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Kresty Prison

Closed 2017Low
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Kresty-2 Prison Prison in Saint Petersburg, Russia | | | Location | Kolpino, Saint Petersburg Russia | | | Capacity | 4,500 | | Opened | 22 December 2017 | | Managed by | Federal Penitentiary Service | Kresty-2 Federal State Institution Pre-trial Detention Facility No. 1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the City of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast ( Russian: Федеральное казённое учреждение Следственный изолятор № 1 Управления Федеральной службы исполнения наказаний по г. Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области), unofficially known as Kresty-2 ( Russian: Кресты-2) is a pretrial detention facility in Kolpino, Saint Petersburg. It was opened on December 22, 2017, and replaces the old Kresty Prison, from which it inherited its configuration, as well as its official and unofficial names.

Background

Kresty (Russian: Кресты, lit. 'Crosses') prison, officially Investigative Isolator No. 1 of the Administration of the Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments for the city of Saint Petersburg (Следственный изолятор № 1 УФСИН по г. Санкт-Петербургу), was a detention center in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The prison consisted of two cross-shaped buildings (hence the name) and the Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky.

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Capacity

4,500

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1730

Closed 2017

Facility profile

Operator

Federal Penitentiary Service

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1730

Region

Kalininsky District

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

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Sergey Maduev
    1956–2000

    Sergey Alexandrovich Maduev (Russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Маду́ев; born Ali Arbievich Maduev (Russian: Али́ Арби́евич Маду́ев); 17 June 1956 – 10 December 2000) was one of the famous Soviet brigands, as well as a serial killer.

  • Kliment Voroshilov
    Kliment Voroshilov
    1881–1969 · politician

    Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Russian: Климент Ефремович Ворошилов ), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (Russian: Клим Ворошилов; 4 February 1881 – 2 December 1969), was a prominent Soviet military officer and politician during the Stalin era (1924–1953).

  • Pavel Prudnikau
    Pavel Prudnikau
    1911–2000 · writer

    Pavel Ivanovich Prudnikau (July 14, 1911 – March 16, 2000) was a Belarusian writer.

  • Fedor Linde
    Fedor Linde
    1881–1917 · revolutionary

    Fedor Fedorovich Linde (Russian: Фёдор Линде; German: Friedrich Linde; 9 February 1881 – 21 August 1917) was a Russian revolutionary and political commissar.

  • Dmitry Voronenko
    1971 · welder

    Dmitry Petrovich Voronenko (Russian: Дми́трий Петро́вич Вороне́нко, Ukrainian: Дмитро Петрович Вороненко; born 29 July 1971), known as The Petersburg Maniac (Russian: Петербургский маньяк), is a Kyrgyzstani-Ukrainian serial killer, who killed four girls and young women in St.

  • Isaak Lalayants
    Isaak Lalayants
    1870–1933 · revolutionary

    Isaak Khristoforovich Lalayants (pseudonyms: Columbus, Izarov, Insarov et al.; 5 August [O.S.

  • Anton Bokhon
    1893–1946 · political commissar
  • Vladimir Dolgopolov
    Vladimir Dolgopolov
    1961–2016 · association football player

    Vladimir Mikhailovich Dolgopolov (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Долгополов; 24 December 1961 – 12 June 2016) was a Russian professional footballer.

  • Mikhail Makarov
    1962–1988 · murderer

    Mikhail Olegovich Makarov (Russian: Михаи́л Оле́гович Мака́ров; 12 March 1962 – 1988), known as The Executioner (Russian: Палач), was a Soviet serial killer, who from February to May 1986 committed three murders and one attempted murder in Leningrad.

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Compared to other facilities in Russia

1218 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 4500 · peers avg: 7260 (38%)

Data completeness

38%

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