Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery

Smolensky Lutheran Cemetery
Smolensker Friedhof
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Established1747
CountryRussia
Coordinates59°57′N 30°15′E / 59.95°N 30.25°E / 59.95; 30.25

The Smolenskoye(-oe) Cemetery (in German Smolensker Friedhof) is a Lutheran cemetery on Dekabristov Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is one of the largest and oldest non-orthodox cemeteries in the city. Until the early 20th century it was one of the main burial grounds for ethnic Germans.

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