Butyrskaya prison, usually known simply as Butyrka, is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison. During the Soviet Union era (1917–1991) it held many political prisoners. As of 2022 Butyrka remains the largest of Moscow's remand prisons. Overcrowding is an ongoing problem.

Alikhan Nurmukhameduly Bukeikhanov was a Kazakh politician and publisher who served as the Chairman of the Provisional National Government of Alash Orda and one of the leaders of the Alash party from late 1917 to 1920.