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Russia

The Bottle

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Verified 29 May 2026
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For families

How to send mail, money, and visit The Bottle

Step-by-step guidance using the Russia system — addresses, money services, visit booking, what to bring on your first visit.

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Photograph of The Bottle

Gallery

From Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA where not otherwise stated).

  • Building of the naval prison.jpg

    Photo by Vitold Muratov via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • In the complex "New Holland» ( 4 ).jpg

    Photo by Vitold Muratov via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Navy jail.jpg

    Photo by Vitold Muratov via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • New Holland (Saint Petersburg) 12.jpg

    Photo by MBH via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

  • New Holland Island 8.JPG

    Photo by Serj nickel via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

  • New Holland Island in the reconstruction progress 2016 aug 26.jpg

    Photo by Y~ruwiki via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • New Holland SPB The Bottle (img1).jpg

    Photo by Florstein (Telegram:WikiPhoto.Space) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • New Holland SPB The Bottle (img10).jpg

    Photo by Florstein (Telegram:WikiPhoto.Space) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1830

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1830

Region

Security level

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.

Contact & address

Conditions Risk Score

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Insufficient data
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Data completeness

20%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

Sources