Tsarskoye Selo Military Necropolis in the Cultural and Historical Context of the Development of Sofia

The article explores the actual for St Petersburg agglomeration problem of preserving and using specialized objects landscape architecture-historically equipped cemeteries, some which have status a historical cultural monument. solution this involves conducting interdisciplinary studies these architectural planning forms in order to establish their real value. There are oldest cemeteries Pushkin district — Alexandrovskoye, Kuzminskoye, Moskovskaya Slavyanka, Pavlovskoye, Pokrovskoye, Shusharskoye most studied therefore well-known Kazanskoye urban community (Tsarskoye Selo). emergence functioning latter is related cultural, development Tsarskoye Selo Sofia. presents results historical, architectural, researches carried out by authors significant number primary sources: textual, iconographic, statistical, cartographic planographic archival documents, large volume was first introduced into scientific circulation. result work identification military memorial object national significance necropolis as an independent form special purpose. features its formation determined part Military Hospital (mid-19th century), Cemetery (1887), new cemetery garrison (1914) Fraternal (1914). specifics institutionalization design construction implementation, patterns spatial organization design, trends modern use established. study taking account phenomenology gradotypological transformation Sofia: city province, paramilitary suburb Selo, prestigious residential Pushkin.