Home  Cambodia  China  Cuba  Egypt  Estonia  Galapagos  Iceland  Kamchatka  Karakoram  Laos  Lundy Island  Nepal  New Zealand  Patagonia  Prague  Russian Cities  Moscow  St Petersburg  Scottish  Highlands  Sierra Nevada  Thailand  Tibet  Vietnam  Email /  Feedback	St Petersburg     -     Tikhvik Cemetery Founded in 1703, within ten years St Petersburg had become capital of the Russian empire and quickly gained a reputation as one of Europe's most beautiful cities. In the 20th century it underwent three name changes, three revolutions and a 900-day siege. For a city only three hundred years old, it has an amazing history. Choose a category from the menu Canals   |   Church on Spilled Blood   |   General   |   Peterhof / Pushkin St Isaac's Cathedral   |   Tikhvik Cemetery   |   Hermitage / Winter Palace Tikhvik Cemetery Click a thumbnail for a larger picture The Tikhvin Cemetery, outside the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, is the burial ground of some of Russia's most famous composers, including Pytor Tchaikovsky, Modest Mussorgsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.Fyodor Dostoevsky is also buried here. Founded by Peter the Great, the Alexander Nevsky Monastery is named after the prince of Novgorad who defeated the Sweeds in 1240. Peter himself defeated them again in 1709.
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