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Erlanger Family Mausoleum at Vvedenskoe Cemetery in Moscow

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The Erlanger family mausoleum at Vvedenskoe Cemetery in Moscow is an architectural monument from the early 20th century. The project was developed by Fyodor Osipovich Shekhtel.

The building is designed in the neoclassical style, and its interior is adorned with the mosaic panel "Christ the Sower," created in the workshop of Vladimir Frolov based on a sketch by the artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. Christ is depicted in full height as a sower walking through a plowed field and scattering seeds, symbolizing the family's involvement in the milling industry.

Construction was completed in 1914. However, the chapel above the graves of the father and son Erlanger was destroyed by fire during World War I, and the graves were vandalized. Due to the lack of permission for reburial, the issue was postponed until the end of the war. The only family member buried in the mausoleum was Anton Maximovich's son, Alexander, who died in October 1914.

During the Soviet era, the mausoleum was used for economic purposes, and during the war, a bomb shelter was located in the crypt. The grave of the business founder was lost.

At the turn of the 20th-21st centuries, repairs were carried out with funds raised by Mother Tamara, and it is now an active chapel belonging to the Church of Peter and Paul in Lefortovo. Services are occasionally held there, and the mosaic panel can be seen, which retains the artist's signature KPV (Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin).

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Мавзолей семьи Эрлангер на Введенском кладбище в Москве

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