Moscow's Annual Funeral Expo, in Photos
Moscow hosted Nekropol World Russia, the country's largest funeral exposition that has been held annually since 1993, this week.
This year's event featured dozens of funeral companies, whose exhibitions ranged from the morbid to the absurd, in addition to sample graves for soldiers killed in Ukraine.
Here's a look at photos from the three-day event:
This year's event featured dozens of funeral companies, whose exhibitions ranged from the morbid to the absurd, in addition to sample graves for soldiers killed in Ukraine.
Here's a look at photos from the three-day event:
A granite headstone marker of a Soviet paratroopers' hat.
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A gravestone for a soldier killed in what the Kremlin calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine.
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A young woman gets a very large tattoo of a cross on her back.
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Another gravestone for a Russian serviceman killed while fighting in Ukraine.
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It's apparently possible to adorn one's grave with a bust of Stalin.
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A woman in black angel wings stands at a display booth.
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A man gets a tattoo of a skeleton woman in a Russian kokoshnik headdress.
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A skeleton
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A display of a coffin carried on a Viking boat.
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A memorial plaque using famed football player Pele as an example.
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Gravestones for pets.
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