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  1. Butyrskaya prison ( ), usually known simply as Butyrka ( ), is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. It was the central transit prison in Tsarist Imperial Russia. During Soviet times, it held many political prisoners. Currently, Butyrka remains the largest of Moscow remand prisons. Overcrowding continues to be a problem.

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  3. Butyrka prison - Wikipedia

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    Butyrka prison. Butyrskaya prison (Russian: Бутырская тюрьма, tr. Butýrskaya tyurmá ), usually known simply as Butyrka (Russian: Бутырка, IPA: [bʊˈtɨrkə] ), is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison. During the Soviet Union era (1917 ...

  4. Butyrka: Moscow's oldest prison - Russia Beyond

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    At the end of the 18th century, the prison became known as “Butyrka prison fortress” – it was rebuilt into a real castle with four towers and a fortress wall. Butyrka became a transit prison ...

  5. Notorious Moscow prison, once home to Solzhenitsyn, to close

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    Butyrka, an imposing red-brick jail in central Moscow, now functions as a pre-trial detention centre that houses about 2,000 inmates. The whistleblowing lawyer Sergei Magnitsky spent almost a year ...

  6. Former Butyrka Inmate Says, 'They Throw You There To Break You'

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    The majority of Butyrka prison cells are big rooms, with some 20 to 25 beds and more or less acceptable conditions. But in the second cell block, nothing has changed for years. There are the same ...

  7. 5 most famous Russian prisons and their convicts - Russia Beyond

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    Butyrka Prison Castle. Stanislav Kozlovskiy (CC BY-SA 3.0) In the early 1770s, the place where Butyrka now stands was on the outskirts of Moscow. In 1771, a wooden fortress was built there for ...

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    Butyrka prison, or Butyrskaya turma, founded in the 17th... Guard stands in a passage of the notorious Butyrka remand prison in Moscow, on December 4, 2013. The poster reeads: "The family life is the only game...

  9. Inmates Discovered in Long-Abandoned Moscow Prison Tower ...

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    Sep. 12, 2019. Butyrka prison Sergei Vedyashkin / Moskva News Agency. At least two inmates have been housed in a tower long thought to be abandoned at the infamous Butyrka prison in central Moscow ...

  10. Crime, Punishment and More Punishment in Russia's Prisons

    www.themoscowtimes.com/2016/11/28/crime...

    Following Magnitsky's death, prison authorities were forced to make improvements to the living conditions inside Butyrka. One of the first areas that was significantly improved was the prison’s ...

  11. Butyrka prison (Moscow) Essential Tips and Information

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    Butyrskaya prison, usually known simply as Butyrka, is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison. During the Soviet Union era it held many political prisoners. As of 2022 Butyrka remains the largest of Moscow's remand prisons. Overcrowding is an ongoing problem.