Cemetery of Saint-Geneviève-des-Bois lies 30 kilometers south of Paris in a small town in honor of which the cemetery and got its name. It was at the cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois that almost all Russian citizens who lived in Paris and its environs were buried from the beginning of the 20th century

Today the cemetery is occupied mainly by the graves of Russian emigrants, and throughout the world Saint-Geneviève de Bois is considered to be the Russian cemetery . Here you can find the graves of more than 10 thousand of our former compatriots, including such famous people , as: the duchess Obolenskaya Vera Apollonovna, ballerina Semennikova Tamara Stefanovna, captain Yaganov Illarion Davidovich, officers of the tsarist army and descendants of noble families Prince Felix Yusupov, great philosopher and theologian Sergius Bulgakov, touching Ivan Bunin, writer Boris Zaitsev, amazing and talented Teffi, artists Zinaida Serebryakova and Albert Benois, director Andrei Tarkovsky and many others .

Russian tourists often come to the cemetery of Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois to pay tribute to all the deceased and their ancestors. There is a cemetery in the town of Saint-Genevieve-de-Bois on Leo-Lagrange Street, open March-September Mon-Sun 7.00-19.00, October-February Mon-Sun 8.00-17.00.

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

Church, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

Grave of Serge Lifar, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

Tomb of Rudolf Nureyev, Saint Genevieve de Bois

Entrance, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois

Reviews of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (1)

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Last White Guard shelter November 25, 2013

Briasha

was here in aug Ousté 2013

I already knew at the station of the town of St. Genevieve, that Internet sources lgali- town and not so little ...) Sunday. The beginning of the day. Almost everything is closed. Keep in mind that buses on weekends are moving at very high intervals, and the cemetery is on the other side of the city from the station. Stop the pool. From the stop to the destination - about 300 meters
St. Genevieve is a quiet, quiet town ... a lot of flowers.
The locals are ready to help, as Russian tourists are not uncommon. Unwilling ... Read full review