23-409: (Redirected from Ramenskoye ) Ramensky (masculine), Ramenskaya (feminine), or Ramenskoye (neuter) may refer to: People Johnny Ramensky (1905–1972), Scottish criminal and war hero Leonty Ramensky (1884–1953), Russian/Soviet ecologist Places Ramensky District , a district of Moscow Oblast, Russia Ramenskoye Urban Settlement,
46-583: A municipal formation which the Town of Ramenskoye in Ramensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia is incorporated as Ramensky (inhabited locality) ( Ramenskaya , Ramenskoye ), several inhabited localities in Russia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ramensky . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
69-803: A result, he was enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers in January 1943 and transferred immediately to the Commandos , where he was trained as a soldier whilst also instructing on the use of explosives. Although being officially enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers, he never actually served with them, spending his entire wartime service with the No. 30 Commando . Ramensky, using his safe-blowing skills, performed sabotage missions, being parachuted behind enemy lines to retrieve documents from Axis headquarters. This culminated during
92-428: A speedy recovery, suggesting he had been working too hard in pursuing him. In October 1931, Ramensky had married Margaret McManus and appears to have stayed out of trouble until March 1934 when he was sentenced to five years at HM Prison Peterhead . According to several reports, Margaret died in 1934 and, after being denied parole to attend her funeral, Ramensky made his first escape on 4 November 1934. His escape,
115-603: A treasure trove of jewellery and gold. In 1959, The Ballad of Johnny Ramensky , was written by Norman Buchan , later to become a Labour Party member of parliament , and recorded by singer Enoch Kent, Buchan's brother-in-law. Roddy McMillan , noted Scottish actor, wrote Ramensky Must Go Free sometimes given as Let Ramensky Go . HM Prison Peterhead HMP Peterhead was a prison in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire , Scotland, operating from 1888 to 2013. Since June 2016,
138-640: The Italian campaign , where 14 embassy strong boxes or safes were opened in only one day. The exploits may have been exaggerated as they supposedly include obtaining documents from Erwin Rommel 's headquarters in North Africa , and Carinhall the county home of Hermann Göring in the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve . However, the raid on Rommel's headquarters occurred in 1941 while Ramensky
161-739: The Scottish Prison Service , the prison could, in 2012, accommodate up to 142 prisoners. It closed in 2013, to be replaced by the new HMP Grampian , the first prison in Scotland to jointly house youths, men and women. The first inmates transferred on to site on 2 March 2014 having been temporarily housed at other sites and connected to family with virtual visits by videolink. Until the opening of Peterhead Convict Prison, Scots convicts were transported to England to serve their sentences. The first convicts were received in August 1888. Peterhead supplied
184-504: The Northern Community Justice Authority catchment area. In 2016, Peterhead Prison was used as a filming location for the 2018 British zombie action film Redcon-1 . In January 2022 the prison again became a filming location for Channel 4 series Screw , an STV Studios produced prison drama starring Derry Girls actress Jamie-Lee O'Donnell and The Bill and Killing Eve actress Nina Sosanya . It
207-437: The age of 15, 16 or 18, being sent to Polmont Borstal , spending three years there. He initially worked down the coal mines , similar to his father who had been a clay miner, and it was there he became familiar with the uses of dynamite . Throughout his life, Ramensky demonstrated great strength and gymnastics skills which he used to begin a career as a burglar , followed by graduating to safe-cracking, also known in
230-614: The armed forces, said that Ramensky told him that he had stolen a hoard of Nazi plunder during the Allied march on Rome in 1944, and that this hoard was later kept at the Shepton Mallet military prison in Somerset, and the Royal Navy supply depot at Carfin , Lanarkshire, after the war. He claimed that the hoard contained portraits of Hitler , Eva Braun , Göring , Goebbels and Himmler , and
253-445: The building and taking a prison officer, 56-year-old Jackie Stuart, hostage. The rioters were serving life in prison for violent crimes. It was thought that they had nothing to lose and would not hesitate to make good on their threats to kill their hostage , whom they had taken up to the rafters. When negotiations broke down, the then-Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd , dispatched the SAS to bring
