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Kresty Prison
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Kresty (Russian: Кресты, literally Crosses) prison, officially Investigative Isolator No. 1 of the Administration of the Federal Service for the Execution of Punishments for the city of Saint Petersburg (Следственный изолятор № 1 УФСИН по г. Санкт-Петербургу), was a detention center in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The prison consists of two cross-shaped buildings (hence the name) and the Orthodox Church of St. Alexander Nevsky. The prison has 960 cells and was originally designed for 1,150 detainees.[1]
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Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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Coordinates | 59.9537°N 30.3644°E / 59.9537; 30.3644 |
Status | Closed |
Security class | detention center |
Capacity | 1,150 |
Opened | 1730s |
Closed | 2017 |
Managed by | Saint Petersburg Prison Committee |
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![]() | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: Kresty Prison was closed in 2017 and its inmates relocated to a new location.. (March 2021) |
Kresty was closed and in 2017 the inmates were relocated to a modern prison facility named Kresty-2.[2]