The cemetery is, to put it mildly, not the most pleasant place. But there are guided tours of the necropolises where celebrities are buried. People go to some graves themselves, having learned about their miraculous power.
Sonya, I beg you
On the territory of the Moscow Vagankovskoye cemetery, there is a gilded marble tombstone in the shape of a girl without arms and head, in the shade of a metal palm tree. The monument was erected to the thief Sonya the Golden Hand, she is Sofia Ivanovna Bluestein. According to legend, thieves from St. Petersburg and Odessa ordered the statue from a sculptor from Milan.
Sonya's grave is a place of worship for people from the criminal world. The figure of a stone girl is covered from head to toe with requests and appeals to the deceased (more often they pray for wealth and good luck): "Help repay the debt", "Give the fortune in business", "I don't want to be in the zone", "Sonya, I beg you, let his son trample on business! " And, apparently, something is coming true, as evidenced by the numerous inscriptions "Thank you". Moreover, the monument is constantly repainted due to the fact that there is simply no free space.
Anastasia MIKULCHINA played the main role in the TV series by Viktor MEREZHKO “Sonya. Continuation of the legend"
Where the famous swindler is actually buried is unknown. Most likely, her real grave is in Sakhalin, where she spent several years in prison and died of a cold in 1902. However, people flock to honor Sonya's memory on Vagankovskoye (they talked for a long time that four years after his death the thief's body was transported to Moscow by order of the local authorities). Who is actually buried under the statue remains a mystery.
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Gave birth to a granddaughter
There is an alley near the fence of the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, which is at the Perm Yegoshikhinsky cemetery. On its edge lies a tombstone made in the form of a mask with empty eye sockets. The round grave is framed by a cast-iron snake biting its own tail. On the gravestone there is an inscription: "The Perm police chief Develia's daughter Taisia, aged 6 years 11 months, died in January 1807."
Local residents dubbed the slab "the grave of the damned daughter." And the story is like this. Once upon a time there was a lonely woman with an adult son, Develius. They have committed the terrible sin of incest. The son, unable to cope with the shame, moved to the Perm province forever. And nine months later, the mother died while giving birth to her daughter. Only her childless friend knew who the baby's father was, but decided to keep it a secret and take the girl to her. The years passed. The bachelor son served as a district police officer. Once fate brought him to his hometown, where he fell in love with a young beauty. Develiy took her with him to Perm, where the couple later played a wedding. Soon the couple had a daughter. The policeman's wife, like his mother, died in a difficult birth.
When Taechka was six years old, Develiy received a letter from a woman. I'm dying. Come urgently - I want to reveal a terrible secret to you,”was the message. He came and found out that he had married his eldest daughter, whom his mother gave birth to. The man freaked out and drove his daughter-granddaughter out into the street, having previously cursed. Less than a year later, the girl died. Develius ordered her to be buried on the road by the church fence, so that everyone who came to the cemetery would trample the grave. And, they say, when the head of the snake biting its own tail is erased, then the curse will be destroyed.
But the Permians bypass this place. They are convinced that if you look at this snake, trouble will happen in the family. For example, one man just took a picture of a tombstone and a month later his wife left him for no apparent reason, forbidding him to communicate with his son, and he himself became seriously ill.
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Several years ago, the gravestone with the snake was taken to the regional museum. And they put a duplicate on the grave. So there is nothing more to be afraid of.
Madness instead of treasure
There is in Yakutia, a few kilometers from the Alazey prison, the village of Svatay. It was in him that the "white" was born, or, as the locals called her, the "Russian shaman" - Fyokla Berezhnovaya. She had the gift of healing. At the age of 19, Thekla drowned, falling through the ice. According to the stories of the Yakuts, Berezhnova's grave was never overgrown with grass and bushes. Just as the fires, which are frequent for the forest-tundra, always stopped, reaching the burial place of Thekla. And people who come to the grave, asking for the health of their relatives, always received it.
Repeatedly local residents saw the ghost of a crying shaman woman wandering along the banks of the Alazey River. In 1975, three visiting shabashniks, having heard stories about Thekla, dug her grave in search of treasures. But they found nothing. Only a couple of iron amulets lay in the coffin, and a brass cross hung on the deceased. Having drunk a fair amount of vexation, the men threw the remains of Thekla out of the grave. Revenge of Berezhnova was not long in coming: one went mad after two months, two others died in terrible agony.
