Georgy Dmitrievich Bezsonov, variant: Yury Dmitrievich Bezsonov ()) was a Russian Imperial Army cavalry officer, known for his memoir about the Soviet

Solovki prison camp The Solovki special camp (later the Solovki special prison), was set up in 1923 on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea as a remote and inaccessible place of detention, primarily intended for socialist opponents of Soviet Russia's new Bolshev ...

and his escape from there. He escaped from Solovki together with four other inmates: Матвей Сазонов, Ingush

Sozerko Malsagov Sozerko Artagovich Malsagov () (June 17, 1895 - February 25, 1976), was Russian Imperial Army officer known for his memoir about his escape from the Solovki prison camp. Malsagov, together with four other inmates (Матвей Сазонов, Yuri ...

, Pole Эдвард Мальбродский, Василий Приблудин. Malsagov also wrote a similar memoir.

Memoir

''Двадцать шесть тюрем и побег с Соловков''Безсонов, ''Двадцать шесть тюрем и побег из Соловков'', Paris, Imprimerie de Navarre, 1928. *English translation:

References

1891 births 1970 deaths Inmates of Solovki prison camp Soviet escapees Escapees from Soviet detention Gulag memoirs Graduates of the Nicholas Cavalry College {{Russia-bio-stub