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Lefortovo Prison

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Background

Lefortovo Prison (Russian: Лефортовская тюрьма, romanized: Lefortovskaya tyurma, Russian: [lʲɪˈfortəvə] ) is a prison in Moscow, Russia, which has been under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Justice since 2005.

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Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1881

Operational

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Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1881

Region

Lefortovo District

Security level

High-security

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Apti Aldamovich Batalov
    1956
  • Zoya Krakhmalnikova
    1929–2008 · human rights defender

    Zoya Alexandrovna Krakhmalnikova (Russian: Зоя Александровна Крахмальникова; January 14, 1929 – April 17, 2008) was a Russian Christian writer, of Ukrainian origin.

  • Vasily Terentev
    1899–1957 · teacher

    Vasily Grigorevich Terentev (March 3, 1899 – January 26, 1957) was a Soviet military leader, Lieutenant general (November 2, 1944).

  • Vladimir Kotulsky
    Vladimir Kotulsky
    1879–1951 · geologist
  • Alexander Rutskoy
    Alexander Rutskoy
    1947 · politician

    Alexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy (Russian: Александр Владимирович Руцкой; born 16 September 1947) is a Russian politician and former Soviet military officer who served as the only vice president of Russia from 1991 to 1993.

  • Nikolai Glushkov
    1949–2018 · businessperson

    Nikolay Alekseevich Glushkov (Russian: Николай Алексеевич Глушков; 24 December 1949 – 12 March 2018) was a Russian businessman who was the deputy director of Aeroflot and a finance manager for AvtoVAZ who died in suspicious circumstances.

  • Aleksey Kochetkov
    1971 · journalist

    Aleksey Vladimirovich Kochetkov (Russian: Алексей Владимирович Кочетков; born 8 September 1971).

  • Yevgeny Afanasyev
    1952–2015 · scientist
  • Léonid Poleshuk
    1938–1986 · spy

    Leonid Poleshchuk (1938–1986) was a senior Soviet counterintelligence officer and double agent who was arrested in 1985 for passing secrets to the CIA and executed in 1986.

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