Russia · Novy Akatuy
Akatuy katorga
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Background
The Akatuy katorga prison (Russian: ÐкаÑÑйÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÐºÐ°ÑоÑÐ¶Ð½Ð°Ñ ÑÑÑÑма, Akatuyskaya katorzhnaya tyur'ma), part of the Nerchinsk katorga system of the Russian Empire, operated in the present-day Alexandrovo-Zavodsky District of Transbaikalia in the Russian Far East. It originated in 1832 at the Akatuyskiy mine in the village of New Akatuy (Russian: ÐовÑй ÐкаÑÑй). Originally labor convicts (mostly criminal) worked here extracting of lead-silver ores. After the closing of the Kara katorga in 1890, Akatuy became one of the main centers for the detention of political prisoners. It became a women's penal camp in 1911 and finally closed after the February Revolution of 1917.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1832
Closed 1917
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1832
Region
Novy Akatuy
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Mikhail Lunin1787–1845 · philosopher
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q2377435)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Akatuy katorga. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/akatuy-katorga
"Akatuy katorga." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/akatuy-katorga.
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title = {Akatuy katorga},
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