Butyrka prison
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Background
Butyrskaya prison (Russian: Бутырская тюрьма, romanized: Butýrskaya tyurmá), colloquially known simply as Butyrka (Russian: Бутырка, IPA: [bʊˈtɨrkə]), is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison. Now it is a pretrial detention facility (remand prison). During the Soviet Union era (1917–1991) it held many political prisoners. As of 2022 Butyrka remains the largest of Moscow's remand prisons.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1771
Operational
Facility profile
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1771
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Known issues
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Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.