Butyrka prison

Tverskoy District, Russia · built 1771

Butyrskaya prison (Butýrskaya tyurmá), colloquially known simply as Butyrka ([bʊˈtɨrkə]), is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison. Now it is a pretrial detention facility (remand prison). During the Soviet Union era (1917–1991) it held many political prisoners. As of 2022 Butyrka remains the largest of Moscow's remand prisons. Overcrowding is an ongoing problem.

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