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Black Eagle (prison)

Closed 2019Low
Verified 28 May 2026
Fresh · 1d ago

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Background

Federal Governmental Institution — correctional colony No. 56 OIK-2 OUKHD Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Sverdlovsk Oblast, (Russian: Федеральное казённое учреждение «Исправительная колония № 56 Управления Федеральной службы исполнения наказаний по Свердловской области») popularly known as Black Berkut (Russian: Чёрный беркут), was a prison in Ivdel, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It was a maximum-security Supermax prison operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service for convicts sentenced to life imprisonment. The head of the colony (as of November 2018) is Colonel of the Internal Service Dadashov Subhan Dadashbala oglu. The filling limit is 499 places, including the colony-settlement section with 40 places.

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Occupancy

Year opened

1935

Closed 2019

Facility profile

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1935

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Security level

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No

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