Lutheran Cemetery
   Photo: Lutheran Cemetery

Lutheran cemetery in Polotsk was laid, presumably, in the XVIII century. The oldest of the surviving graves - a monument dates from 1796 Shterngrosu year.

Lutheran Cemetery laid next to the Orthodox, adhering to it closely. In contrast to the Orthodox cemetery Polotsk Lutheran well-planned and well maintained. It is noticeable that looked after here for all the graves and monuments and gravestones is updated regularly.

Here are buried famous Polotsk citizens of German origin: the descendants of Baron Pfaylitser Franco, representatives of Rulkoviyus- Walter. There Latvian grave. Janis preserved burial brothers, Waldemar and Karlis Baladitsav.

It is perfectly preserved tomb chapel of the XIX century.

Among the graves occasionally meet Lutheran Orthodox crosses. For whatever reason, they were buried in the cemetery of the Orthodox - is unknown. Preserved tomb of Dr. Stepan Efimovich Pawlowski and his mother Daria Antonovna.

The monument, which leaves no one indifferent - the tomb of an ordinary nurse 849 th Infantry Regiment (303 th Infantry Division, 60th Army) Zinaida Tusnolobova. Total for 8 months of the war, this heroic woman rescued 128 wounded, relegate them to the battlefield under the fascist bullets. In February 1943, at Kursk, she was wounded and frostbite limbs. Doctors have saved her life, but the hands and feet amputated. For their unparalleled heroism Zinaida Tusnolobova was awarded the Star of Hero, the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star Medal. At the grave Tusnolobova fresh flowers.

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