Moscow, Russia
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is the former national cemetery of the Soviet Union, located in Red Square in Moscow beside the Kremlin Wall. Burials there began in November 1917, when 240 pro-Bolsheviks who died during the Moscow Bolshevik Uprising were buried in mass graves. This improvised burial site gradually transformed into the centerpiece of military and civilian honor during the Second World War.
- City
- Moscow
- Country
- Russia
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Moscow
- Bolshoi Theatre
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
- Central Dynamo Stadium
- Moscow Leningradsky railway station
- Red Square
- Russian Institute of Theatre Arts
Background: Wikipedia