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29-04-2008, 11:14 PM
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| Vejovis   Join Date: Feb 2004
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 | Moscow cemeteries Will be visiting Moscow on a flying visit in a few weeks time and will probably only have time to do one or two things WW2 related while I'm there. If possible , I'd like to visit a WW2 Soviet cemetery. I presume that there would be one in Moscow, but can anyone tell me where the nearest (and largest or most visitable, if there are numerous) one is please? cheers, Dave
__________________ In memory of 1440313 Gnr.Michael O'Mara, 155th Bty, 52nd (East Lancs) L.A.A.Regt (TA) R.A. - severely wounded near Arras in May 1940 and who took nearly 21 years to eventually die of his injuries. website: http://pathsofglory.co.uk |
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29-04-2008, 11:44 PM
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| Legendary Member   Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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__________________ Spidge,  ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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30-04-2008, 10:30 AM
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 | Get a copy of Three Days in Moscow by Vladimir Chernov. I have one but most of my books are stowed away while some work is being done one the house so I can't check it. I remember that there is quite a lot of info about cemeteries, some with propellers over pilots' graves. Apart from that, it is a wonderful guide to the city. although I have not been there yet. Abebooks.com have many copies available at cheap prices. It was published towards the end of the Soviet era. |
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30-04-2008, 11:00 AM
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| Sorry, Croonaert, I managed to find the book but it doesn't seem to have much about cemeteries, apart from the mass WW2 grave at Borodino. I mMust be confusing it with some other book! Having said that, I would still recommend it as a fascinating guide to the city. Wikipedia has some info if you search "Moscow cemeteries". |
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30-04-2008, 09:25 PM
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| Vejovis Join Date: Feb 2004
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 Been to all the European finals (and been to some interesting war-related sites whilst supporting them over the years - Warsaw, Volgograd, etc, ect - and it was drinking with a bunch of Red Star Belgrade fans after the European Super Cup final back in Oct(?) 1991 that convinced me to make a rather reckless though , thankfully, temporary career decision!) that they've been in - well, all bar one and I had a good excuse for missing the 1968 one - so I won't be missing this one! Why would I be a Burnley fan? I only live there, but am from an ardent Red background (my Gt grandad used to play for them and the family home was on the other side of the railway track from OT - all reds on my Mum's side (apart from her - she was a blue!  )Dave
__________________ In memory of 1440313 Gnr.Michael O'Mara, 155th Bty, 52nd (East Lancs) L.A.A.Regt (TA) R.A. - severely wounded near Arras in May 1940 and who took nearly 21 years to eventually die of his injuries. website: http://pathsofglory.co.uk | |
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30-04-2008, 10:23 PM
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| Partisan   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cheshire, England
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| Try this page: Find A Grave - Novo-Devichy (Nowodjewchij) Cemetery Whilst not a military cemetary, the Russian partisan, Kosmodemyanskaya, Zoya Anatolyevna is buried there, and there a few Red Army graves. Krushchev and other Soviet party members are also buried there.
__________________  The Motherland, bent over her daughter's ashes, Sings this tender maternal song About Zoya, the girl, who has become a legend, Who died and was born for eternal life. Dimitri Shostakovich Song for Zoya (1944) The War in the East Last edited by Zoya; 30-04-2008 at 10:25 PM. |
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01-05-2008, 10:49 PM
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| Probably easier to go to the Armed Forces Museum than cemeteries , it's worth going to see all the captured German standards alone. PS i'm a Mackem but i hope you win it !!
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25-05-2008, 07:21 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Moscow
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so use my e-mail address for contacts. It's MUCH more quick amvas@mail.ru is basical one. I can't say I know any good WWII memoricl cemestry in Moscow. A special military one is only planned to be built. I would suggest to visit some museum, Poklonnaya Gora and the Central Army Museum would be enough... Regards Alex | |
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26-05-2008, 06:35 AM
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| the deadliest b#tch ever   Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Russian Federation
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| The Grave of Unknow Soldier? First thing that I can remember on this topic
__________________ I DRIVE HONDA. HONDA - POWER IN YOUR ARMS. Grandfather: front medic, caught by nazi in defence of Moscow 1941, placed into POW camp, ran away from camp, got a gangrene, lost left leg, survived war, now RIP. INTERACTIVE BOOK of EASTERN FRONT from 22 june 1941 to 9th may 1945 (5+ hours of show with videos, photos, audio notes from soviet veterans etc.): http://english.pobediteli.ru FEEL FREE TO CORRECT MY ENGLISH! FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.    マキシマムザホルモン [Makishimamu Za Horumon] |
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