Burial Plots to Be Sold on Gosuslugi by Dec 1, 2026
A digital service for searching and purchasing burial plots will be launched on the 'Gosuslugi' portal in 21 Russian regions by December 1, 2026, as part of a digital transformation initiative by the Ministry of Digital Development.
Consensus
- The service for searching and purchasing burial plots will launch on the 'Gosuslugi' platform in 21 Russian regions.
- The launch is scheduled for December 1, 2026.
- The project will involve uploading data about 14,000 cemeteries into the National Spatial Data System (NСПД).
- The project is allocated 295.5 million rubles.
- The service is intended to simplify access to funeral services, reduce administrative burden, and increase transparency in cemetery management and the funeral industry.
- The service is already operational in six regions and being implemented in 15 others.
- 15 state services related to burials will be provided electronically.
- The Ministry of Digital Development (Mintsifry) is overseeing the project.
Points of divergence
- An expert from a pilot region doubted the feasibility of the December 2026 deadline, citing the need for manual inventory of older cemeteries and lack of digital data. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- A cemetery operator stated that an interactive map for finding graves, promised two years prior, has not yet been implemented. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- A tour guide noted that old cemetery plans are lost, making digitalization difficult. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- Some St. Petersburg residents reported that the 'Cemetery Management' service with that name is not available on Gosuslugi. — tg_paperpaper_ru
- The project will cover approximately 20% of Russia's total cemeteries (14,000 out of 73,833). — tg_dwglavnoe
- Experts cite organizational difficulties and business resistance as major challenges. — kommersant
- The expert from 'NеМосквы' questioned the speed of implementation, citing the need for on-site manual inventory. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The exact list of 21 regions where the service will be introduced is not specified. — tg_paperpaper_ru
Coverage (17 sources)
- Service for searching burial sites will appear on Gosuslugi this year — РИАМО
- Service for searching and buying cemetery plots will launch on Gosuslugi by the end of the year, stated in the program passport of digital transformation... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- On Gosuslugi you will be able to find and buy a place on a cemetery — Дождь
- Service for buying a grave site through Gosuslugi plans to launch by the end of the year. Is it real? — Говорит НеМосква
- 295 million rubles allocated for a service to find burial sites through Gosuslugi — Коммерсантъ
- A grave plot can be purchased through Gosuslugi in many regions — Бумага
- On Gosuslugi a service for buying gravesite places will appear — DW Главное
- On Gosuslugi, plots on cemeteries will start being sold — The Moscow Times
- On Gosuslugi it will be possible to buy a place on a cemetery. Almost 300 million rubles will be spent on the implementation of this service —... — ЭХО / Новости
- Yadvig: Gosuslugi will launch services for searching and buying cemetery plots — Фонтанка
- You will be able to buy a grave site through Gosuslugi — Ведомости
- On Gosuslugi will launch services for searching and buying gravesites, reports Kommersant citing a document from the Ministry of... — Varlamov News
- On Gosuslugi a service for searching and buying gravesites will appear — The Insider
- On Gosuslugi you will be able to find and buy a place on a cemetery — Дождь (Telegram)
- You will be able to buy a grave site through "Gosuslugi" — Вести
- Residents of Russia will be able to buy gravesite places through Gosuslugi — Meduza
- On Gosuslugi a service for searching for burial places will appear — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Ministry of Digital Development
- Commerzant
- Russia
- Kommersant
- State Services
- NSPD
- U
- Ministry of Digital Development
- Gosuslugakh
- NeMoskva
- Gosuslugi
- Mintfiry
- Tatyana T / Fotobank Loris