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Kresty Prison

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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

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1730

Closed 2017

Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1730

Region

Kalininsky District

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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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

  • 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).

  • Konstantin Päts
    Konstantin Päts
    1874–1956 · politician

    Konstantin Päts (23 February [O.S.

  • Pavel Prudnikau
    Pavel Prudnikau
    1911–2000 · writer

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

  • Philiptschenko Alexander Alexandrovitch
    1884–1938 · parasitologist
  • Pavel Milyukov
    Pavel Milyukov
    1859–1943 · diplomat

    Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov (Russian: Па́вел Никола́евич Милюко́в, IPA: [mʲɪlʲʊˈkof]; 27 January [O.S.

  • Anton Bokhon
    1893–1946 · political commissar
  • Ivan Fatyanov
    1951–2024 · cosplayer
  • Vladimir Tchernavin
    Vladimir Tchernavin
    1887–1949 · ichthyologist

    Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Tchernavin (alternative transliteration: Chernavin) (Russian: Владимир Вячеславович Чернавин) (1887– 31 March 1949) was a Russian-born ichthyologist who became famous as one of the first and few prisoners of the Soviet Gulag system to escape abroad.

  • Konstantin Rokossovsky
    Konstantin Rokossovsky
    1896–1968 · politician

    Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (9 December [O.S.

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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Kresty Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kresty-prison
Chicago
"Kresty Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kresty-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-kresty-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Kresty Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/kresty-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}