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Russia's flagship special-regime colony for life-sentenced prisoners. Operates the strictest known regime in the Russian system.
Background
Federal Governmental Institution - Penal Colony No. 6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Orenburg Oblast, commonly known as the Black Dolphin Prison (Russian: ЧÑÑнÑй делÑÑин, romanized: Chyorny delʹfin) and formerly known as NKVD Prison No. 2 is a prison in Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia, near its border with Kazakhstan. It is one of the oldest prisons in Russia, and one of the first in the Orenburg Oblast to accept prisoners with life sentences. It gets its unofficial name from a prisoner-constructed sculpture depicting a black dolphin, which is set in front of the main entrance.
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Chuplinsky (Russian: Ðвгений ÐлекÑандÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ Ð§ÑплинÑкий; born 14 March 1965), known as The Novosibirsk Maniac (Russian: ÐовоÑибиÑÑкий манÑÑк), is a Russian serial killer who killed at least 19 prostitutes in the Novosibirsk Oblast from 1998 to 2005.
Vadim Sergeevich Krotov (Russian: ÐадиÌм СеÑгеÌÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑоÌÑов; born 11 February 1967), known as The Nakhodka Chikatilo (Russian: ÐÐ°Ñ Ð¾Ð´ÐºÐ¸Ð½Ñкий ЧикаÑило), is a Russian serial killer, child molester and producer of child pornography.
Oleg Vladimirovich Naumov (Russian: ÐлеÌг ÐладиÌмиÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐаÑÌмов; born 1978) is a Russian mass murderer, convicted for the killing of seven people on 26 January 1998, in Sakhalin Oblast.
Vladimir Nikolayevich Nikolayev Alho (Russian: ÐладиÌÐ¼Ð¸Ñ ÐиколаÌÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐиколаÌев ÐÐ»Ñ Ð¾) (born March 16, 1959) is a Russian murderer from Novocheboksarsk.
Nikolayev is best known for the cannibalism of his victims, and of distributing and selling their flesh to others in disguise of exotic animal meat.
Vladimir Anatolyevich Mukhankin (Russian: ÐÐ»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ ÐнаÑолÑÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐÑÑ Ð°Ð½ÐºÐ¸Ð½, born 22 April 1960) is a Russian serial killer, convicted for the murder of 9 people in Rostov Oblast in 1995.
Alexey Vladimirovich Pichugin (Russian: ÐлекÑеÌй ÐладиÌмиÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐиÑÑÌгин; born July 25, 1962, in Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moscow Oblast, USSR) is a former manager in the security department at the Russian oil company Yukos.
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