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English: The gravestone of Wladimir Astafiew (1860 – 23 October 1890), which was relocated from the Bukit Timah Cemetery to the north-east corner of Fort Canning Green, Singapore. Astafiew died at the Singapore General Hospital following a long illness, and was buried with military honours. Among the persons in attendance at his funeral were military and naval officers, and the Russian Consul: Straits Times Weekly Issue, 29 October 1890; p. 4. For more information, see Lieutenant Wladimir Astafiew. Poemas del río Wang (13 March 2011).

The inscriptions on the gravestone read: "(front) IN MEMORY / OF / WLADIMIR ASTAFIEW / LATE LIEUTENANT OF THE / IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY / BORN 1860 / DIED SINGAPORE 23RD OCTOBER 1890 // (right) ERECTED BY THE CARE OF THE / IMPERIAL RUSSIAN CONSULATE / AT SINGAPORE // (rear) корпуса флотскихъ штурмановъ / поручикъ / Владиміръ Астафьевъ [CORPS OF NAVAL NAVIGATORS / LIEUTENANT / WLADIMIR ASTAFIEW]": see Alan Harfield (1988) Early Cemeteries in Singapore, London: British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia, p. 300 ISBN: 978-0-907799-19-1.

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