Russia Cemeteries

Cemetery records may give the name of the deceased, age at death, date of death or burial, birth year or date of birth, and sometimes marriage information. Sometimes they may give clues about military service, religion, occupation, place of residence at time of death, or membership in an organization, such as a lodge.

Unfortunately, some people could not afford a gravestone or monument. Some monuments have been vandalized or weathered so badly as to be unreadable. Therefore, also search the sexton’s records, which should list everyone who was buried in the cemetery. These records are especially helpful for identifying ancestors not recorded in other records, such as children who died young or women. Relatives may be buried in adjoining plots, so examine the original record rather than an alphabetical transcript.

Sexton records of some burials may have been lost, and some burials may not have been recorded. In isolated areas, most burials were in family plots on the farm itself. Other than a possible family Bible entry, there may have been no written record.

Cemetery Guides and Necrologies for Russians

Russian Interments


 * Moskovskii nekropol'.


 * Peterburgskii nekropol'.


 * Russkii provintsial'nyi nekropol'.


 * Nekropol' neskolkih miest Kavkaza.


 * Istoricheskie kladbishcha Peterburga: Spravochnik-putevoditel'.


 * Vagan'kovo.


 * Novodevichii memorial. Nekropol' monastyria i kladbishcha.


 * Moskovskii nekropol'.


 * Voronezhskii nekropol'. Vypusk 1. Novostroiashcheesia kladbishche.

Foreign Interments


 * Russkii nekropol' v chuzhikh kraiakh. Vypusk 1. Parizh i ego okrestnosti.


 * Russkii zarubezhnyi nekropol': (1917-1967 g.g.).


 * Russkii nekropol' pod Parizhem.


 * Na pogoste XX veka.


 * Nezabytye mogily. Rossiiskoe zarubezh'e: nekrologi 1917-1997 v shesti tomakh.


 * Rossiiskie mogily na rimskom kladbishche Verano.


 * Kladbishcha kommun Ixelles i Uccle v Briussele. Alfavitnyi spisok russkikh zakhoronenii.


 * Russkie zakhoroneniia na voennom kladbishche Zeitinlik V Salonikakh.

Bibliography of Cemetery Guides


 * Moskovskii nekropol'. Katalog knizhno-illiustrativnoi vystavki.