Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet state who led to the Sino-Soviet rupture, has only his name and the year of his birth and death on the tombstone, without any title. The black-and-white granite best interprets his role in Soviet history: white and black – merit and fault; Yes and no, everything is left to posterity to comment.
Khrushchev's tomb
The first president of Russia, Yeltsin, the gravedigger of Soviet communism. His tombstone is a Russian flag made of white, blue and red stones, which also highlights his position in Russian history and is the highest honor bestowed on him by the Russian federal government.
Yeltsin's tomb
Mikoyan, former Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. In the Film Armageddon, Mao Zedong once invited Mikoyan to eat chili peppers at a banquet in Xibaipo.
Mikoyan's tomb
Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko, black "yin and yang face" carving complements his career.
Gromyco's tomb
Wang Ming, in the New Virgin Cemetery, only buried three Chinese, they are Wang Ming and his wife and daughter.
Tomb of Wang Ming
The founder of the MiG design bureau, Artyom Ivanovich Mikoyan.
Mikoyan's tomb
Founder of the Tupolev Aircraft Design Bureau, Andrey Nikolaevich Tupolev.
Tomb of Tupolev
Chekov, author of Chameleon.
Chekov's tomb
Ostrovsky, author of How Steel is Made.
Ostrovsky's tomb
Gogol, the father of Russian prose.
Gogol's Tomb
Soviet composer Shostakovich.
Shostakovich Tomb
Soviet ballet empress Ulanova.
Ulanova's tomb
The Soviet heroine Zoya is the protagonist of "The Story of Zoya and Shula".
Zoya's tomb
And, of course, the most important, the person Gorbachev was looking for, Raisa Gorbachev (1932-1999), who was the only husband still alive, and who was buried first as the former First Lady of the New Virgin Cemetery. Gorbachev loved his wife deeply, and specially made room for him to accompany his wife for a hundred years later in the vacant place next to him.
The Neue Saint Cemetery in Moscow is one of the three largest cemeteries in Europe (Vienna Central Cemetery, Paris Lachaise Father Cemetery and Moscow New Virgin Cemetery). Here are 26,000+ celebrities from various historical periods in Russia, so it is also known as the Moscow Celebrity Cemetery. Here, you can not only pay homage to and pay homage to these celebrities, but also admire the various tombstones, each tombstone is almost a masterpiece of art, the entire cemetery is a sculpture exhibition hall, a unique cemetery in the world.