Vsekhsvyatskoye

Vsekhsvyatskoye
Всехсвятское
Former village
Main entrance
Location of Vsekhsvyatskoye, the Sokol District of Moscow

Vsekhsvyatskoye (Russian: Всехсвятское), formerly a village outside Moscow, Russia; now a city neighbourhood in Sokol District, is known for its historic Brotherly Cemetery of Russian soldiers who died in World War One.

The cemetery is also known for its mass graves of the October Revolution, which remained unmarked for the entire Soviet period.

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