in the second half of the 19th century, danilov monastery's cemetery was a final resting place for many writers, artists and scientists, such as nikolai gogol, nikolai yazykov, vasili perov, nikolai rubinstein, vladimir solovyov and many others. the remains of most of them, however, were transported in soviet years to the novodevichy cemetery. by 1917, danilov monastery had 19 monks and four novices and owned 164 desyatinas of land.