city council decided to bulldoze large sections of the cemetery in order to transform it into a public memorial park. The Russian Orthodox section of the cemetery, later named Pokrov Cemetery, is the only area which was not added to the territory of the Memorial Park and therefore was the only part to remain well preserved. Current status A significant number of Baltic German and Latvian graves and family plots, including a restored crypt built in 1777 and the graves of Krišjānis Barons and Krišjānis Valdemārs, have survived the post-war destruction. However, many of these graves are in an abandoned or neglected condition. The city of Riga is currently discussing exchanging St Peter's Church for the Great Cemetery so that the city can properly take over maintenance. Notable interments Albert of Riga, founder of the city (his remains were transferred here in 1773) Christoph Haberland, one of Riga's chief architects Johann Christoph Brotze, pedagogue and ethnographer Krišjānis Barons, Latvian folklorist Jānis Fridrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect Andrejs Pumpurs, Latvian poet and writer. Johann Daniel Felsko, architect. Jāzeps Grosvalds, Latvian painter. Kārlis Mīlenbahs, Latvian linguist and lexicographer. Wilhelm Ostwald, Baltic German chemist and Nobel laureate. Heinrich Scheel, Baltic German architect. Georg August Schweinfurth, Baltic German botanist, explorer and ethnologist. Krišjānis Valdemārs, leader of the Young Latvians movement. George Armitstead, Mayor of Riga from 1901 to 1912 See also Brothers' Cemetery (Riga) Kopli cemetery Nazi-Soviet population transfers List of cemeteries in Latvia References Sources History of the cemetery (in Latvian) External links Pastors' memorial Photos of memorial to German and Latvian pastors killed by communists in 1919 at sites-of-memory.de Baltic-German people Cemeteries in Riga Lutheran cemeteries 18th century in Latvia Monuments and memorials in Latvia Cemetery vandalism and desecration 1773 establishments in the Russian Empire