Famous Graves in Ukraine

British Light Brigade Monument

unknown – 25 Oct 1854

This monument is dedicated to the men of the British Cavalry...

Balaklava, City of Sevastopol, Ukraine

Memorial to WWII Soldiers

Birth and death dates unknown.

Memorial to WW2 Soldiers, Sebastopol.Sebastopol earned the...

Sevastopol, City of Sevastopol, Ukraine

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Sebastopol)

Birth and death dates unknown.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Sebastopol. Memorial to WWII...

Sevastopol, City of Sevastopol, Ukraine

Tomb of the Unknown Ukrainian Soldier

Birth and death dates unknown.

Unveiled on May 8, 1967, at Dniepr Park Kiev, Ukraine, the...

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Babi Yar Memorial

Birth and death dates unknown.

This memorial stands at Babi Yar, the ravine then on the city...

Babi Yar, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Saint Barbara

303 – 4 Dec 321

Roman Catholic and Orthodox Saint. She is most remembered for...

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Jewish Memorial at Babi Yar

Birth and death dates unknown.

As the 'official' memorial to the Babi Yar massacre set up by the...

Babi Yar, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Odessa Resistance Memorial

Birth and death dates unknown.

This resistance group was literally 'underground' based in a 1000...

Odessa, Odeska, Ukraine

Yevgeni Bauer

22 Jan 1865 – 22 Jun 1917

Motion Picture Director. He and Yakov Protazanov were the most...

Yalta, Republic of Crimea, Ukraine

Ukrainian Civil War Student Memorial

unknown – 1918

Memorial to the 300 Ukrainian students killed by the Bolsheviks...

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Vera Kholodnaya

30 Aug 1893 – 16 Feb 1919

Actress. Nicknamed "The Queen of the Screen", she was Russia's...

Odessa, Odeska, Ukraine

Saint Makarii

unknown – 1 May 1497

Orthodox Saint. He is remembered for being martyred by Tatars, a...

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Victor Stepanovich Kosenko

23 Sep 1896 – 2 Oct 1938

Composer. An important Russian musician of the early Soviet...

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Taras Protsyuk

16 Jan 1968 – 8 Apr 2003

Photojournalist. The Ukranianian born Protsyuk worked as a...

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Peter Arkadievich Stolypin

14 Apr 1862 – 18 Sep 1911

Prime Minister of Russia to Tsar Nicholas II. Perhaps the only...

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin

24 Sep 1739 – 16 Oct 1791

Russian General. He fulfilled Empress Catherine the Greats's...

Sevastopol, City of Sevastopol, Ukraine

Alexander Khanzhonkov

8 Aug 1877 – 26 Sep 1945

Motion Picture Pioneer. One of the founders of Russian Cinema....

Yalta, Republic of Crimea, Ukraine

Prince Yaroslav the Wise

c.978 – 20 Feb 1054

Monarch of the Principality of Rus'. Son of Wladimir I, he became...

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Boris Shakhlin

27 Jan 1932 – 30 May 2008

Olympic Games Gold Medalist Athlete. Born in Ishim, Russia and...

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine

Maxim Rilsky

19 Mar 1898 – 24 Jul 1964

Author. He was a prolific novelist of the Soviet era.

Kyiv, City of Kyiv, Ukraine