One rainy afternoon, we stopped at the Novodevichy cemetery, and saw the markers for some Russian Greats. It's next to the nunnery for difficult daughters.   I find it interesting that they still saw fit to provide a better burial for some rather than others.  In principle they were all equal, right?  Also notable was the absence of religious imagery.
A beloved comic.  I don't know if they stuck the dog down in there too. I thought some of the typefaces that were developed in Russia in the 50s-60s were really cool. This man died whilst waiting for a dialtone.   Forever faithful to the old party ways, he refused to abandon a landline for a mobile. Kruschev.  Apparently he did something to cause him to fall out of favor.  So, no special mausoleum for him! A group of test pilots who died in a crash.  Crash Test Dummies? Another aviation related monument.  On this one you can see the interesting way of presenting dates. The year, 1960 is split between 19 and 60.  In between the numerals is the date and month, with the month in roman numerals.  December Fourth, Nineteen Sixty.   This one injected a little color into an otherwise grey context. Another theater personality, with an unappreciative audience just behind.  Obviously one was more loved than the other. Nice design.  It was raining that day, thus the splotches.