26 Jul 1947

Russia
  • The Soviet MGB moved Finnish prisoners from labor camps to the Vladimir Prison in Vladimir, Russia to keep their whereabouts secret. ww2dbase [Vladimir | CPC]
10 Nov 1951

Russia
  • Russian Prince Pyotr Dolgorukov, arrested by Soviet SMERSH in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1945, died in the prison hospital at Vladimir Prison, Vladimir, Russia. ww2dbase [Vladimir | CPC]
30 Mar 1952

Russia
  • Convicted German war criminal Georg Jantschi was placed in solitary confinement at the Vladimir Prison in Vladimir, Russia. ww2dbase [Vladimir | CPC]
16 May 1952

Russia
  • Convicted German war criminal Karl Kosch was transferred to the Vladimir Prison in Vladimir, Russia. ww2dbase [Vladimir | CPC]
13 Nov 1954

Russia
17 Nov 1955

Russia
  • Helmuth Weidling died in Vladimir Prison in Vladimir, Russia while in Soviet captivity. ww2dbase [Helmuth Weidling | Vladimir | CPC]



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