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Polyarnaya Sova ('Arctic Owl') prison

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Capacity

1,014

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1961

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1961

Region

Kharp

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

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Denis Yevsyukov
    1977 · police officer
  • Alexander Greba
    1980 · serial killer

    Alexander Ivanovich Greba (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Гре́ба; born 23 September 1980), known as The Goblin (Russian: Леший), is a Russian serial killer.

  • Alexander Lokhtachyov and Pavel Safonov
    ? · serial killer
  • Sergei Pomazun
    1981
  • Nur-Pashi Kulayev
    1980 · terrorist

    Nur-Pashi Aburkashevich Kulayev (Russian: Нурпаша́ Абурка́шевич Кула́ев; born 28 October 1980) is a Chechen terrorist and the sole survivor of the 32 hostage-takers in the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis.

  • Yevgeny Petrov
    1975 · serial killer

    Yevgeny Nikolaevich Petrov (Russian: Евге́ний Никола́евич Петро́в; born 17 December 1975), known as The Novouralsk Ripper (Russian: Новоуральский потрошитель), is a Russian serial killer, rapist and pedophile.

  • Alexander Pichushkin
    1974 · serial killer
  • Aleksey Voyevodin
    1984 · terrorist

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

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Compared to other facilities in Russia

2129 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 1014 · peers avg: 1081 (6%)

Data completeness

26%

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@misc{worldprisons-polyarnaya-sova-arctic-owl-,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Polyarnaya Sova ('Arctic Owl') prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/polyarnaya-sova-arctic-owl-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-18}
}