Lefortovo Prison

Lefortovo Prison (Russian: Лефортовская тюрьма, IPA: [lʲɪˈfortəvə] (listen)) is a prison in Moscow, Russia, which, since 2005, has been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. It was built in 1881 and located in the Lefortovo District of Moscow, which it took its name from Franz Lefort, a close associate of Tsar Peter I the Great.

Lefortovo Prison
LocationMoscow, Russia
Coordinates55.7611407°N 37.7062039°E / 55.7611407; 37.7062039
Statusoperational
Security classdetention center
Opened1881
Managed byMinistry of Justice of the RF

During the Great Purge, Lefortovo prison was used by NKVD for interrogations with torture. Lefortovo was an infamous KGB prison and investigative isolator (Russian: СИЗО, следственный изолятор) in the Soviet Union for detainment of political prisoners.[1] In 1994, it was transferred to the MVD; and, from 1996 to 2005, it was handed back to the FSB, a successor of the KGB. The prison is said to have strict detention conditions. Only visits of lawyers are allowed. Letters can be received but are read.[2]

Notable prisoners
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References
  1. "Lefortovo" at GlobalSecurity.org
  2. Schmidt, Friedrich; Moskau. "Unternehmertum in Russland: Putins Herrschaftssystem". FAZ.NET (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  3. Standish, Reid (October 3, 2018). "The New Cold Front in Russia's Information War". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Ten months later, Berg remains detained in Moscow’s high-security Lefortovo prison, still not officially charged but facing the possibility of 20 years behind bars.
  4. article The Washington Post
  5. Hermann Weber, Hotel Lux - Die deutsche kommunistische Emigration in Moskau (PDF) Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung No. 443 (October 2006), p. 58. Retrieved November 12, 2011 (in German)
  6. "КАПЛАНОВ РАШИД ХАН" [Kaplanov Rashid Khan]. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
  7. Bourdeaux, Michael (2008-05-13). "Zoya Krakhmalnikova, Christian writer jailed for her beliefs by the Soviet authorities". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  8. "ISCIP"; Perspective, Volume IV, No. 4 (April–May 1994)
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdXh7N5nWwU
  10. Hoover Digest Archived 2007-03-19 at the Wayback Machine; 2005 no. 1 The Gulag: Life Inside by Bradley Bauer for the Hoover Institution
  11. fr:Jean-Christian Tirat
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