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|Description = {{en|The inscription on the right side of the gravestone of Wladimir Astafiew (1860 – {{date|1890|10|23}}), which was relocated from the Bukit Timah Cemetery to the north-east corner of [[w:Fort Canning|Fort Canning Green]], Singapore.

|Description = {{en|The inscription on the right side of the gravestone of Wladimir Astafiew (1860 – {{date|1890|10|23}}), which was relocated from the Bukit Timah Cemetery to the north-east corner of [[w:Fort Canning|Fort Canning Green]], Singapore.
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The inscriptions on the gravestone read: "''(front)'' IN MEMORY / OF / WLADIMIR ASTAFIEW / LATE LIEUTENANT OF THE / IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY / BORN 1860 / DIED SINGAPORE 23^RD OCTOBER 1890 // ''(right)'' ERECTED BY THE CARE OF THE / IMPERIAL RUSSIAN CONSULATE / AT SINGAPORE // ''(rear)'' корпуса флотскихЪ штурмановЪ / поручикЪ / ВладимирЪ АстафьевЪ [CORPS OF NAVAL NAVIGATORS / LIEUTENANT / WLADIMIR ASTAFIEW]": see (1) {{cite book|author=Alan Harfield|title=Early Cemeteries in Singapore|location=London|publisher={{w|British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia}}|year=1988|page=300|isbn=978-0-907799-19-1}} (2) {{cite web|title=Lieutenant Wladimir Astafiew|url=http://riowang.blogspot.sg/2011/03/lieutenant-wladimir-astafiew.html|publisher=Poemas del río Wang|date=13 March 2011}}

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The inscriptions on the gravestone read: "''(front)'' IN MEMORY / OF / WLADIMIR ASTAFIEW / LATE LIEUTENANT OF THE / IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY / BORN 1860 / DIED SINGAPORE 23^RD 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 (1) {{cite book|author=Alan Harfield|title=Early Cemeteries in Singapore|location=London|publisher={{w|British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia}}|year=1988|page=300|isbn=978-0-907799-19-1}} (2) {{cite web|title=Lieutenant Wladimir Astafiew|url=http://riowang.blogspot.sg/2011/03/lieutenant-wladimir-astafiew.html|publisher=Poemas del río Wang|date=13 March 2011}}

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|Source = {{Own}}.

|Source = {{Own}}.

|Date = 2013-04-01 18:19

|Date = 2013-04-01 18:19

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