Matrosskaya Tishina
Federal State Institution IZ-77/1 of the Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the City of Moscow is a
55°47′31″N 37°41′49″E / 55.79194°N 37.69694°E
Governor | Abdulaev Ramazan Salikhovich | |
History
The site of Matrosskaya Tishina has been home to detention facilities since 1775, when an
Matrosskaya Tishina was established in its current form in 1945 by
Escapes
Only three prisoners have been able to successfully escape from Matrosskaya Tishina.
On June 5, 1995,
On May 2, 2004, Sergey Ershov, a Ukrainian man escaped by dismantling brickwork and breaking the perimeter fence, receiving numerous injuries in the process. However, since Ershov was detained less than 24 hours after the escape, it was recognized only as an attempt.
On March 13, 2003, Aleksei Djulger, a prisoner from Kursk given right to free movement by prison authorities, disappeared and was believed to have escaped. Djulger was found several days later hiding in the rubble of construction debris on the prison grounds, eating waste from a container in a nearby garbage can. Djulger had been gambling with his cellmates and subsequently lost a large sum of money, deciding to hide rather than risk persecution for his gambling debts.
On May 7, 2013, Oleg Topalov, accused of
Notable prisoners
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Platon Lebedev
- Sergei Magnitsky
- Nadiya Savchenko
- Alexey Ulyukaev
- Alexei Navalny
- Dmitry Demushkin
- Aleksandr Khoroshavin
- Vladimir Kumarin
- Alexei Sherstobitov (aka Lyeoha Soldat)
- Sergei Butorin (aka Osya)
- Maxim Martsinkevich
- Sergei Mavrodi
- Michael Calvey
- Gennady Yanayev
References
- ^ Schreck, Carl (October 30, 2003). "Day in the Life of Mikhail Borisovich". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on November 19, 2005.
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