The southern cemetery (Ufa) is located in the administrative district of Ufa, near the village of Vavilovo. It appeared in 1977 by order of the Ufa City Council. After 12/19/2016, the growth of the cemetery stopped. On the plan, the South Ufa cemetery looks elongated vertically.
The office is located at Ufa, Akhmetova Street, 400, apartment 3. You can get to the place from the Southern bus station of the city by bus 261b. The scheme of the Southern cemetery of Ufa is available on special sites.
Cemeteries of the city of Ufa
There are nine cemeteries in Ufa. The largest is the North (it is Timashevskoe). Located near the village of Timashevo. It has been working since 1972. Now it is almost the only active cemetery.
Sergievsky cemetery appeared a very long time ago - in 1771. Part of it was defeated in the 1930s.
The Demskoye cemetery is distinguished by the presence of burials of famous church figures. The largest object is a black iron cross.
The Muslim cemetery is located at the television center, near the Belaya River. It appeared at the end of the 19th century. A mosque was built near the cemetery at the beginning of the 20th century. However, due to the fire, by 1960 it was completely destroyed. The decision to build a new one was made in the early 1990s.
Who is buried in the South cemetery
At the cemetery were buried:
- Mikhailov A. Ya. - Hero of the Soviet Union;
- Abdullin M.I. - Hero of the Soviet Union;
- Tomarov V. A. - Hero of the Soviet Union;
- Ferin M.A. - an economic figure of the Soviet period;
- Phillipov A.P. - People's poet of Bashkiria, translator, literary figure;
- Konovalov L. L. - chess player, active participant in the construction and development of the city of Norilsk;
- E. Nigamezyanov - FSB major general, politician.
History of the Southern Cemetery
The decision to approve the cemetery was made in December 1971. A land plot was determined and an acceptable limit was selected.
In 1974, 68.6 hectares were allocated on the territory of the Dmitriyevsky educational and experimental leshoz, where it was allowed to carry out logging for burial.
In December 1994, 10 hectares of agricultural land was transferred from the Ufimsky state farm, which is located in the Ufa region.
In 2001, another 3 hectares passed from there to the cemetery. And in February 2004, another 12 hectares of the former arable land were added from there.
sights
The southern cemetery of Ufa is quite modest, and there are not many interesting objects here. The only thing you can look at is a memorial to the victims of the crash that happened on the night of July 2, 2002. It was opened on July 13, 2003.
The author of the memorial is Ramzit Maskulov, who was later appointed chief architect of Ufa. The memorial is made in the form of a stele of pillars of marble: black and white.
They symbolize the trail of an airplane taking off. Around them, planes, symbolizing the souls of the dead, are strung on a spiral wire.
There are also local objects. On the territory of the cemetery is the Chapel of the Icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Mourn”.
In the center of the cemetery is the Walk of Fame, in which the inhabitants of Ufa - Heroes of the Soviet Union and other famous figures are buried.
The cemetery also houses an obelisk for those soldiers who died during the hostilities in the Chechen Republic and Afghanistan. In total, more than 9.5 thousand officers and soldiers of Bashkortostan served in the war in Afghanistan, of which 343 died.
The fate of the cemetery
Recently it became known about the decision of the city administration of the Southern cemetery of Ufa to close. At the moment, only the expansion of the territory of this object is prohibited. At the same time, it is allowed to use the existing plots, if they have not buried there for more than 20 years, as well as in a previously reserved place. This type of site makes up about a third of the total area of the cemetery.
Until recently, they wanted to close it already in 2017, but now it was decided to postpone this date to February 2019. The corresponding document can be viewed on the official website of the city. Now the main operating cemetery in Ufa is the North.
In the Southern cemetery of Ufa, the burial intensity has recently decreased from 10-12 to 5 people per day.
Conclusion
Thus, the Southern cemetery of Ufa is a relatively new facility, founded in the Soviet era. Now it is no longer expanding, and the burial intensity is sharply reduced. In 2019, it is supposed to be completely closed for burials, but before this time they are still possible. At the Southern cemetery, 3 heroes of the Soviet Union and other prominent figures were buried.