Editing Tikhvin Cemetery (section)

==Burials==
{{main|List of burials at Tikhvin Cemetery}}
The rate of burials in the Old and New Lazarevskoe cemeteries was about equal during the early years of the latter's existence, though by the 1830s the New Lazarevskoe Cemetery became more popular. Burials initially took place in the eastern part of the cemetery, and in 1825 the [[holy fool]] monk Patermufy was buried there.<ref name="CW"/> In 1826 the writer [[Nikolay Karamzin]] was buried in the cemetery, followed in 1833 by [[Nikolay Gnedich]], a contemporary of Pushkin's.<ref name="CW"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/nekropol/view/item/id/401/catid/3|script-title=ru:Карамзин Николай Михайлович|work=lavraspb.ru|access-date=26 April 2019|language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/nekropol/view/item/id/394/catid/3|script-title=ru:Гнедич Николай Иванович|work=lavraspb.ru|access-date=26 April 2019|language=Russian}}</ref> Gnedich's funeral on 6 February 1833 was attended by many prominent literary figures, including Pushkin, [[Ivan Krylov]], [[Pyotr Vyazemsky]], [[Pyotr Pletnyov]], [[Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy|Fyodor Tolstoy]] and [[Alexey Olenin]].<ref name="CW"/> With the exception of Pushkin, all would eventually be buried in the Lavra's cemeteries; Krylov, Vyazemsky, Pletnyov and Olenin in the Tikhvin, and Tolstoy in the Lazarevskoe.<ref name="CW"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/nekropol/view/item/id/433/catid/3|script-title=ru:Оленин Алексей Николаевич|work=lavraspb.ru|access-date=26 April 2019|language=Russian}}</ref> In 1844 another contemporary poet of Pushkin's, [[Yevgeny Baratynsky]], was buried in the cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/nekropol/view/item/id/233/catid/3|script-title=ru:Баратынский Евгений Абрамович|work=lavraspb.ru|access-date=26 April 2019|language=Russian}}</ref>
[[File:Памятник Достоевскому.jpg|thumb|right|The grave of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] and his wife [[Anna Dostoevskaya|Anna]]]]
The cemetery became a popular and prestigious burial ground for those of many areas of society. The wealthy merchant A.I. Kosikovsky was buried under a monumental sarcophagus on a high pedestal surmounted by a canopy on eight fluted columns.<ref name="CW"/> Opposite it stood a similarly grand monument to the statesman [[Pavel Nikolaievich Demidov|Pavel Demidov]], which has since been lost.<ref name="CW"/> In 1857 the remains of the composer [[Mikhail Glinka]] were returned from Berlin and buried in the cemetery, with a grand monument erected two years later to the design of architect I. I. Gornostayev, with sculptures by [[Nikolay Laveretsky]].<ref name="CW"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/nekropol/view/item/id/181/catid/3|script-title=ru:Глинка Михаил Иванович|work=lavraspb.ru|access-date=26 April 2019|language=Russian}}</ref> On 1 February 1881 the author [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] was buried in the cemetery, with a similarly large monument.<ref name="CW"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/nekropol/view/item/id/186/catid/3|script-title=ru:Достоевский Федор Михайлович|work=lavraspb.ru|access-date=26 April 2019|language=Russian}}</ref> During the 1880s composers [[Modest Mussorgsky]] and [[Alexander Borodin]] were buried in the northern part of the grounds, with [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] following in 1893.<ref name="CW"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/ru/component/chiglossary/view/item/id/1562/catid/3|script-title=ru:Чайковский Петр Ильич|work=lavraspb.ru|access-date=26 April 2019|language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/nekropol/view/item/id/436/catid/3|script-title=ru:Мусоргский Модест Петрович|work=lavraspb.ru|access-date=26 April 2019|language=Russian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavraspb.ru/nekropol/view/item/id/173/catid/3|script-title=ru:Бородин Александр Порфирьевич |work=lavraspb.ru|access-date=26 April 2019|language=Russian}}</ref> Eventually all the members of the group of composers termed "[[The Five (composers)|The Five]]", or the "Mighty Handful"; Mussorgsky, Borodin, as well as [[Mily Balakirev]], [[César Cui]] and [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], were buried in the cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|first=Danny|last=Riley|url=https://bachtrack.com/feature-ten-resting-places-graves-burials-famous-composers-july-2018|title=Ten final resting places of famous composers|work=bachtrack.com|access-date=26 April 2019|date=4 July 2018}}</ref>

By the beginning of the 20th century the Tikhvin cemetery contained 1,325 monuments of various designs and sizes, including monumental crosses on pedestals, sarcophagi and [[stele]]s.<ref name="lavra2"/> There were several family plots with chapels and large crypts of granite and marble.<ref name="lavra2"/>