Mitinskoye Cemetery
Also written as Mitinskoe Cemetery.
Founded 1978 · about 147 hectares · Pyatnitskoye Shosse, north-west Moscow
How to get there: Metro Mitino or Volokolamskaya, then a bus
Mitinskoye opened in 1978 in the north-west of the city and is one of Moscow’s large modern cemeteries: numbered sections, paved alleys, and enough space between rows to work properly. It is best known for the memorial to the firefighters who died after the Chernobyl accident.
It is an easy cemetery to serve remotely — the layout is logical, the administration keeps usable records, and vehicles can reach most sections.
What grave care at Mitinskoye actually involves
Most plots are open to the sun, so grass is the main seasonal problem and mowing is the bulk of the work from May to September.
The soil is loamy and settles after heavy rain: mounds sink and need topping up, and kerbs can go out of level over a few years. Both are straightforward to correct here, and we quote them separately from the cleaning.
Headstones are predominantly granite of the 1980s onwards, which mainly needs regular washing. Where a stone has started to lean — usually from ground settlement rather than poor installation — resetting it on a proper bed is a one-day job.
Services and prices at Mitinskoye
- Grave search by name — from ₽2,500 (about $28). Needed whenever the plot number has been lost.
- Standard clean-up — litter and old wreaths removed, weeding and grass cutting, headstone and fence washed, mound levelled. From ₽4,500 (about $50).
- Headstone cleaning — moss and dirt come off in a standard cleaning; a marble stone from ₽3,000 (about $34), gentle products only.
- Regular care — as often as the plot needs it: before memorial days, once a month or all year round, with a photo report after each visit. Each visit is priced as a standard cleaning, ₽4,500–6,500.
- Engraving — adding a name and dates to an existing monument, or restoring worn lettering. Layout sent for your approval before anything is cut.
- Monuments and granite complexes — a new headstone, plinth, kerb and paving, or resetting a monument that has started to lean. Quoted after we measure and photograph the plot.
Every order ends with a dated before/after photo report including the GPS position of the plot, and you pay after you receive it. Full price list — services & prices.
Questions we are asked about Mitinskoye
Our headstone has started to lean. Can it be reset?
Yes. We dig out the base, re-bed it level and re-seal the joint. We photograph the stone before and after, and we quote the job only after seeing it.
Can you do work in winter?
Cleaning and flower placement, yes. Ground work — resetting, new installations, paving — waits for the thaw, because anything set in frozen ground moves again in spring. We will say so rather than take the money.
Can you look after the grave regularly?
Yes — as often as you need it: before memorial days, once a month or all year round. Each visit is priced as a standard cleaning, ₽4,500–6,500, and a photo report follows every visit.
Order care at Mitinskoye from anywhere
Write to us with the full name of the person buried and, if you have it, the section and plot number. If you do not have it, say so — locating the grave is a normal part of the job. We agree a payment method that works for your country when the order is confirmed, including payment through relatives in Russia, and payment is due after the photo report.
You can write in English — we reply in English.
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