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The subject index / Komorovskoe Cemetery

Komorovskoe Cemetery


Categories / City Services/Cemeteries (see also Architecture and Urban Planning)
Categories / Architecture/Cemeteries (see also Municipal Economy)

KOMOROVSKOE CEMETERY (Komarovo village) is situated in resort area near St. Petersburg, five kilometres from Komarovo Railway Station, on the road to Shchuchye Lake, and not bigger than a hectare. The region has been in use since the 1910s; burials began in the 1950s. Besides the locals Leningrad scientists, literary and artistic figures were buried at Komorovskoe Cemetery due to its location to the holiday villages of the Academy of Sciences, Litfond (a foundation to assist writers), artistic houses and private summer residences of the Leningrad intelligentsia. In 1966, A.A. Akhmatova was buried there (the tomb made by sculptor A.M. Ignatyev). About 40 full members and corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Sciences are buried at the cemetery. Among the buried are: philologists and literary theorists V.P. Adrianova-Peretts, M.P. Alexeev, V.M. Zhirmunsky, D.S. Likhachev, B.S. Meylakh, V.F. Shishmaryev, physicists V.P. Linnik, N.A. Toropov, V.A. Fok, chemists A.A. Grinberg, geologist D.V. Nalivkin, oncologist N.N. Petrov, polar explorers M.M. Somov, A.F. Treshnikov, chief engineer of the atomic icebreaker A.E. Perevozchikov, artist N.I. Altman, film director I.S. Aranovich, N.B. Birman, N.N. Koshaverova, I.E. Heifits, composer V.E. Basner, producer and pedagogue A.I. Katzman, writers B.B. Vakhtin, L.Y. Ginzburg, A.I. Gitovich, I.A. Efremov, V.F. Panova, M.L. Slonimsky, V.V. Toropygin, ballerina T.M. Vecheslova, musician S.A. Kuryekhin and many others.

References: Кобак А. В., Пирютко Ю. М., Нырков А. А. Комаровский некрополь: Материалы к ист. описанию // Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга: Исслед. и материалы. СПб., 1997. Вып. 4. С. 405-461.

Y. M. Piryutko.

Persons
Adrianova-Peretts Varvara Pavlovna
Akhmatova Anna Andreevna
Alexeev Mikhail Pavlovich
Altman Natan Isaevich
Aronovich Ilya Savvich
Basner Veniamin Efimovich
Birman Naum Borisovich
Efremov Ivan Antonovich
Fok Vladimir Alexandrovich
Ginzburg Lidia Yakovlevna
Gitovich Alexander Ilyich
Grinberg Alexander Abramovich
Heifits Iosif Efimovich
Ignatyev Alexander Mikhailovich
Katzman Arkady Iosifovich
Kosheverova Nadezhda Nikolaevna
Kurekhin Sergey Anatolievich
Likhachev Dmitry Sergeevich
Linnik Vladimir Pavlovich
Meylakh Boris Solomonovich
Nalivkin Dmitry Vasilievich
Panova Vera Fedorovna
Perevozchikov Andrey Egorovich
Petrov Nikolay Nikolaevich
Shishmarev Vladimir Fedorovich
Slonimsky Mikhail Leonidovich
Somov Mikhail Mikhailovich
Toropov Nikita Alexandrovich
Toropygin Vladimir Vasilievich
Treshnikov Alexey Fedorovich
Vakhtin Boris Borisovich
Vecheslova Tatyana Mikhailovna
Zhirmunsky Viktor Maximovich

Bibliographies
Кобак А. В., Пирютко Ю. М., Нырков А. А. Комаровский некрополь: Материалы к ист. описанию // Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга: Исслед. и материалы. СПб., 1997



Alexeev M.P., (1896-1981), scholar, philologist, member of the Academy of Sciences

ALEXEEV Mikhail Pavlovich (1896-1981, Leningrad), historian of literature, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1958). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology at the Kiev University (1918). Lived in Leningrad from 1933

