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In St. Petersburg, just off the very busy Nevskiy Prospekt, across the street from Hotel Moskva (Moscow), there is a cemetary of the famous. In this cemetery is the burial of famous Russian artists such as: Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsav, Borodin, Dosteyevsky, and many others. This picture is of Tchaikovsky's grave. Tchaikovsky is of course famous for writing the nutcracker, swan lake Ballets, the 1812 Overture; his famous Piano Concerto #1; and his opera Eugene Onegin (an opera based on the poetry of Pushkin, the great Russian Poet). The slow 2nd movement, a funeral march, of his symphony number 1 entered my mind as I walked about this beautiful and tranquil cemetery. I believe Stravinsky's wife and sister are buried here as well. In this cemetary, Stravinsky's sister is buried, and, in the cemetary just adjacent (another cemetary not of famous Russians but of well named Russians) is where Stravinsky's wife was buried. Also, I believe Puskin's wife is buried here too. I recommend that you come here last because your tour guide will have told you so many wonderful stories of the Russian people that this spot will comprehensively take all those historical events and symbolically represent the end of your stay in St. Petersburg. Leave a Comment
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