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Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery

74 Prospekt Nepokoryonnykh, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Entrance to Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery
Memorial marker, Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery
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Ranked #46 of 389 attractions in St. Petersburg
5.0 of 5 stars 4 Reviews
Owner description: Nearly half a million civilians who died in the 900-day Siege of Leningrad (the city's name from 1924-1991)are remembered at this cemetery with mass...... more » Owner description: Nearly half a million civilians who died in the 900-day Siege of Leningrad (the city's name from 1924-1991)are remembered at this cemetery with mass graves, an eternal flame, a statue of the Motherland, and photographs and documents describing the siege. « less
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“The best visits are the ones you remember.. you will remember this one”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed December 23, 2011
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Everything said by other reviewers is very true. This is a powerful visit. It is even better if you visit the Siege of Leningrad Museum before hand. Also, to read "The 900 Days" or "Leningrad State of Siege" help you to understand just what happened to cause this cemetery to be here at all. I plan travel to this cemetery... More

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“A somber and vivid reminder of Russia's terrible suffering in WW II”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 25, 2010
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Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery is a somber, powerful place, which stuns you with the contrast of neatly landscaped mounds and mostly open space, and the the reality that around you are about buried about a half-million people. To put that in perspective, that's more -- by a significant amount -- than the total US war dead in WW II, the Korean... More

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Royal Oak, Michigan
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“My visit to Leningrad and Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetary in 1991”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed March 23, 2009
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I visited this cemetery with my Leningrad hosts during my trip to the Soviet Union in 1991. I was deeply moved being there and I cried a lot. There are two types of mass graves, many for military and many for civilians. I was told there are 10,000 buried in each of the many mass graves. I was also told... More

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“Siege of Leningrad Cemetery”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed March 11, 2005
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The Cemetery for the Siege of Leningrad - This is the most moving place I have ever visited - my spine crawls just to think back to it! It is almost 20 years since I was there but I can still "see" it in my mind's eye. I am about to re-visit St Petersburg, as it now is, after all... More

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