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Saint Nicholas church at Brotherhood cemetery

The Brotherhood cemetery is a Russian Empire military cemetery in Sevastopol, Ukraine. The Brotherhood cemetery was founded in 1854 as a temporary burial place for Russian soldiers and officers who were killed during the first siege of Sevastopol. Three burials were created according to order of admiral Vladimir Kornilov near the Northern fort of Sevastopol.

The cemetery has 472 collective and 130 individual graves.

Ther were buried famous Russian military commanders:

In 1870 in the upper part of the cemetery hill it was built a pyramidal Orthodox Saint Nicholas church. The inner part of the church is covered with plates containing the names of Russian officers killed during the siege. The outer walles of the church contain plates with names of all regiments and military units who defended the city, with the information about dates and casualties in every unit.

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