This is the freshly-dug grave of Boris Yeltsin, whom most Russians I have met thought of after his death on April 23 with affection and respect, though some considered him to have been foolish in connection with the break-up of the Soviet Union. The grave is in the central square of the Novodevichi (New Maiden) Cemetery, underneath the walls of the Novodevichi Monastery, on the banks of the Moscow River, beneath the Lenin (formerly Sparrow) Hills. It is one of the best-known cemeteries in Russia. The south wall of the Monastery was breached in 1898 in order to expand the cemetery. More ground has been added since, but now the limit has been more or less reached and it is rare (and expensive!) for new burials to be allowed.Monday 14 May 2007
Novodevichi Cemetery - Yeltsin
This is the freshly-dug grave of Boris Yeltsin, whom most Russians I have met thought of after his death on April 23 with affection and respect, though some considered him to have been foolish in connection with the break-up of the Soviet Union. The grave is in the central square of the Novodevichi (New Maiden) Cemetery, underneath the walls of the Novodevichi Monastery, on the banks of the Moscow River, beneath the Lenin (formerly Sparrow) Hills. It is one of the best-known cemeteries in Russia. The south wall of the Monastery was breached in 1898 in order to expand the cemetery. More ground has been added since, but now the limit has been more or less reached and it is rare (and expensive!) for new burials to be allowed.
