The Preobrazhenskoye Jewish Cemetery is located at 66 Aleksandrovskoy Fermy Avenue. It covers an area of ​​27.4 hectares. Until the beginning of the twentieth century, it was part of the city's Preobrazhenskoye cemetery, and then it was separated into a separate one. Burials were carried out from 1875 to 1968.

In 1870, due to the increased population of St. Petersburg, it became necessary to organize a new city cemetery. At the same time, the Jewish community appealed to the city authorities with a petition to allocate a new plot of land for the cemetery, since the places on the Jewish site of the Volkovsky cemetery had run out.

In 1871, the highest order was issued to the city authorities to organize a new cemetery with a plot for foreigners. A year later, the city Commission for the arrangement of suburban cemeteries acquired a piece of land near the Obukhovo station of the Nikolaev railway. The territory to the right of the railway was intended for the burials of Orthodox Christians, on the left - foreigners.

In 1874 and 1875, the part of the Preobrazhenskoye cemetery, reserved for foreigners, was divided into five sections, among which were Jewish and Karaite. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Karaite site became part of the Jewish cemetery.

On February 16, 1875, the grand opening of the Preobrazhenskoye cemetery took place, and in March 1875, the first burials were held on the Jewish site. By 1898, the territory of the Jewish site was surrounded by a brick wall.

On the Jewish site, there was a wooden House of Ablutions. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish community held a competition for the design of a stone building. The winner was the architect Yakov Gevirts. In 1908, the foundation stone of the new House of Ablutions took place, which was opened four years later. By the 1990s, the House of Ablutions was dilapidated, the roof was leaking, and there were several fires. In 2008, it was transferred to the Jewish community of the city for unlimited use.

In 1916, a house for a rabbi was erected on the territory of the Preobrazhenskoye Jewish cemetery.

In 1968, the city authorities closed the cemetery for burials, allowing only subburials in the graves of relatives. According to rough estimates, there are about 80 thousand burials in the cemetery. 97% of them are cataloged. Information about them is posted on a special website.