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#1733093210147276-506: The first ever from Peterhead Prison, was short lived. He travelled between 24 and 35 km (15 and 22 mi) and was caught 28 hours after his escape. After being returned to prison he was placed in solitary confinement and shackled . Later in 1934, Independent Labour Party MP for Glasgow Shettleston , John McGovern , brought up the shackling issue with Godfrey Collins , the Secretary of State for Scotland . In December 1934, Ramensky
299-484: The former grounds operate as the Peterhead Prison Museum . Peterhead Convict Prison was built around 1888. It was designed to hold 208 prisoners and to be Scotland's only convict prison, i.e. for prisoners sentenced to ' hard labour '. Occupancy averaged at around 350 however, until peaking at 455 in 1911. Additional buildings were completed in 1909, 1960 and 1962, bringing capacity up to 362. According to
322-668: The labour force to work in Stirlinghill Quarry and in the Admiralty Yard attached to the prison. These convicts supported the work of a civilian labour force employed by the Admiralty to construct the Harbour of Refuge breakwater . The Admiralty project was unique in Scotland as it was served by the only state-owned passenger-carrying railway in its day. On 28 September 1987, a riot in the prison's D wing resulted in prisoners taking over
345-582: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ramensky&oldid=800305232 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Johnny Ramensky Johnny Ramensky MM , also known as John Ramsay , Gentleman Johnny , and Gentle Johnny (6 April 1906 – 4 November 1972)
368-541: The police. Ramensky was born Jonas Ramanauskas or Yonas Ramanauskas , the son of Lithuanian immigrant parents, at Glenboig , a mining village in North Lanarkshire , near Coatbridge . His father died when Ramensky was about eight and the remaining family moved to the Gorbals , in the south side of Glasgow . In Glasgow, he attended Rutherglen Academy , and by eleven he had begun committing crimes, eventually, at
391-420: The riot to an end on 3 October. The operation was successful. The hostage was released unharmed and order in the prison was restored. Peterhead Prison had a history of poor conditions for prisoners, being referred to as "Scotland's gulag, a prison of no hope." A 2005 inspection reported that electricity had only just been made available in all the cells and slopping out continued at the prison. HMP Peterhead
414-573: The time after the war in and out of jail, including HM Prison Barlinnie and Saughton Prison . In 1955, he remarried to Lisa or Lily Mulholland. He was sentenced to a one-year sentence in Perth Prison , after being caught on a shop roof in Ayr . After suffering a stroke he died on 4 November 1972 in Perth Royal Infirmary . Ramensky's friend Sonny Leitch , also a career criminal who served in
437-423: The underworld as a "Peter man". During his criminal career, Ramensky maintained that he never targeted individuals' houses but only businesses and he became known for never resorting to violence despite being arrested numerous times, resulting in the nickname "Gentleman (or Gentle) Johnny". Detective Superintendent Robert Colquhoun, one of his old adversaries, when taken ill, was sent a message by Ramensky wishing him
460-518: Was a Scottish career criminal who used his safe-cracking abilities as a commando during the Second World War . A popular song about him, "The Ballad of Johnny Ramensky", was written in 1959 by Norman Buchan , later to become a Labour Party member of parliament , and recorded by singer Enoch Kent, Buchan's brother-in-law. Though a career criminal, Ramensky received the nickname "Gentle Johnny" as he never used violence when being apprehended by
483-467: Was a specialist centre for sex offenders. Talks on replacing the prison with a new one began in 2006. They were revived in November 2006. Demolition of part of the prison began on 13 February 2012, with the opening of the new HMP Grampian planned for winter 2013/14. The prison closed on 6 December 2013. The new facility can hold about 500 male and female prisoners – both adults and young offenders – from
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#1733093210147506-608: Was in prison. Carinhall's treasures were removed before the home was destroyed by a Luftwaffe demolition squad, on Göring's orders, while Ramensky was in Italy. He remained in the army after the cessation of hostilities as a translator for the allied forces who were repatriating approximately 70,000 Lithuanians from camps in the Lübeck area. Following this, he had a short spell as an officer's batman before being demobbed in 1946. Ramensky did not give up his safe-cracking lifestyle and spent
529-539: Was released from his shackles, making him the last man to be shackled in a Scottish prison cell. Ramensky was released after serving a sentence in Peterhead Prison on 8 October 1942. During his time there, he had written to officials seeking references to join the army. Due to the intervention of a senior police officer from Aberdeen , he had attracted the interest of Robert Laycock who was seeking people with skills which could be used in commando raiding forces. As
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