Tikhvin Cemetery (Тихвинское кладбище) is located at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, in St. Petersburg, Russia. View of the monastery in the early 19th century Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 at the southern end of the Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg to house the relics of Alexander Nevsky, patron saint of the newly-founded Russian capital. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland...

The grave of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Established in 1823, some of the notables buried here are: Download high resolution version (1324x1765, 1127 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1324x1765, 1127 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky  listen (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 (N.S.); April 25, 1840 – October 25, 1893 (O.S.)) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ...

• Mily Balakirev - (1836-1910), composer
• Alexander Borodin - (1833-1887), composer
• César Cui - (1835-1918), composer
• Fyodor Dostoevsky - (1821-1881), author
• Mikhail Glinka - (1804-1857), composer
• Ivan Krylov - (1769-1844), author
• Modest Mussorgsky - (1839-1881), composer
• Marius Petipa - (1818-1910), French ballet choreographer
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - (1844-1908), composer
• Nikolai Rubinstein - (1835 - 1881), pianist, conductor and composer
• Fyodor Ignatyevich Stravinsky - 1843 - 1902, operatic bass, father of composer Igor Stravinsky
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - (1840-1893), composer

See also: List of other famous cemeteries Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (Russian Милий Алексеевич Бала́кирев) (January 2, 1837 – May 29, 1910) was a Russian composer. ... Borodins tomb bust at Tikhvin Cemetery Alexander Porfyrevich Borodin (Алекса́ндр Порфи́рьевич Бороди́н) (November 12, 1833 – February 27, 1887) was a Russian composer who made his living as a chemist. ... César Antonovitch Cui (Russian: Цезарь Антонович Кюи) (January 6/18, 1835 – March 13, 1918) was a Russian composer and music critic of French and Lithuanian descent. ... Fyodor Dostoevsky. ... Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Михаи́л Ива́нович Гли́нка) (June 1, 1804 – February 15, 1857) was a Russian composer. ... Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (Иван Андреевич Крылов in Russian) (February 13, 1769 - November 21, 1844) was a famous Russian fabulist. ... Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Russian: Моде́ст Петро́вич Му́соргский) (March 21, 1839 – March 28, 1881; sometimes spelled Modeste Moussorgsky), was an innovative Russian composer famed for his colourful, exotic, and lush orchestral pieces dedicated to various subjects of medieval Russian history. ... Marius Petipa ( March 11, 1822 — July 14, 1910) was the French dancer and choreographer who virtually invented classical ballet in a career that was centered on Saint Petersburg. ... Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian: ), also Nikolai, Nicolai, and Rimsky-Korsakoff, (March 18, 1844 – June 21, 1908) was a Russian composer and teacher of classical music particularly noted for his fine orchestration, which may have been influenced by his synaesthesia. ... Categories: Stub | 1835 births | 1881 deaths | Russian composers | Pianists | Russian musicians ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to make music. ... Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky (Russian: ) (June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971) was Russian-American composer of modern classical music. ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky  listen (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, sometimes transliterated as Piotr, Anglicised as Peter Ilich), (May 7, 1840 – November 6, 1893 (N.S.); April 25, 1840 – October 25, 1893 (O.S.)) was a Russian composer of the Romantic era. ... This is a list of famous cemeteries, mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. ...