Mysterious inscription

This photo was sent in by a visitor to Omniglot who is curious to know what the inscription means. The inscription, which he thinks might be in Russian or Bulgarian, appears on a gravestone in a cemetry in Rhinebeck, NY.

Mysterious inscription

Can any of you help?

Puzzles

This mysterious writing is the signature on a painting that the owner believes to be one or two hundred years old.

Mysterious writing on painting

This writing appears on an old “Ibrik” Armenian copper coffee pot and the owner believes it to be a date.

Inscription from Armenian coffee pot