Petersburg prison "Crosses" will be put up for sale

The state -owned company "Dom.rf" will put up for auction most of the buildings and territories of the former investigative insulator "Crosses" on the arsenal embankment in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the media group RBC with reference to government documents.

The FSIN, in the unlimited use of which there were “crosses”, will transmit “Dom.rf” 3.9 hectares of the complex - about 93 % of the entire territory of the prison. On the remaining area there are hostels for overseers. The state -owned company will act as an agent when selling a complex.

Representatives of Dom.rf promised to consult with the authorities, experts and residents of St. Petersburg, as well as potential investors on the transfer of Crosses to the new owner. According to state -owned companies, the prison should “get new, demanded functions and return to city life, remaining part of the tourist infrastructure.”

After the sale of 80 % of the revenue, Dom.rf will transfer the “Scientific and Production Association of the Criminal Executive System”-a company subordinate to the Federal Penitentiary Service.

What you need to know. "Dom.rf" has already acted as an agent in the sale of federal property, for example, during the trading of the Palace of Catherine II in Moscow.

In addition, the head of the state -owned company Vitaly Mutko already visited the “Crosses” along with the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov. Fontanka wrote about this.

What is known about the "Crosses." The prison was one of the most famous places of imprisonment in Russia. So, they often contained political prisoners. The building was erected at the end of the 19th century, and its brick buildings have the shape of crosses.