Military cemetery is one of the oldest necropolises of Minsk.

The first mention of the Military Cemetery dates back to the 40th years of the XIX century. At that time it belonged to the Minsk Military Hospital and was in a place called "Long ford" on the outskirts of Minsk.

In 1895, this cemetery was closed for burials. However, soon the territory of the graveyard was expanded and called the New Military Cemetery. The trails in this cemetery were laid crosswise and divided the territory into four sections. On July 2, 1895, a requiem and consecration took place at the New Military Cemetery. At the crossroads of the trails, there was firstly put up a big cross. And in 1896, the construction of the Orthodox Church, which was completed in 1898, began at this place. Now this temple is known as the church of Aliaksandr Nieŭski. Behind the altar part of the temple there are obelisks of servicemen who died during the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878.

During the First World War, there were few graves at this cemetery. However, during the Second World War, the Military Cemetery became the place of eternal rest for more than five hundred soldiers and officers of the Red Army and partisans.

At the Military Cemetery, many literary, science and art workers, as well as public and political figures are buried. Among them are the great Belarusian poets Yakub Kolas and Yanka Kupala, the author of the national anthem of Belarus Michaś Klimkovič, the first president of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences Usievalad Ihnatoŭski, one of the founders of the BSSR Aliaksandr Čarviakoŭ.

Publication date: 17.02.2020.

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