Cemetery #2573
Slavín Memorial Cemetery
Local name: Slavín / Военно-мемориальный комплекс
Also known as Cintorín pri Kozej bráne · Hroby sovietskych vojakov · Gräber sowjetischer Soldaten · Graves of Soviet soldiers · Могилы советских солдат · Slavín · Военно-мемориальный комплекс · Slavín / Voenno-memorialnyy kompleks
14
documented records
≈ 89–180
approx. capacity (graves)
4,430 m²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Slavín is a memorial monument and military cemetery in Bratislava, in the Staré Mesto district. It is the burial ground of 6,845 Soviet soldiers who died in 1945 during the liberation of the city. The complex has the status of a national monument.
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Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 48.153323° N, 17.099928° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
14 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Grigoriy Meretskiy 1908 – 1945 
Y.d. Nykolaenko 1914 – 1945 
Aleksandr Perminov 1912 – 1945 
Viktor Plyush 1913 – 1945 
Aleksey Pokanevich 1920 – 1945 
Mikhail Rodionov 1912 – 1945 
Georgiy Ryabov 1917 – 1945 
Rukiya Salyakhova 1922 – 1945 
Vladimir Samusev 1920 – 1945 
Akim Sergeenko 1914 – 1945 
Valentin Shenderovich 1924 – 1945 
Salida Sultanova 1923 – 1945 
Vasiliy Teslyuk 1923 – 1945 
Nikolay Trusov 1909 – 1945
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Kozia brána Cemetery, Bratislava-Staré Mesto 650 m away · Bratislava · 167 records
- Mikulášsky Cemetery 1.4 km away · Bratislava-Staré Mesto · 20 records
- Bratislava Orthodox Jewish Cemetery 1.4 km away · Bratislava
- Chatam Sofer Mausoleum 1.4 km away · Bratislava
- Bratislava Jewish old cemetery 1.4 km away · Bratislava
- Bratislava Neolog Jewish Cemetery 1.6 km away · Bratislava-Staré Mesto · 1,280 records
- Ondrejský Cemetery 1.8 km away · Bratislava · 108 records
- Slavicie udolie Cemetery, Karlova Ves 2.4 km away · Karlova Ves · 4,079 records
- Karlova Ves Cemetery 3.0 km away · Bratislava-Karlova Ves · 30 records
- Petržalka Cemetery 4.1 km away · Bratislava · 759 records
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Common questions
How big is Slavín Memorial Cemetery?
Slavín Memorial Cemetery covers about 4,430 m² (1.1 acres), about half the size of a soccer field. It is the 54th smallest of the 138 cemeteries we list in Region of Bratislava.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Slavín Memorial Cemetery is that of Georgiy Petrovich Ryabov, who died on March 31, 1945 at the age of 28.