A grieving father of a Russian lady who died in 2016 has given his late daughter a 5ft high tombstone in the shape of her favourite iPhone.

25-year-old Rita Shameeva was buried at a graveyard in the oil-rich Russian city of Ufa after her death in January 2016 from an unknown cause.

Rita's father decided to honour her with a 5ft high tombstone made from basalt in the shape of her favourite black iPhone with her picture on display.

The monument, which also features a mocked up Quick Response Code, towers above other gravestones in part of Yuzhnoye cemetery.

Woman, 25, buried in Russian graveyard gets a five-foot-high tombstone in the shape of her favourite iPhone (Photos)

Woman, 25, buried in Russian graveyard gets a five-foot-high tombstone in the shape of her favourite iPhone (Photos)

Local headstone maker Ilgam Galliulin denied he was responsible for its design.

'My father and I make monuments to order,' he said. 'But I saw this unusual one for the first time last week.'

Mourner Nikolay Yevdokimov told newspaper ProUral: 'I thought I was having hallucinations. How could an American smartphone suddenly appear at our cemetery? And such a huge one.

Woman, 25, buried in Russian graveyard gets a five-foot-high tombstone in the shape of her favourite iPhone (Photos)

'I came closer and was surprised. I've seen many gravestones, but to make one in the form of iPhone - this is the first time, to be honest.

'It was made for a young woman from black basalt most likely. Very unusual.'

Woman, 25, buried in Russian graveyard gets a five-foot-high tombstone in the shape of her favourite iPhone (Photos)