N. Voronikhin, A. D. Zakharov, J. de Thomon, D. Quarenghi, K. I. Rossi, A. Betancourt, and many other famous Petersburgers. Opposite lies the Necropolis of Artists. This place is a unique combination of history and art and is well worth a visit.