Matrosskaya Tishina
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Background
Federal State Institution IZ-77/1 of the Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the City of Moscow is a prison located in the Sokolniki District of Moscow, Russia. The facility is commonly known as Matrosskaya Tishina (Russian: ÐаÑÑоÑÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÑиÑина, lit. "Seaman's Silence"), after the name of the street on which it is located in north-eastern Moscow. Matrosskaya Tishina is operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service, and is famous for having held several notable prisoners, including Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev; Gennady Yanaev, the leader of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt; and Alexei Navalny.
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Facility profile
Operator
Federal Penitentiary ServicePopulation held
Mixed/unknown
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Death-row facility
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Visiting
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q3299316)
- Wikipedia
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Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Matrosskaya Tishina. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/matrosskaya-tishina
"Matrosskaya Tishina." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/matrosskaya-tishina.
@misc{worldprisons-matrosskaya-tishina,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Matrosskaya Tishina},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/matrosskaya-tishina},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}