Building from tombstones is a Russian tradition
In Izhkar, an old tombstone was found on a garden plot during the demolition of a garden house. They began to find out what had been in this place before, and it turned out to be the Troitskoye Cemetery, which was in use from 1810 to 1929. Then it was closed, and the Soviet authorities first made a park here, and then in the 1960s it was built up with educational and sports institutions. All tombstones were freely dismantled by local residents for household and construction needs.
Something similar occured in all the places where Moscow has ever ruled. This is one of the ways to erase the memory of previous generations from history. For example, when the Soviets evicted the indigenous population of Crimea, the Caucasus republics and other peoples, all their cemeteries were also closed, and the new settlers used the tombstones to build toilets, fences, bathhouses, etc.
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