Dibrova Military Prison (119A Chornovola St.)
The group of buildings on the old Golukhovskoho Street has a long and complicated history. A long
time ago there was an oak forest, which eventually turned into the city park and was named Dibrova.
In 1878, the Austrian military authorities began the construction of a prison, which, due to the
proximity to the park, which was located on the other side of the street, was also named Dibrova.
The complex consisted of two houses, the one that was H-shaped was designed for the prison
administration and security corps, and in the second one, wards for prisoners were located. The
prison was quite large and had the capacity for 1000 people. In addition, two chapels were built
there, the Greek Catholic and Orthodox, as well as the school. All this was fenced with a five-meter
wall, and outside the building, it was guarded by a special security guard.
In that prison served a sentence Myroslav Sichynskyi, a murderer of the Galicia governor, Andrzej
Kazimierz Potocki. In 1912, Dmytro Vitovskyi, the future Ukrainian regional officer, organized the
escape from prison for Sichynskyi.
During the Second World War, when the Germans entered the city, the street, where the prison was
located was renamed Goring Strasse. In prison, the war camp Stalag 371 was set up. Additionally,
several wooden barracks were erected for prisoners of different nationalities. With the invasion of
the Soviet troops, the prison was taken under control of NKVD.