Constructed: 1783
Vladimirsky Central is one of the most famous Russian prisons. Empress Catherine II ordered its construction in 1783. But it became really famous during Soviet era. Many important prisoners were incarcerated here. These included Vasily Stalin, son of Joseph Stalin, Gary Powers who got shot down on his spy mission over Soviet Union, writer Daniil Andreev, Vasily Parin and many others.
The prison was built by order of
Empress Catherine II in 1783.
In 1906, it became known as the
central (central prison). It contained political prisoners. The
building of the transit prison, built in 1825, now houses the SIZO
No. 1 of Vladimir.
At the beginning of 1921, the Vladimir
Central was turned into a provincial isolator for special purposes -
a political isolator.
Vladimirskaya prison was part of the
system of "special camps and prisons" organized on the basis of the
decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 416-159 of
February 21, 1948 "On the organization of camps of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs with a strict regime for keeping especially
dangerous state criminals" for keeping spies sentenced to
imprisonment , saboteurs, terrorists, Trotskyists, Mensheviks,
Socialist-Revolutionaries, anarchists, nationalists, White émigrés
and members of other anti-Soviet organizations, as well as for the
maintenance of persons posing a danger in their anti-Soviet
connections and enemy activities. In official documents, it was
listed as "Vladimirskaya special purpose prison of the Ministry of
State Security of the USSR."
Prison governors
This section
is based on the book by I. V. Zakurdaev “Vladimir Central. The
history of the Vladimir prison "
Before the 1917 revolution
Oleinik T.M., captain, 1902.
Afonsky D. D., Collegiate Counselor,
1903.
Imshenetskiy BM, captain, 1905-1908.
Parfyonov M.F.,
staff captain, 1909.
Vasiliev A.I., collegiate assessor, 1910.
Sinaisky M.P., lieutenant, 1911.
Davydov P.A., Collegiate
Assessor, 1912.
Gaveman A.I., captain, 1913-1917.
After
the 1917 revolution
Kostenko, head of the provincial detention
center, 1926.
Melbrat, 1927.
Duppor J. E., 1937-1938.
Golenyaev P.R., 1938
Zhelvak O. V, Lieutenant Colonel GB,
1948-1949
Zhuravlev MI, Lieutenant Colonel GB, 1949-1953.
Runner S. V., lieutenant colonel of the Armed Forces, 1953-1955.
Dedin MA, Colonel of the Armed Forces, 1959-1961.
Melnikov D.
Ya., Colonel of the Armed Forces, 1961-1964.
Zavyalkin V.F.,
Colonel of the Armed Forces, 1964-1976.
Ugodin A. P., Colonel of
the Armed Forces, 1976-1983.
Karpov Yu. N., Colonel of the Armed
Forces, 1983-1984.
Gorshkov V.K., Colonel of the Armed Forces,
1986-1994.
Mamchun V.V., Colonel of the Armed Forces, 1994-1995.
Tikhenko V. Ya., Colonel of the Armed Forces, 1995-1999.
Malinin
S.A., Colonel of the Armed Forces, 1999-2003.
Mishchenkov V.A.,
Colonel of the Armed Forces, 2003-2009.
Boginich S.P., Colonel of
the Armed Forces, 2009-2011.
Kulagin I.A., Colonel of the Armed
Forces, since 2011.
Klimov A.N. at the present. time. 2017
Current situation
The name "Vladimirsky Central" became
widely known in Russia thanks to the song of the same name by the
performer of Russian chanson Mikhail Krug. The name was reflected in
foreign culture, when the Italian group Spiritual Front recorded the
song Vladimir central (according to the leader of the group and
songwriter Simone Salvatori, he wrote it before he heard the song of
the Circle).
In 1996, a museum was created on the territory
of the prison, materials for which were provided by the
Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve, the author of the exposition is V.E.
Gurinovich.