Stolypin car (Russian: Столыпинский вагон) is a type of railroad carriage in the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and modern Russia.
During the Stolypin reform in Russia, which led to massive resettlement of peasants in Siberia, a special type of carriage was introduced for these settlers. It consisted of two parts: a standard passenger compartment for a peasant and his family and a large zone for their livestock and agricultural tools.
After the Bolshevik Revolution, Cheka and NKVD found these carriages convenient for transport of larger numbers of incarcerated convicts and exiles: the passenger part was used for prison guards, whereas the cattle part was used for prisoners.
Prison transportation in modern Russia
Modern prison wagons are manufactured at Tver wagon plant , the model of the car 614500 . Car has the 9 chambers capacity of 75 people ,which has no Windows-side chambers ,but there is a side corridor. It is escorting by 8 offiers of the FPS and 2 of the conductor of the Railways .The car is towed as part of regular passenger trains ,but clings only in the end.