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Cemetery records provided by Chesed Shel Emet, mitzvatemet.com. Cemetery Mushketovo is the main cemetery of the city in the XX century. It is located in the Kalininsky district on the Pavshye Komissary Avenue. It got its name from the nearby railway station named after the geologist I. Mushketov. It has functioned since 1929. Covers an area of over 50 hectares. In the cemetery, two sites are set aside for Jewish burials. They are called the Old and New Cemeteries. The necropolis is famous for the burial of the victims of the Nazis who were killed at the mine No. 4-4 bis. The grave of the war hero, sculptor Naum Ginzburg is also located here. It is considered the first monument to the victims of the Holocaust in the city.
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