The crematorium at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery is called the 2nd Moscow. Like everyone else in the capital, he is subordinate to the unitary enterprise "Ritual" - the government department that manages cemeteries and funeral services.
general information
The Nikolo-Arkhangelsk crematorium has the glory of the largest institution of its kind in all of Europe. This is not surprising, since its territory occupies 210 hectares of area. It was built and commissioned by order of the Soviet government in 1972. The Nikolo-Arkhangelsk crematorium is located in close proximity to the Novokosino district, which is located within the Eastern administrative district of the capital.
The crematorium complex has fourteen special halls designed for farewell ceremonies. One hall is dedicated to the funeral of the dead in accordance with religious requirements.
The equipment of the crematorium equals the best examples of technology and advanced engineering. At its disposal the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk crematorium has modern gas and electric furnaces, as well as special hydraulic carts, the task of which is to put the body of the deceased in the furnace. Every day, up to four dozen cremations are carried out on the territory of the complex.
Cremation order
To order the cremation procedure , you must arrive at the crematorium before 13:00 hours. The time threshold is limited due to the fact that before cremation, a number of documents are required. To be more precise, to carry out the burning of the body of the deceased, it is required to provide a stamp of death of the cremated person, a passport of the customer of the procedure and an invoice for the services of the institution. The agents of the special service, which operates in Moscow, can carry out this entire procedure on behalf of the customer. Thus, you can save time if you are short of it for any reason.
The cost of the cremation procedure in the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk crematorium is 3600 rubles. This amount includes musical accompaniment befitting the occasion. An urn with the ashes of the deceased will be available on the day after the procedure. To do this, you must again provide the passport of the customer, a death certificate of the cremated person and a receipt for the payment of the services of the cemetery, on which the urn with ashes will be buried. You must also provide a cremation certificate, which is issued on the day of the procedure. Another important point concerns cases when the urn with ashes is planned to be buried outside of Moscow and the Moscow region. In such a situation, it is required to additionally provide a statement to the crematorium on behalf of the customer, notifying that the remains of the deceased will be buried in another region.
If it is not immediately possible to pick up the urn, the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk crematorium will store it for free for forty days. Then, for each day of downtime, a fee is charged. If during the year the urn remains unclaimed, then it is buried at the discretion of the crematorium’s management without the sanction of the customer or other persons close to the deceased.
About the cremation process
Cremation takes place in specialized furnaces, the temperature of which reaches 1100 degrees Celsius. Under such conditions, the body burns out on average in an hour and a half. Then, using special equipment, the ashes are collected in an urn. The latter is a vessel made of metal, plastic or ceramic. There are also wooden and stone urns. Of course, they all differ in price. The cheapest of them costs about 1,500 rubles.
Nikolo-Arkhangelsk crematorium: address and opening hours
You can choose a crematorium in Moscow from the list of three enterprises, either by comparing their prices, or by calculating the distance from home. The following is information for those people who have chosen the crematorium of the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery. Its address is: Moscow, Balashikha, Saltykovka microdistrict, Okolnaya street, building No. 4. The crematorium is open daily from 08:45 to 17:00.