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Lefortovo Prison
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Background
Lefortovo Prison (Russian: ÐеÑоÑÑовÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÑÑÑÑма, romanized: Lefortovskaya tyurma, Russian: [lʲɪËfortÉvÉ] ) is a prison in Moscow, Russia, which has been under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Justice since 2005.
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1881
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Ministry of JusticePopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1881
Region
Lefortovo District
Security level
High-security
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Zoya Krakhmalnikova1929–2008 · human rights defender
Zoya Alexandrovna Krakhmalnikova (Russian: ÐÐ¾Ñ ÐлекÑандÑовна ÐÑÐ°Ñ Ð¼Ð°Ð»Ñникова; January 14, 1929 â April 17, 2008) was a Russian Christian writer, of Ukrainian origin.
- Vasily Terentev1899–1957 · teacher
Vasily Grigorevich Terentev (March 3, 1899 â January 26, 1957) was a Soviet military leader, Lieutenant general (November 2, 1944).
Vladimir Kotulsky1879–1951 · geologist.jpg)
Alexander Rutskoy1947 · politicianAlexander Vladimirovich Rutskoy (Russian: ÐлекÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ ÐладимиÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ Ð ÑÑкой; born 16 September 1947) is a Russian politician and former Soviet military officer who served as the only vice president of Russia from 1991 to 1993.
- Nikolai Glushkov1949–2018 · businessperson
Nikolay Alekseevich Glushkov (Russian: Ðиколай ÐлекÑÐµÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ ÐлÑÑков; 24 December 1949 â 12 March 2018) was a Russian businessman who was the deputy director of Aeroflot and a finance manager for AvtoVAZ who died in suspicious circumstances.
- Aleksey Kochetkov1971 · journalist
Aleksey Vladimirovich Kochetkov (Russian: ÐлекÑей ÐладимиÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐоÑеÑков; born 8 September 1971).
- Yevgeny Afanasyev1952–2015 · scientist
- Léonid Poleshuk1938–1986 · spy
Leonid Poleshchuk (1938â1986) was a senior Soviet counterintelligence officer and double agent who was arrested in 1985 for passing secrets to the CIA and executed in 1986.
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q1346321)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Lefortovo Prison. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lefortovo-prison
Chicago
"Lefortovo Prison." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lefortovo-prison.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-lefortovo-prison,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Lefortovo Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lefortovo-prison},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}