Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice

Cemetery in France

Cimetière russe de Nice

Details
Established| 1867; 158 years ago (1867)
Location|

Nice

Country| France
Type| Christian Orthodox cemetery

The Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice (French: Cimetière orthodoxe de Caucade) also known as the Orthodox cemetery in Caucade, is a cemetery located southwest of Nice, France.

## History and description

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The cemetery was established on a plot bought by Russia in 1867 on the hill of Caucade, at a time when the Russian colony had an important role in the French Riviera.

3,000 Russians, including the descendants of Russian immigrants and refugees after the October Revolution and the members of Royal families, are buried at the cemetery. This includes Galitzine, Naryshkin, Obolensky, Volkonsky, Tsereteli and Gagarin  families.

The cemetery chapel is dedicated to Saint Nicholas, in honor of the patron Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia who died of tuberculosis in Nice.

The cemetery is open on Thursday and Saturday from 9:00 to 12:00 and on Friday and Sunday from 14:00 to 17:00. Liturgy on Saturday at 9:30. (Bus line 8 - station Caucade).

## Notables buried

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* Georgy Adamovich (1892-1972), Russian poet, and a literary critic, translator and memoirist
* Princess Catherine Dolgorukaya-Yurievskaya (1847–1922)
* Vladimir Golenishchev (1856–1947), Russian Egyptologist
* Princess Helen of Serbia (1884–1962)
* Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935), German physician, sexologist and LGBT rights activist
* Filipp Malyavin (1869-1940), Russian painter
* Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich Romanov (1902–1978)
* General Dmitry Shcherbachev, (1857–1932)
* Serge Voronoff (1866-1951), French surgeon
* General Nikolai Yudenich (1862–1933)

## Gallery

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## External links and references

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* History
* Nice (06) : cimetière de Caucade – Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs
* Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice at Find a Grave

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