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White Swan

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Federal prison in Russia | | Location | [Solikamsk, Perm Krai, Russia | | | Status | Operational | | Capacity | 962 | | Opened | 1938 | | Managed by | Federal Penitentiary Service | | Governor "Superintendent (jail)") | colonel Viktor Khomko | White Swan Federal Governmental Institution — penal colony № 2 with special conditions of economic activity of the main directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Perm Krai, popularly known as White Swan ( Russian: Белый лебедь, _Belyy Lebed_), is a prison in Solikamsk, Perm Krai, Russia.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Swan_(prison)#cite_note-Union-1)[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Swan_(prison)#cite_note-OfficalPerm-2) It is one of the seven maximum-security supermax prisons operated by the Federal Penitentiary Service for convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in Russia.

Capacity

962

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1938

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Federal Penitentiary Service

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1938

Region

Solikamsk

Security level

Maximum

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

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Practical info

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Known issues

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Notable inmates

  • Alexander Murylev
    1971 · real-estate agent

    Alexander Vladimirovich Murylev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Мурылёв; born 31 March 1971), known as Yeltsin's Culler (Russian: Санитар Ельцина), is a Russian serial killer and former real estate broker.

  • Yury Shutov
    1946–2014 · politician

    Yury Titovich Shutov (Russian: Юрий Титович Шутов, (1946-03-16)March 16, 1946 – December 12, 2014) was a Russian politician who is known for collecting incriminating evidence against Vladimir Putin at the time when Putin worked as an aid of the former Saint Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak.

  • Alexander Tchayka
    1974 · criminal

    Alexander Nikolaevich Tchayka (Russian: Александр Николаевич Чайка, born 23 July 1974) is a Ukrainian spree killer, also known as The Fur Coat Hunter, convicted of the killing of 4 women in Moscow over a two-week period in early 1994.

  • Roman Burtsev
    1971–2023 · serial killer

    Roman Vladimirovich Burtsev (Russian: Роман Владимирович Бурцев; 13 April 1971 – December 2023), known as The Chikatilo of Kamensk (Russian: Каменский Чикатило), was a Russian serial killer and child sex offender.

  • Mikhail Ustinovich
    1958

    Mikhail Ivanovich Ustinovich (Russian: Михаил Иванович Устино́вич; born 12 March 1958) is a Russian criminal and serial killer.

  • Sergei Ryakhovsky
    1962–2005 · criminal

    Sergei Vasilyevich Ryakhovsky (Russian: Серге́й Васильевич Ряховский; 29 December 1962 – 12 November 2007) was a Soviet-Russian serial killer, convicted for the killing of 19 people in the Moscow area between 1988 and 1993.

  • Paata Gvasalia
    1973 · boxer
  • Maxim Petrov
    1965 · physician

    Maxim Vladimirovich Petrov (Russian: Максим Владимирович Петров, born 1965) is a Russian serial killer, convicted for the killing of 11 people in St Petersburg between 1999 and 2000.

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Compared to other facilities in Russia

1218 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 962 · peers avg: 7532 (87%)

Data completeness

42%

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