Tombs of the Russian Bourgeois Give Dapper Weirdness

Sorry guys, my Russian is a little rusty (in that I never spoke it at all).

But this story on tombs of the Russian bourgeois seems to be about the way they spend far too much money on memorializing themselves while others suffer. Although, that could just be failed Google translating on my part. I will share this anyway because the gravestones themselves are fascinating and Eastern Europe-specific.

Posted on February 7, 2013 by caitlin
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ncaciola

I’m struck by the fact that all the examples appear to be portrayals of men. Is this a reflection of men’s greater prominence and wealth? Or a greater willingness to plan for self-aggrandizement after death? It is a pretty clear pattern.

RW

They are maffia graves not a lot of women in their ranks.
http://www.facebook.com/chad.weber.146 Chad Weber

The women also probably have better taste, smaller egos, and longer lifespans. So they are the ones taking the pictures.

http://desertdandelion.blogspot.com/ Caitlin A.

So interesting! When I was in Moscow I visited the Novodevichy cemetery (where Krushchev, Mayakovskii, Gogol, Chekhov are buried) and the artwork was indeed interesting. I didn’t see any like these though!

http://desertdandelion.blogspot.com/ Caitlin A.

I wrote a post with some of them if you’d like to see them – http://desertdandelion.blogspot.com/2013/02/from-russia-with-love-vol-3.html

Mark

Actually a lot of these stones belong to russian mafia members.. They have a thing for trying to leave people with a different impression of who they were in life…
http://www.facebook.com/wes.farris Wes Farris

The message is clear in these. These were very tough guys.
LePetitRat

I’ve been to a few cemeteries in Russia and they’re actually some of my favorite. An interesting mix of beautiful headstones, iron crosses and memorials paired with the wild, lush overgrown vegetation that epitomizes Russia.

These things? Not so much to my taste. Gotta love that you have an Orthodox priest proudly standing next to the tomb of someone who I’d be $100 was a member of the mafia. Ahhhh Russia.
MoonlitOfferings

I dislike the tombstones with engraved faces in american graveyards, but something about this has much more aesthetic appeal.
http://www.facebook.com/butylkov Sergey Butylkov

Picture 1:
Top: Save and Protect (Referring to Christ)
Bottom: Dima, Lenya, Sasha, Igor’ (First names only)

Picture 3:
Yakovenko (Last name only)

Picture 4:
Ogli Chirvon’a Ivanovich
(Ogli in Arabic means “Son”, the guy is most likely from Azerbaijan)
1977-1995 From Father and Mother

Picture 5:
Left: Dolidze Yevgenia Iosifna 1937-2005
Right: Dolidze Grigoriy Nodariyevich

Picture 6:
Kudr’ashov Aleksandr Dmitriyevich
1956-1999

Picture 7:
Round stone in the middle says “Fishing”

Picture 8:
Ikonnikov Aleksandr Ivanovich
(Note that the last name Ikonnikov most likelely originated from (was changed to honor?) religious icon art)

Picture 9:
Chanashir (Last name only, the guy is most likely from Azerbaijan)

Picture 10:
Knizhnik Mark Yakovlevich (Jewish but last name is Slavik)
1951-1999
Poem:
Act as you wish while alive,
Say what you want,
But on my tombstone,
You can’t help but take a look.

Picture 11:
Ogli Shofiri Semenovich (one guy, three tombstones!)

Picture 12: Not loading for me

Picture 13:
Ogli Lovari Derbishevich
1955-2002
Anonymous

Thank you, Sergey Butylkov!

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