The Central Sofia Cemetery () or the Orlandovtsi Cemetery ("ÃÂÃÂûðýôþòÃÂø") is the main cemetery in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
The cemetery has several chapels used by various Christian denominations, such as a Bulgarian Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, a Roman Catholic chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi, an Armenian Apostolic chapel, a Jewish synagogue, etc. The cemetery also features Russian, Serbian, Romanian and British military sections.
Notable interments
- Georgi Asparuhov, footballer
- Elisaveta Bagryana, Bulgarian writer and poet
- Blaga Dimitrova, Bulgarian poet and 2nd Vice-President of non-Communist Bulgaria
- Georgi Dimitrov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Ghena Dimitrova, soprano
- Dimitar Dimov
- Nikola Dishkov, Bulgarian entrepreneur
- Mykhailo Drahomanov, Ukrainian scholar.
- Nicola Ghiuselev, operatic bass
- Aleko Konstantinov
- Andrey Lyapchev
- Aleksandar Pavlov Malinov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Lyubomir Miletich
- Gyorche Petrov
- Konstantin Muraviev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Vanya Petkova, Bulgarian poet, writer and Guinness World Records candidate
- Vasil Radoslavov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Boris Sarafov
- Petko Slaveykov
- Pencho Slaveykov
- Hristo Smirnenski
- Stefan Stambolov
- Petko Staynov
- Dimitar Talev
- Zhelyu Mitev Zhelev, 1st President of non-Communist Bulgaria
- Todor Zhivkov, Communist politician
- Wilfred Burchett Australian journalist
- A WW2 account of E. P. Thompson's brother 'Frank Thompson' who has a special memorial within the British war graves section of the cemetery (later discovered to have been executed and buried in Litakovo) can be found in 'There Is A Spirit In Europe (1947)' which was re-released in 2024.
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