To mitigate the sentence - to a German doctor
One of the most famous gravestones in the Moscow Vvedenskoye cemetery is the grave of Dr. Fyodor Haas (née Frederich-Joseph Haas). He served as the chief prison doctor in Moscow and received large royalties. But at the end of his life, from the estate and the rich crew, Haas had one telescope left. All the money the "holy doctor" (as the people called him) spent on the prisoners and improving their living conditions.
Often Fyodor Petrovich knelt in front of officials in order to beg forgiveness for the arrested person and not leave the child without a father. Gaaz walked thousands of kilometers along the Vladimirsky tract along with those sentenced to exile. The doctor controlled the attitude of the guards to the prisoners and did not give them offense. Out of compassion for the prisoners, he even developed a lighter version of the shackles, testing them on himself.
Now relatives of the convicts come to the grave of Fyodor Petrovich to ask for a mitigation of punishment. They also beg for the prisoner to have no problems in the zone. After being released, the prisoners themselves go to the grave of Gaaz to help start a normal life.
Healed with a glance
Hundreds of pilgrims come to Rylsk, which is 120 kilometers from Kursk, annually to venerate the grave of Elder Ippolit. The father helps to cope with addictions, find true love, and get pregnant.
The former abbot of St. Nicholas Monastery, Archimandrite Hippolytus, was known among the people as a miracle worker. Locals said that the priest could determine without asking what worried a person. And without touching heal from any ailment. So, once a woman came to the elder with her son, who had AIDS. The priest crossed the young man with his forefinger, looked intently into his eyes and sent him home. Upon arriving home, the guy was tested - the diagnosis was not confirmed.
Archimandrite died from a massive heart attack on March 17, 2002. During the funeral, a rainbow shone in the sky. And the oak cross on the grave streamed myrrh several times.
Three times around the chapel
The patroness of St. Petersburg and family ties, Ksenia Blessed, can fulfill any desire. You need to write a request on a piece of paper, and then go around the chapel three times, located above her grave in the Smolensk cemetery. Then put this note under the box with candles. Ksenyushka, like Matrona of Moscow, helps to get rid of infertility and unite with her beloved, even if it seems almost impossible.
Several years ago, Vika DAYNEKO went to Ksenyushka Petersburgskaya to ask for the most personal
Culinary secrets
In 2008, the gravestone of Lucien Olivier, the one who invented his favorite New Year's salad, was discovered at the Moscow Vvedenskoye cemetery. A native of Provence, he made an enchanting career in Moscow, surprising the guests of his Hermitage restaurant with exquisite dishes, the unique taste of which was given by piquant sauces (Olivier kept the ingredients in the strictest confidence).
It is believed that if the chef comes to Olivier's grave, the position of chef will not be long in coming. Restaurateurs also go to the Frenchman. They say that at the dawn of his career, Arkady Novikov himself went to Lucien to ask for help in business. And the students of culinary colleges already have a tradition to come to the famous chef before the session. Fortune smiles especially broadly on those who come with a present: cake or candy - Olivier had a sweet tooth.
Erection will save you from infertility
Buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery is the French journalist Victor Noir, who was shot at 22 by Napoleon's nephew on the eve of the wedding. They say Victor had no equal in bed. He could turn the head of any lady and had many illegitimate children. According to eyewitnesses, Noir had an erection in the morgue. The rumor of a miracle spread throughout the world. It is believed that if you rub the bump in the area of the pants on Victor's tombstone and kiss him on the lips, the spirit of Noir will cure infertility. And if you saddle the bronze handsome …
Estimate
There is a legend that if you independently (without maps and a navigator) find the grave of Yehuda Livé ben Bezalel (he was the chief rabbi of the Czech capital and died at 97) at the Prague Jewish cemetery, put a pebble on it, making a wish, then it will certainly come true.
Just a fact
In love affairs, it is said that kissing the gravestones of The Doors vocalist Jim Morrison and writer Oscar Wilde helps.
Author: KRISTINA BEZBORODOVA