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Between 1988 and 1991, Leinonen went on countless personal visits to the cemetery itself and compiled an inventory of all those graves that are still standing today, copying the exact writing on each
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two parts of the cemetery were destroyed. The first was a large section in the far north west corner of the cemetery which was entirely flattened to make way for a building for a local
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The person who has done the most work in investigating the current status of the cemetery is Robert Leinonen, a longtime resident of Saint Petersburg who moved to Germany in 1991.
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Somewhere in the cemetery lies the little body of infant Louisa Catherine Adams (August 12, 1811 - September 15, 1812), the fourth and last child and only daughter of
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A further site dealing with the history of the cemetery and others in the nearby area. The information relating to this cemetery is towards the bottom of the entry.
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Deutsche in St. Petersburg: ein Blick auf den deutschen evangelisch-lutherischen Smolenski-Friedhof und in die europäische Kulturgeschichte
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Deutsche in St. Petersburg: ein Blick auf den Deutschen Evangelisch-Lutherischen Smolenski-Friedhof und in die europäische Kulturgeschichte
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cemeteries in the city. Until the early 20th century it was one of the main burial grounds for
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Some tombstones of notable people were transferred to the necropolis of famous people at
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in 1985. The second was a small section at the entrance which was replaced with a
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is known to have existed in 1747. The Smolenka River divides it from the
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Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Saint Petersburg
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for family research in pre-revolutionary Russia and the early
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Coordinates
59°57′N 30°15′E / 59.95°N 30.25°E / 59.95; 30.25
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Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery
Dekabristov Island
Saint Petersburg
Russia
orthodox
ethnic Germans
Dekabristov Island
Smolensky Orthodox Cemetery
Vasilievsky Island
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Katarina
Catholic Church of St. Catherine
Leonhard Euler
Xavier de Maistre
Germain Henri Hess
José de Ribas
Moritz von Jacobi
Agustín de Betancourt
Jean-François Thomas de Thomon
Ludvig Nobel

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