Cemetery #2186

Field of Honorary Burials (Mars Field)

Local name: Поле почесних поховань (Марсове поле)

Also known as Lychakiv War Cemetery · Личаківський військовий цвинтар · Lychakiv Military Cemetery · Pole pochesnykh pokhovan (Marsove pole)

War & military cemetery

131

documented records

≈ 360–720

approx. capacity (graves)

0.018 km²

cemetery area

Nov 5, 2026

last modified

About this cemetery

The Field of Honorary Burials, also called the Mars Field, is a military memorial in Lviv. It is the burial place of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia and is now part of the Lychakiv cemetery complex. The site was originally part of a military cemetery for Austrian army soldiers and their allies who fell in the First World War; a 1927 plan records 4,712 individual and common graves. By late 2025 reports said almost no places remained available.

Cemetery location

GPS coordinates: 49.835008° N, 24.056054° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)

Map of Field of Honorary Burials (Mars Field) with its outline, its GPS-documented graves in green — Field of Honorary Burials (Mars Field) map Cemetery GPS-documented graves

Memorials

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Common questions

How big is Field of Honorary Burials (Mars Field)?

Field of Honorary Burials (Mars Field) covers about 18,000 m² (4.5 acres), about the size of 3 soccer fields. It is the 226th largest of the 1,269 cemeteries we list in Lviv Oblast.

What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?

The oldest grave among the records we hold for Field of Honorary Burials (Mars Field) is that of Zamordovani Vyazni, who died in 1941.