Taganrog Old Cemetery

The Taganrog Old Cemetery (Russian: Старое городское кладбище в Таганроге) is a historic cemetery on the outskirts of Taganrog's historical downtown district that was closed for new burials in 1971.

In 1810 the All Saints' Church in Taganrog on the cemetery's land was founded, which was consecrated and completed in 1824.

After the Second World War, several monuments and a traditional Soviet eternal flame were established on the cemetery territory.

In 1980's some of the older monuments were saved from destruction and desecration by being transferred into the inner yard of the Taganrog Museum of Art.

Despite the inclusion of the historic cemetery into the register of architectural monuments, it has been severely damaged, looted and littered.

Assumption Cathedral.
Assumption Cathedral.