Altman N.I. (1889-1970), artist

ALTMAN Natan Isaevich (1889-1970, Leningrad), painter, graphic artist, and sculptor, recognised as an honoured painter of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1968. He studied at the Odessa Drawing School in 1902-07 and M

Averbakh I.А., (1934-1986), film director

AVERBAKH Ilya Alexandrovich (1934 - 1986, Leningrad), film director and script writer, recipient of the Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1976

Barannikov A.P. (1890-1952), philologist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR

BARANNIKOV Alexey Petrovich (1890-1952, Leningrad), scholar of Eastern Studies, Indianist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Kiev University in 1914

Berkov P.N., (1896-1969), literature historian

BERKOV Pavel Naumovich (1896-1969, Leningrad), historian of literature, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1960). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of the Vienna University in 1923

Cemeteries (entry)

CEMETERIES. Even before the foundation of St. Petersburg there were several necropolises on the location of the future city: the records of the beginning of the 18th century indicate a Finnish-Swedish cemetery at Elagin (Aptekarsky) Island

Fok V.A., (1898-1974), physicist

FOK Vladimir Alexandrovich (1898, St. Petersburg - 1974, Leningrad), specialist in theoretical physics, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939). He graduated from the University of Petrograd in 1922 and remained to work at the

Ginzburg L.Y. (1902-1990), Historian of Literature

GINZBURG Lidia Yakovlevna (1902-1990, Leningrad), literary critic, prose writer, Ph.D. in Philosophy (1950). Ginzburg graduated from the Department of Philology of the Institute of Art History in 1926. She took seminars with Y. N. Tynyanov and B. M

Heifits I.E. (1905-1995), film director

HEIFITS Iosif Efimovich (1905-1995, St. Petersburg), film director, script writer, teacher, People’s Artist of the USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labour (1975)

Kalesnik S.V., (1901-1977), geographer

KALESNIK Stanislav Vikentievich (1901, St. Petersburg - 1977, Leningrad), geographer, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1968). Graduated from the Leningrad State University (1929), of which he became a professor in 1939

Kaplan E.I. (1895-1961), stage director

KAPLAN Emmanuil Iosifovich (1895, St. Petersburg - 1961, Leningrad), singer (tenor), stage director, teacher. Graduated from the Architecture Department of the Academy of Arts (1925)

Kaplan I.M. (1924-1997), art director

KAPLAN Isaac Mikhailovich (1924-1997, Leningrad), art director. He graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography in 1950. Worked at Lenfilm from 1953, he filmed approximately 30 films, many of them together with B. S. Manevich

Kogan P.S. (1931-1998), film director

KOGAN Pavel Simonovich (1931, Leningrad - 1998, St. Petersburg), film director and documentarian, Honoured Worker of Arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1980

Komarovo, village

KOMAROVO (until 1948 Kellomaki), the former settlement (since 1946), a municipal unit forming a part of Kurortny District of St. Petersburg (since 1997), 40 km to the north-west of the city

Kosheverova N.N. (1902-1990), film director

KOSHEVEROVA Nadezhda Nikolaevna (1902, St. Petersburg - 1990, Leningrad), film director, Honoured Worker of Arts in 1966. After leaving the acting school attached to the Free Comedy Theatre in Petrograd

Kurekhin S.А. (1954-1996), composer

KUREKHIN Sergey Anatolyevich (1954-1996, St. Petersburg), composer, pianist, actor, showman, writer, eminent rock artist, and one of the leading postmodernists. Living in St. Petersburg from 1971, he studied in the Institute of Culture

Kurortny District

KURORTNY DISTRICT is an administrative territorial unit of St. Petersburg (Its territory administration is located at 1 Svobody Square) Formed in 1946, the district stretches in a narrow line along the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland for over

