Editing Tikhvin Cemetery (section)

==Establishment==
[[File:План Тихвинского кладбища, 1914.jpg|thumb|right|The plan of the cemetery as it was in 1914]]
The cemetery is located close to [[Alexander Nevsky Square]], to the right of the pathway leading from the Gate Church to the {{interlanguage link|River Monastyrka|ru|Монастырка (река)}}. This land had previously been occupied with ornamental and vegetable gardens.<ref name="lavra2">{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/?option=com_content&id=10|script-title=ru:Некрополь Мастеров искусств Александро-Невской Лавры|access-date=26 April 2019|publisher=lavra.spb.ru|language=Russian}}</ref> The first cemetery in the monastery, the [[Lazarevskoe Cemetery]], had been established in 1717, and by the early nineteenth century was becoming overcrowded. In March 1823 the monastery authorities proposed the creation of a new burial ground opposite the St. Petersburg Theological Consistory.<ref name="lavra2"/> The new cemetery, initially called the "New Lazarevsky" ({{langx|ru|Ново-Лазаревским}}), was established in the eastern part of the plot of land, between the pathway to the monastery, and the consistory building, enclosed with a wooden fence.<ref name="CW">{{cite web|url=http://www.citywalls.ru/house29232.html|script-title=ru:Тихвинское кладбище – Некрополь мастеров искусств|access-date=26 April 2019|publisher=citywalls.ru|language=Russian}}</ref> Over time it expanded to the west, into the areas formerly occupied by monastic gardens, and in the 1870s it was enclosed with a stone wall.<ref name="lavra2"/><ref name="CW"/>