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Dec 8, 2020 · Learn about the history, conditions, and escapes of Butyrka Prison, Moscow's most infamous jail. Listen to the podcast episode with interviews, stories, and music inspired by the criminal lore of Butyrka.
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...
Dec 22, 2009 · The death last month of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in Moscow's Butyrka prison sparked a public debate over the notorious living conditions in Russian jails and holding cells.
Dec 17, 2018 · Russian prison officials plan to shut down the notorious 19th-century Butyrka prison in central Moscow and build a new detention center for 5,000 inmates outside the city. The prison has housed famous figures such as Solzhenitsyn, Babel and Hitler's nephew.
Nov 28, 2016 · Moscow's Butyrka prison, a medieval fortress and a symbol of political repression, is one of the most notorious detention centers in Russia. Learn about the conditions, the famous inmates and the plans to close or renovate the prison.
Dec 27, 2018 · On October 1, 1937, as Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's brutal purge raged, a brilliant, one-handed Russian linguist penned a complaint from Moscow's notorious Butyrka prison about his treatment by...
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.
