Matrosskaya Tishina

Coordinates: 55°47′31″N 37°41′49″E / 55.79194°N 37.69694°E / 55.79194; 37.69694

Matrosskaya Tishina (Russian: Матросская тишина, literally "Seaman's Silence") (formal name: Federal Budget Institution IZ-77/1 of the Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the City of Moscow) is a detention facility located in northern Moscow, known by the name of the street on which it is located. It has operated as a prison since 1945, famously holding Mikhail Khodorkovsky and some plotters of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.^{[citation needed][1]}

References

1. ^ Carl Schreck (2003-10-30). "Day in the Life of Mikhail Borisovich". The Moscow Times. http://www.rusnet.nl/news/2003/10/30/report01.shtml. Retrieved 2009-02-26. ^{[dead link]}