Georgy Dmitrievich Bezsonov, variant: Yury Dmitrievich Bezsonov ()) (1891-1950) was a Russian Imperial Army cavalry officer, known for his memoir about the Soviet Solovki prison camp and his escape from there.ЮРИЙ БЕЗСОНОВ, БЕЖАВШИЙ ИЗ СОЛОВКОВ He was born in St. Petersburg Russia in 1891 and died in Paris France in 1950. More information about him can be found on the Russian database http://swolkov.org/info1.htm .
He escaped from Solovki prison camp in 1925, together with four other inmates: Matvey Sazonov, Ingush Sozerko Malsagov, Pole Eduard Malbrodsky and Vasily Pribludin. Malsagov also wrote a similar memoir.
Memoir Двадцать шесть тюрем и побег с СоловковБезсонов, Двадцать шесть тюрем и побег из Соловков, Paris, Imprimerie de Navarre, 1928. English translation: (at Internet Archive)
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