Brethren Cemetery (Rostov-on-Don)
{{Short description|Cemetery in Rostov-on-Don, Russia}}
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The Brethren Cemetery ({{langx|ru|Братское кладбище}}) is a cemetery at Oktyabrskiy District of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.{{Cite web|url=http://skorbim.com/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%89/%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5_%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83.html|title=Братское кладбище – Общероссийский реестр кладбищ : Международная система поминовения усопших|website=skorbim.com|language=ru|access-date=2017-11-13}}
History
The cemetery, on the outskirts of the city, was inititllay considered to be a place for burial of the poor, here there were mostly brethren graves. So the cemetery's name derived from here. Later, a section for deceased soldiers and officers appeared at the cemetery, which mostly hasn't survived until our days.
The cemetery has monuments dedicated to soldiers of Rostov-on-Don People's Militia Regiment, who died in November 1941 and a monument in honor of soldiers the 230st NKVD Regiment who also died in November 1941 while defending Rostov-on-Don from invading German forces.{{Cite news|url=http://izgotovleniepamyatnikov.ru/kladbishe/bratskoe-rnd/|title=Братское кладбище в Ростове-на-Дону: адрес, как доехать, план-схема|work=Изготовление памятников|access-date=2017-11-13|language=ru-RU}}{{Cite web|url=http://ne-oleg.livejournal.com/114656.html|title=Братское кладбище|last=ne_oleg|date=2011-04-23|website=Конкретный анализ конкретных обстоятельств|access-date=2017-11-13}} From 1998 it is permitted to bury relatives of the ones already buried at the territory of the cemetery.
Famous people buried at the Brethren Cemetery
- Borys Dumenko – a commander of the Red Army
- Leonid Eberg – an architect who worked in Rostov-on-Don
- Alexander Borchaninov – a revolutionary and a statesman