Alexander Nevsky Cemetery, Tallinn

Alexander Nevsky Cemetery
Details
Established	1775
Location	Tallinn
Country	Estonia
Coordinates	59°25′25″N 24°45′45″E
Owned by	Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate
Size	13.01 ha

Alexander Nevsky Cemetery (Estonian: Aleksander Nevski kalmistu) is a cemetery in the Juhkentali subdistrict of Tallinn, Estonia; it is part of Siselinna Cemetery. The cemetery is named after nearby Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.^[1]

The cemetery was established in 1775.^[1]

All important local Orthodox leaders are buried in this cemetery. In addition, lower clergymen, military men, and civil officials are buried in this cemetery.^[1]

Burials

• Vello Agori (1894–1944), caricaturist
• Jaan Arder (1952–2014), singer
• Peter von Baranoff (1843–1924), military officer
• Vladimir Gorbatovsky (1851–1924), Imperial Russian Army general
• Erast Hiatsintov (1858–1910), politician
• Pavel Levitsky (1859–1938), military officer
• Aleksander Pallas (1887–1939), politician
• Voldemar Päts (1902–1942), cinematographer
• Jaan Poska^[1] (1866–1920), politician
• Igor Severyanin^[1] (1887–1941), poet
• Arvi Siig (1938–1999), poet
• Sergei Soldatov (1933–2003), dissident
• Roman Steinberg (1900–1939), wrestler
• Edgar de Wahl (1867–1948), mathematics and physics teacher, reinterred at Pajusi manor cemetery

References

1. Tallinna entsüklopeedia [Encyclopedia of Tallinn] Volume I (A-M) (in Estonian). Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastuse AS. 2004. p. 17.