Likhachev D.S., (1906-1999), literary historian

LIKHACHEV Dmitry Sergeevich (1906 - 1999, St. Petersburg), philologist and cultural historian, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1970), Hero of Socialist Labor (1986), Honorary Citizen of St

Linnik V.P., (1889-1984), mathematician

LINNIK Vladimir Pavlovich (1889-1984, Leningrad), physicist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939), Hero of Socialist Labor (1969). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Kiev

Linnik Y.V. (1914/15-1972), physicist

LINNIK Yury Vladimirovich (1915-72, Leningrad), mathematician, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labour (1969). The son of V.P. Linnik

Petrov N. N., (1876 - 1964), physician

PETROV Nikolay Nikolaevich (1876, St. Petersburg - 1964, Leningrad), physician, one of the founders of oncology in Russia, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939)

Rakhlin I.Y. (1922-2002), stage director

RAKHLIN Ilya Yakovlevich (1922-2002, St. Petersburg), director, actor, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1984), Honoured Worker of the Arts of Kazakhstan (1951) and Northern Osetia (1965)

Ravdonikas V.I. (1894-1976), archaeologist

RAVDONIKAS Vladislav Iosifovich (1894-1976, Leningrad), archaeologist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1946. He was interested in archaeology from the mid-1910s and dug in Tikhvinsky Uyezd (District)

Samokhvalov A.N., (1894-1971), artist

SAMOKHVALOV Alexander Nikolaevich (1894-1971, Leningrad), painter, graphic artist, theatre artist, sculptor. Studied at the Architecture Department of the Academy of Arts (1914-18) under V.A. Belyaev and G.R

Shishmarev V.F., (1875-1957), philologist

SHISHMAREV Vladimir Fedorovich (1875, St. Petersburg - 1957, Leningrad), philologist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1946. A. N. Veselovsky's student

Slonimsky M.L. (1897-1972), writer

SLONIMSKY Mikhail Leonidovich (1897, St. Petersburg - 1972, Leningrad), writer. He graduated from the Fourth Classic (Larinskaya) Gymnasium (15 Sixth Line of Vasilievsky Island), and went to the front line as a volunteer in 1915

Smirnov V.I., (1887-1974), mathematician

SMIRNOV Vladimir Ivanovich (1887, St. Petersburg - 1974, Leningrad), mathematician, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1943), Hero of Socialist Labour (1967). He graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of St

Speransky S.B. (1914-1983), architect.

SPERANSKY Sergey Borisovich (1914-1983, Leningrad), architect, people's architect of the USSR (1971), full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1979). He graduated from the Academy of Arts (1941), where he later lectured (from 1947)

Titov V.А. (1939-2000), film director

TITOV Viktor Abrosimovich (1939-2000, St. Petersburg), film and television director. He graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography as a qualified director in 1968. He worked at Lenfilm Studio from 1975

Tregubovich Viktor Ivanovich (1935-1992), film director

TREGUBOVICH Viktor Ivanovich (1935-1992, St. Petersburg), film director, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1987), honoured worker of the arts of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1976)

Treshnikov А.F. (1914-1991), geographer

TRESHNIKOV Alexey Fedorovich (1914-1991, St. Petersburg), geographer, oceanologist, polar explorer, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1981 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1949. He graduated from Leningrad State University in 1939

Vengerov V.Y. (1920-1997), film director

VENGEROV Vladimir Yakovlevich (1920-1997, St. Petersburg), film director, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1976. He graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography as a qualified director in

Volodin A.M. (1919-2001), playwright

VOLODIN (real surname Lifshitz) Alexander Moiseevich (1919-2001, St. Petersburg), playright, poet, script and prose writer. Took part in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45

Zhirmunsky V.M., (1891-1971), philologist

ZHIRMUNSKY Viktor Maximovich (1891, St. Petersburg - 1971, Leningrad), philologist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1966). Graduated from the Tenishev School in 1908 and the Faculty of History and Philology of Petersburg University in