Kresty Prison, Russia

Kresty Prison, Russia
St Petersburg, Russian Federation (RU)
Kresty prison, officially Investigative Isolator No. 1 of the Administration of the Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments for the city of Saint Petersburg, was a detention center in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The prison consisted of two cross-shaped buildings and the Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky. The prison had 960 cells and was originally designed for 1,150 detainees. Kresty was closed and in 2017. The history of the prison starts in the 1730s. During the reign of Anna Ioannovna, Vinny Gorodok (Wine Town) was a warehouse complex where all the wine for the city of Saint Petersburg was held.
Kresty prison, officially Investigative Isolator No. 1 of the Administration of the Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments for the city of Saint Petersburg, was a detention center in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The prison consisted of two cross-shaped buildings and the Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky. The prison had 960 cells and was originally designed for 1,150 detainees. Kresty was closed and in 2017. The history of the prison starts in the 1730s. During the reign of Anna Ioannovna, Vinny Gorodok (Wine Town) was a warehouse complex where all the wine for the city of Saint Petersburg was held.
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Links: www.kresty.ru, en.wikipedia.org
By: jbottero

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