When a loved one leaves our life, the cemetery becomes the last refuge for his mortal body, a place that you can always visit in order to remember him and pray for the souls of the departed. In every large settlement there are cemeteries, this is an absolutely understandable necessity, and Chelyabinsk is no exception. One of the largest graveyards in the capital of the Southern Urals is the Preobrazhenskoe cemetery.
Location
Transfiguration Cemetery is located in the north-west of the city - this is actually its very outskirts. Four kilometers away is the settlement - the village of Gradsky Priisk (en route to another settlement in the village of Kremenkul). The entire area occupied by this cemetery is about one hundred and forty hectares. The Preobrazhenskoye cemetery is in contact with another last refuge for people in the city - the Gradsky cemetery.
History
Also interesting is the fact that the Transfiguration Cemetery of Chelyabinsk is one of the "youngest" graveyards of the city and is in more than acceptable condition. According to various historical sources, it can be concluded that the cemetery is no more than eighty years old. There are Christian, Muslim and Jewish burials on the territory.
Layout
The territory of the cemetery is a separate alley with the numbers of the plots. According to its layout, the Preobrazhenskoye cemetery has the same layout as many Moscow graveyards. There is a small salon of funeral services. The administration can rent equipment for the care of graves or for cleaning the surrounding areas. At the Preobrazhensky cemetery, there are specially allocated places for the burial of Muslims and Jews. Full observance of the traditions of Islam and Judaism is guaranteed. For the burial of honorable citizens and prominent figures, special places have been allocated along the main avenue. The Preobrazhenskoye cemetery presents a list of burials at the entrance to the territory, next to the map-scheme of sections and passages. On the territory there is a funeral services shop and a crematorium.
A large area, a very convenient layout, such as how the cemeteries of Moscow are arranged, all this allows even family burials to be placed on the territory.
Family graves
For many, the issue of the possibility of placing people from the same family in the immediate vicinity is very important. At the Preobrazhensky cemetery, separate places are allocated for such a type of burial as family-related. For burial in a family grave, you must provide a written application from the person for whom the land plot is registered.
There is one more possibility that is relevant today: the remains not subjected to cremation are immersed in the ground or crypts (in a coffin or an airtight sarcophagus). Separate places have been allocated for columbar urns, as well as for unburied burials.
Working hours
This churchyard is still functioning today. Information on where the Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery is located, opening hours and other important information is available on the official website of this institution, which is very convenient. The cemetery is open from Monday to Sunday. In the period May-September it is open from nine in the morning until seven in the evening; in October-April - from nine in the morning until five in the evening. Anyone can visit it, travel by car is possible.
For information on which days the Preobrazhenskoye cemetery operates, you can check the opening hours in the cemetery administration or on the website.
The works are not performed on the first of January and on the holiday of Easter, the rest of the time you can visit the cemetery seven days a week.
Famous graves
At the Preobrazhenskoye cemetery in the city of Chelyabinsk, the former director of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant - "ChTZ-Uraltrak" Valery Mikhailovich Platonov, who left in the sixty-eighth year of his life, is buried. This man did a lot for his native plant, rescuing the enterprise from a protracted economic crisis in the nineties, going through all the stages from a simple master to a director. Former colleagues always recall Valery Mikhailovich with warmth. It is worth noting that it was under the guidance of this person that the design development and organization of the production of modern engines for tractors and armored vehicles began. In the past, it was he who established the economic cooperation of the enterprise with Indian partners on the supply of products of the Chelyabinsk plant.
Esther Masorra Alvarez is buried in the same cemetery. Killed in a sensational case, she was buried by consent of her civil husband. The suspect is established, detained and the court is on. The mother of three daughters was killed on March 22, 2015. A large number of city residents came to the funeral, the burial process was broadcast on many federal channels. And still on the grave of this woman you can constantly see fresh flowers.
Historically, almost every nation in the world has a tradition of burial of the deceased, even after cremation. Therefore, it is not surprising that in every major city on the planet there is a cemetery, if not more than one. In Chelyabinsk, one of the largest and most significant for citizens is the Transfiguration Cemetery. A large territory, convenient layout and constancy of functioning allow relatives of deceased people to visit the burial places of their loved ones.