The Prison of Trubetskoy Bastion within
Peter and Paul Fortress is a high-security political prison where Peter the Great's own rebellious son Alexei was among the first inmates of the prison, and include the leaders of the Decembrists Uprising, the writer Nikolai Chernyshevsky and Vladimir Lenin's elder brother Alexander.
The tour which is included in the entrance ticket, will show you the different types of prison cells within and the evolution of the prison cells. There are also write-ups of the different inmates within the prison cells. Below is a picture of a "guard" guarding the entrance to the prison.
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| Prison guard |
Below are some pictures of the interior so that you have a general idea on what is it like within. Enjoy...
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| Prison cell |
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| Prison cell |
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| Simulation of a library |
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| The special codes used by prisoners to communicate with one another |
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