Kremlin Wall Necropolis
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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
The tombs of Suslov, Stalin, Kalinin, Dzerzhinsky, Brezhnev in front of the Moscow Kremlin Wall. The tomb of Yuri Andropov, which stands between Kalinin's and Dzerzhinsky's, is obstructed by trees. The mausoleum is immediately to the right.
As recently as 1800, the site of the Necropolis was a boggy moat spanned with stone bridges.
Red Square Mass Graves
10 November 1917. A mass grave on Red Square for people who died in the October Revolution
Georgy Zhukov
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Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was a Soviet military leader who served as a top commander during World War II and achieved the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. During World War II, Zhukov served as
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
…Shvernik 1971 1 Soyuz 11 crew (Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev, Vladislav Volkov) 1972 2 Matvey Zakharov, Nikolay Krylov 1973 1 Ivan Konev 1974 1 Georgy Zhukov 1976 2 Andrei Grechko, Ivan Yakubovsky 1977 1 Aleksandr Vasilevsky 1978 2 Mstislav Keldysh, Fyodor Kulakov 1980 1 Alexei Kosygin 1982 1 Ivan Bagramyan…
Zhukov in 1960
Non-commissioned officer Georgy Zhukov, Russian Imperial Army, 1916
Zhukov as a regimental commander, 1920s
Graduates of the Leningrad Higher Cavalry School (1924/25). Standing in the third row (right to left): 1. Zhukov, 5. Rokossovsky.