Russian Cemetery near Paris

The movie introduces viewers to the lives of the ascetic Maria (Skobtsova), writer Ivan Bunin, painter Konstantin Korovin, color photography pioneer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Father Sergius (Bulgakov), theologian Vladimir Lossky, Princess Vera Obolenskaya, a member of the French Resistance, Vera Meshcherskaya, who created the Russian House and the Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois cemetery itself, as well as educator and priest Vasily Zenkovsky. The movie follows their journeys through places of émigré life and the corners of Russia they were forced to leave. To learn more about the people who found their final resting spot abroad, watch “Russian Cemetery Near Paris” online on ivi.