Mikhail Yuryevich LERMONTOV (first grave) (Pyatigorsk)

Russia / Stavropol / Pyatigorsk
 grave, cenotaph, interesting place, Lermontov, object of cultural heritage of federal importance (Russia)
The Russian poet was killed in a duel and buried here in a large ceremony on July 27, 1841. His body lay here for 250 days, then on March 27, 1842 his grandmother, EA Arsenieva, took the ashes to the family vault in Tarkhany village.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Lermontov#Death_and_the_aftermath
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Coordinates:   44°2'47"N   43°4'23"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago