Lukyanivska Prison

The Lukjaniwska Prison (Ukrainian Лук'янівська в'язниця; Russian Лукьяновская тюрьма / Lukjanowskaja tjurma ) is a prison in Kiev, between the eponymous eponymous metro station and the television tower. Today it serves as a detention center.

The Lukjaniwska was built in the years 1859-1862 and 1863 first documented. Under standing in the Soviet Union until its absorption into the Department of the Interior Gossudarstwennoje Polititscheskoje Uprawlenije (GPU) and saw throughout its history a number of prominent personalities.

Known occupants

  • Jaroslaw Dabrowski (1836-1871), Polish general
  • Nikolai Kibalchich (1853-1881), rocket pioneer, Russian revolutionary
  • Nikolai Bauman (1873-1905), the first of executed Bolshevik
  • Moissei Uritzky (1873-1918), Old Bolshevik, Cheka
  • Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), a professional revolutionary
  • Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875-1933), Soviet People's Commissar (Council of Ministers of the USSR )
  • Wilhelm Franz von Habsburg-Lothringen (1895-1948), Ukrainian colonel, Habsburg throne candidate for Ukrainian satellite state
  • Maxim Litvinov (1876-1951), Soviet diplomat
  • Volodymyr Vinnichenko (1880-1951), Prime Minister of the Ukrainian People's Republic
  • Irina Kachowska (1888-1960), planner of the assassination of Field Marshal von Eichhorn
  • Maksim Rilski (1895-1964), Ukrainian poet
  • Pavel Bermont - Awaloff (1877-1974), a Russian officer, Major General in World War I
  • Jossyf Slipyj (1892-1984), sixth cardinal of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
  • Sergei Parajanov (1924-1990), Armenian film director
  • Vyacheslav Chornovil (1937-1999), Ukrainian politicians
  • Yulia Tymoshenko ( born 1960 ), Ukrainian politician and Prime Minister
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