Old Cemetery

The Old Cemetery in Beryslav is a place of sorrowful memories of people who were not only part of history, but also became its true creators. Beryslav military cemetery is a single mass grave, the remains of which have survived to our time. A considerable number of gravestones have survived here, the inscriptions on which indicate the burial of ensigns and their captains. On one of the stone crosses there is an inscription: «Around this cross lie Russian warriors who died of wounds and illnesses incurred in defense of the Fatherland in the Crimean War of 1853-1865».

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A square memorial chapel, built in honor of the heroes of the Crimean War, attracts attention. The building is executed in the pseudo-Romanesque style. Its roof was recently restored, but the authorities did not have enough funds to renovate the building itself.

Interesting facts:

• A similar chapel, the one at the Beryslav cemetery, was located in Mykolaiv, but there it was built in honor of St. Alexander Nevsky.
• There was also a monument at the cemetery on the mass grave of Russian warriors from the Crimean War.
• According to historical data, the mass grave contains about 532 bodies of soldiers, sailors and Cossacks.