There is no more ominous place in Voronezh with which so many ghosts and the revenge of the dead for disturbed peace would be associated, like the Park of the Living and the Dead (aka Park named after Durov, Park of Leninsky District). But before acquainting readers with the nightmares and horrors that ordinary Voronezh residents witnessed, it is worth telling a little about the history of the park.
Fun on the bones
A park in the circus area was created in 1940 on the site of the Mitrofanevsky cemetery, the last burial in which was made in 1935. After the cemetery was closed, the Soviet government decided to use the tombstones for the needs of the city. Mostly they ended up in the private sector - streets and stairs leading down to the river were paved with slabs.
And a large landscaped park became a favorite resting place for Voronezh residents until the end of the 80s.
The peace of the dead from the Mitrofanievsky cemetery was disturbed repeatedly after the creation of the park: in 1973, during the construction of a circus, in 1986 - during the construction of an underground passage, at the beginning of the "2000s" - during the construction of the shopping center "Europe".
Everyone knows that in the 20th century, ghosts in the park were observed by townspeople very often, especially in the first years after its creation. The gloomy shadows of the deceased wandered silently along the paths, not trying, however, to cause any harm to the living and not coming into contact with the townspeople.
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Revenge of the dead
But more trouble happened with the tombstones. Plates appeared not only in the streets of the private sector, but also in the courtyards of residential buildings - what to do, then it was the time of atheists. However, after a year or two, people suddenly began to throw strong age-old slabs into the street.
It turned out that in those courtyards where the tombstones were laid, misfortunes began to occur one after another - the only breadwinner in the family slipped on the stove, fell, hit his head on a stone and died in the hospital, then the whole family got burned, then one after another children began to hurt. They say that there was not a single house with a slab from the Mitrofanievsky cemetery, which would not have been touched by trouble.
“There was a family living next door to us,” said the now deceased grandmother Maria, a resident of the private sector. - The guy brought them on a cart as many as three slabs to pave the yard. Mother cursed, ordered to take out the plates, but father, he was a party member, intervened and ordered to leave. Less than a month later, the eldest son in the family fell ill with pneumonia, the one who brought the plates, and soon died. Next, my father broke his leg, it did not grow together correctly, then they broke it three times, so he remained disabled. Well, when they discovered tuberculosis in the youngest daughter, the mother did not listen to anyone, called the men, gave them half a liter, and they pulled the slabs out of the yard and carried them away from the house - they threw them into the stream. And she went to church and ordered a magpie for the repose by the names that were carved on the plates. Exactly 40 days later, my daughter was on the mend,sent her to a sanatorium in the Crimea, where she recovered.
Praskovya s Velvet Hill
By the way, gravestones, which served as steps of stairs, could be observed in considerable numbers even 7-10 years ago. The most famous of these stairs is the staircase on the street. Velvet Bugor. For many years, local residents saw on it at night a ghostly girl who was nicknamed Praskovya by her name, which was engraved on the stone on which she always sat. The ghost did not touch anyone, only people heard him crying at night.
Someone once guessed - he copied the name engraved on the plate and went to church, ordering a funeral service. Soon Praskovya disappeared.
This is how the circus turned out
Residents of Voronezh say that during the construction of the Europe shopping center, workers often fell into pits, got injured, cut themselves, and some then refused to work at the facility at all. In the families of the builders, problems also began.
And about the Voronezh circus, all the trainers of the country said: animals do not like to work here, because they feel the energy of the cemetery.
Photo from the site of the Big Voronezh Forum
Author: Natalia Osadchaya