The Northern Cemetery in Rostov-on-Don () is a cemetery in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The cemetery is the largest cemetery by area in the European part of Russia and is also one of the largest cemeteries in the whole of Europe.
History The cemetery was established in 1972. It occupies an area of over 400 hectares and has more than 500,000 graves. It is quickly expanding: as of 2009, there were 355,034 graves on the area of 355 hectares. On its territory there also operates a crematorium, but traditional burials are more common. Northern Cemetery is also a place for Holy Protection Church and a chapel, a columbarium, administrative buildings and some firms that are engaged in manufacture of gravestones.В "царстве мертвых" дефицит мест. Новая газета.
The cemetery is expanding. In summer there can be up to 50 burials a day, which poses a serious problem as there is not much free space left. Some experts say that in future more relatives of the deceased will have to resort to cremation.
Notable burials Iosif Vorovich (1920—2001) — Soviet and Russian mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Valentin Nikolayev (1924—2004) — Soviet wrestler, Olympic champion, Honored Master of Sports. Alexander Pechersky (1909—1990) — Red Army officer, the leader of the only successful uprising in a concentration camp during the Second World War. Gennadiy Tsypkalov (1973—2016) — A statesman of the Luhansk People's Republic, Prime Minister from 26 August 2014 to 26 December 2015.
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