Central Sofia Cemetery
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The Central Sofia Cemetery (Bulgarian: Централни софийски гробища, Tsentralni sofiyski grobishta) or the Orlandovtsi Cemetery ("Орландовци") is the main cemetery in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The cemetery has several chapels used by various Christian denominations, such as a Bulgarian Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Theotokos,[1] a Roman Catholic chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi,[2][3] an Armenian Apostolic chapel,[4] a Jewish synagogue, etc.[5] The cemetery also features Russian, Serbian and Romanian military sections.
[edit] Notable interments
- Mykhailo Drahomanov, Ukrainian scholar.[6]
- Andrey Lyapchev
- Lyubomir Miletich
- Gyorche Petrov
- Boris Sarafov
- Petko Slaveykov
- Pencho Slaveykov
- Hristo Smirnenski
- Dimitar Talev
- Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist politician
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Coordinates: 42°42′59″N 23°19′59″E / 42.716375°N 23.333008°E
