With the permission of the author's theme of "Funeral of Moscow" tell what happened once in Odessa. Last Saturday I went to the Transfiguration of the park, and that's what I saw with my own eyes.
To start a small excursion into history ...
The first cemetery in Odessa - the destruction of the Bolshevik pantheon of Russian national glory. This - not a beautiful saying and aphorism. Here are buried the defenders of the Fatherland, the people who Odessa owes its fame, prosperity, and the very fact of existence.
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For the history of Odessa - the territory of the Transfiguration of the park is unique. The first Christian cemetery buried Russian general Fyodor Radetsky. This commander Bulgaria was liberated from Turkish yoke quincentennial. Near the temple was his monument - the figure was done in the style of ancient warrior. At the cemetery found their last refuge brother of Alexander Pushkin - The Lion, the brother of one of the founders of Odessa Felix De Ribas. Also at the first Christian cemetery holds the remains of silent film star Vera Cold.
The revolution brought many changes in the life of the city, however, in the cemetery church of All Saints continued to worship until 1934, when the decision of the Presidium of the City Council on 3 May, the church was closed. In the development plans of the city of Odessa has no place of the old Christian cemetery and church in the name of All Saints with him.
In one part of the cemetery is a park with attractions that regularly dances, and then - discos, on the other - the zoo. In order for you to appreciate the scale of abuse of graves will give just one example. In place of the graves of the Cold Vera, who died in Odessa from the "Spanish flu" - was a public toilet.
But the cemetery itself was the name of the park. Ilcha.
Experts say: the territory of the first Christian cemetery is not limited to park Ilyich. At one time, it mingled with the Muslim and Karaite burial complexes.
Since the early 90's, when the name of Lenin began to disappear from the names of streets and cities, it was renamed and this park. Now it is called the Transfiguration. Orthodox congregation in Odessa churches were long-standing struggle to ensure that amusement park and dance pavilion were removed from the graves of the founders of the city. In place of the altar of All Saints church installed Worship Cross, city officials "gave the go-ahead to the restoration of the cemetery church.
Currently, the place where in 1770 the temple was built, conducted archaeological excavations. Found many items, perhaps not of great material value, but it is - the elements of church plate, invaluable for the faithful heart, - fragments of chandeliers, lamps, icon, etc.
Already begun digging the foundation of the temple, the altar part, archaeologists and their assistants tend to find the graves of the priests - their way of life should be five - who were near the temple. Fortunately, the place that showed elderly from Odessa, a former parishioner of All Saints church.
I took a few photos on a mobile phone, the first photograph - view of the temple before the arrival of Soviet power. The tree near the excavation hang lists of those who lie under the asphalt. Written out the names of artists:
Mallmann Fridrikhovich Friedrich (1821-1899), painter, director of the Drawing School in Odessa
Vasiliy Kornienko Anisimovich (1867-1904), Ukrainian painter and schedule
Popov, Alexander Andreevich (1852-1919), Director of the School of Art, St. Petersburg Academy of Arts
Rozmaritsyn Prokofievich Alexander (1844-1917), academician of the Petersburg Academy of Arts
Chojnacki, Joseph P. (1818-1885), painter, director of Odessa's Drawing School
Nicholas Aleksomati Harlampievich (1848-1917), Russian artist
Belousov Matthew Ilyich (1796 -?)
Nicholas Bodarevsky Kornilovich (1850-1921) and others ... ..