Butyrka prison
Butyrskaya prison, colloquially known simply as Butyrka, is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison.Photo: Ctac, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Prison
- Description: prison in Moscow, Russia
- Also known as: “Федеральное казенное учреждение ‘Следственный изолятор № 2 Управления федеральной службы исполнения наказаний по г.Москве’”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lesnaya Street, 55, bld. 1 and Zuev Workers’ Club.
Lesnaya Street, 55, bld. 1
Museum
Photo: Аскольд, Public domain.
Lesnaya Street, 55, bld. 1 is a museum, which is situated 280 metres south of Butyrka prison.
Zuev Workers’ Club
Community center
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Zuyev Workers' Club in Moscow is a prominent work of constructivist architecture. It was designed by Ilya Golosov in 1927 and finished in 1929. The building was designed to house various facilities for Moscow workers, and utilises an innovative glazing treatment at its corner which has proved very photogenic. Zuev Workers’ Club is situated 630 metres south of Butyrka prison.
Belorussky railway station
Railway station
Belorussky railway station also referred to as Moscow–Passenger–Smolenskaya, Informally the whole station can be called as Moscow Belorusskaya, is a railway terminal of the Moscow Railway located at the front of Tverskaya Zastava Square in Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Belorussky railway station is situated 1¼ km southwest of Butyrka prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Begovoy District and Maryina Roshcha District.
Begovoy District
Suburb
Photo: Sergey Ashmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Begovoy District is an administrative district of Northern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. The area of the district is 4.18 square kilometers. Population: 37,900…
Maryina Roshcha District
Suburb
Photo: Александр Спиридонов, CC BY 3.0.
Maryina Roshcha District is an administrative district, one of the seventeen in North-Eastern Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia.
Tverskoy District
Suburb
Photo: Lesless, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tverskoy District is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population: 75,378 ; 75,955 . The district extends from Kitai-gorod northwest to Belorussky and Savyolovsky Rail Terminals.
Butyrka prison
- Categories: detention center, architectural landmark, and government building
- Location: Moscow Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
55.78425° or 55° 47′ 3″ northLongitude
37.5939° or 37° 35′ 38″ eastOpen location code
9G7VQHMV+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 75484733OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prisonWikidata ID
Q1018222
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Butyrka prison” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن بيتالك”
- Armenian: “Բուտիրկա բանտ”
- Armenian: “Բուտիրյան բանտ”
- Azerbaijani: “Butırka həbsxanası”
- Bashkir: “Бутырка төрмәһе”
- Belarusian: “Бутырская турма”
- Bulgarian: “Бутирка”
- Catalan: “Presó de Butirka”
- Catalan: “Бутырская тюрьма”
- Chinese: “布提爾卡監獄”
- Chinese: “布蒂尔卡监狱”
- Chinese: “布蒂爾卡監獄”
- Czech: “Butyrka”
- Czech: “Věznice Butyrka”
- Czech: “Бутырка”
- Czech: “Бутырская тюрьма”
- Danish: “Butyrkafængslet”
- Dutch: “Boetirskaja tjurma”
- Eastern Mari: “Бутырский казамат”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن بيتالك”
- Esperanto: “Butirka”
- Esperanto: “Butyrka”
- Estonian: “Butõrka vangla”
- Estonian: “Butõrka”
- Finnish: “Butyrkan vankila”
- French: “Boutyrka”
- French: “Boutyrskaia”
- French: “Boutyrskaïa”
- French: “Butyrskaya”
- French: “Prison Boutyrka”
- French: “prison de la Boutyrka”
- French: “Prison de la Boutyrka”
- Galician: “prisión de Butyrka”
- German: “Butyrka-Gefängnis”
- German: “Butyrka”
- Greek: “Μπουτίρκα”
- Hebrew: “בוטירקה”
- Hungarian: “Butirka”
- Irish: “Príosún Butyrka”
- Italian: “Prigione di Butyrka”
- Japanese: “ブティルカ刑務所”
- Japanese: “ブトィルカ刑務所”
- Japanese: “ブトイルカ収容所”
- Japanese: “ブトゥイルカ監獄”
- Japanese: “ブトゥイルキ監獄”
- Korean: “부티르카 감옥”
- Kurdish: “Girtîgeha Bûtîrkayê”
- Latvian: “Butirku cietums”
- Lithuanian: “Butyrkų kalėjimas”
- Mongolian: “Бутырка шорон”
- Polish: “Butyrki”
- Russian: “Бутырка”
- Russian: “Бутырская тюрьма”
- Russian: “Бутырский замок”
- Russian: “Бутырский тюремный замок”
- Russian: “СИЗО № 2”
- Russian: “СИЗО №2”
- Russian: “ФКУ СИЗО № 2 УФСИН России по г. Москве”
- Slovenian: “zapor Butirka”
- Spanish: “Prision de Butirka”
- Spanish: “Prisión de Butirka”
- Spanish: “Prisión de Butyrka”
- Swedish: “Butyrkafängelset”
- Turkish: “Butırka Hapishanesi”
- Ukrainian: “«Бутырка»”
- Ukrainian: “«Бутырки»”
- Ukrainian: “Бутирська в’язниця”
- Ukrainian: “Бутырский следственный изолятор №2 г. Москвы”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Храм Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы в Бутырской тюрьме and Музей истории Бутырской тюрьмы.
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