The unusually abstract and modern tombstone of former leader Nikita Khrushchev, in the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, the second most prestigious place of rest for major Soviet leaders, artists, musicians etc. 8/5/2015

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Two states...

The lake by the Novodevichy Convent is said to have inspired Tchaikovsky to write Swan Lake.

You can see why...

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Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Soviet leader Iosif Stalin and mother to his children Vasily and Svetlana, died from suicide on 9 November 1932. She is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

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The Novodevichy at sunrise today.

The water is said to have inspired Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

You can see why...

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The grave of Soviet and Russian ballerina Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova in the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia

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#Nadezhda Sergeyevna #Alliluyeva [Надежда Сергеевна Аллилуева] was the second wife of fellow #Bolshevik revolutionary and #Soviet leader Iosif #Stalin.

She died by #suicide by gunshot on 9th November 1932 and is buried in the #Novodevichy Cemetery, #Moscow.

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