Lukyanivska Prison

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Lukyanivska Prison (Ukrainian: Лук'янівська тюрма) is a famous historical prison in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, located in the Lukyanivka neighborhood of the city. Though the facility is now functioning as a pre-conviction detention center (Ukrainian: слідчий ізолятор, СІЗО, literally: "investigation isolation facility") it is still colloquially called a "prison". The compound now includes minor examples of the historical architecture.

[edit] History

The foundation of the prison dates back to early 18th century. Among its notable inmates were Bolsheviks Felix Dzerzhinsky and Maxim Litvinov.

More recently, Yulia Tymoshenko, a prominent Ukrainian female politician, spent forty two days there as a suspect in a corruption case, but was later acquitted. The prison experienced mass protests and blocking by supporters of Tymoshenko.

Several activists of 2001 UBK campaign were inmates of the facility when convicted for riot activities.