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Vilske Russian Cemetery

Memorials	:	0
Location	:	Ukraine
Coordinate	:	50.2724073, 28.6496906
Description	:	The first known Orthodox necropolis in Zhytomyr was located on Okhrimova Hill. It is impossible to name the exact date of its foundation, but in the 1930s researchers recorded single stone crosses with inscriptions of the XV-XVI centuries. The same ancient period includes ancient burials around the Church of the Assumption and the Exaltation of the Cross (discovered in the XIX century in the process of building new stone buildings). In 1837, at the expense of Olga Fyodorovna Potemkina, who wanted to perpetuate the memory of her late husband, Lieutenant General Prince Yakov Alekseevich Potemkin, the St. Jacob's Church was built... Read More	The first known Orthodox necropolis in Zhytomyr was located on Okhrimova Hill. It is impossible to name the exact date of its foundation, but in the 1930s researchers recorded single stone crosses with inscriptions of the XV-XVI centuries. The same ancient period includes ancient burials around the Church of the Assumption and the Exaltation of the Cross (discovered in the XIX century in the process of building new stone buildings). In 1837, at the expense of Olga Fyodorovna Potemkina, who wanted to perpetuate the memory of her late husband, Lieutenant General Prince Yakov Alekseevich Potemkin, the St. Jacob's Church was built in the cemetery - the city's first Orthodox brick church. Today the church is an architectural monument of local significance. During the establishment of Soviet rule, the Vilske cemetery, like other burial sites, was vandalized and deliberately destroyed. On some tombstones the marks of local masters, in particular G. Olishkevych and V. Dlouhy, are preserved. From the 1930s to 1976 it served as a city cemetery, until the opening of the Korbutivske cemetery.

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Where is Vilske Russian Cemetery?
Vilske Russian Cemetery is located at Peremohy street 74 Zhytomyrskа , 10000Ukraine.
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Latitude: 50.2724073
Longitude: 28.6496906