Inspection demanded

Children's concentration camp #6 in St. Petersburg

Official name
Boarding School No. 6 (GBOU Boarding School No. 6, Krasnogvardeysky District, St. Petersburg)
Address
Bolshaya Porokhovskaya St., 52, St. Petersburg, Russia
Reason
Cruel treatment of children

What is happening

This institution educates orphans, children from single-parent and disadvantaged families and others who have no one to protect them.

According to reports from parents and students, children here are subjected to systematic beatings and humiliation.

Our demands

Our society STOP HUMAN TERROR demands:

  1. An independent inspection and reform of this institution
  2. Dismissal of the head of the institution and of all staff
  3. Installation of video surveillance throughout the boarding school
  4. Open public access to the video recordings 24/7

Call to action

We call on all public and international organizations, television, media and bloggers to draw public attention to this institution.

The case in the media

In summer 2026 federal media reported on Maxim Danilov, a former pupil of a boarding school in the Krasnogvardeysky District of St. Petersburg, and his book «A Step from the Orphanage to TV, or the Confession of My Childhood». Danilov himself names the institution «Orphanage No. 6 of the Krasnogvardeysky District».

  • In the book Danilov claims that pupils were beaten, humiliated, starved and put out in the cold without clothes.
  • In an NTV report, another former pupil and a teacher of the boarding school confirmed part of what he described: according to them, children were hit on the hands, had their faces pushed into their plates and were kicked.
  • Danilov directs most of his accusations at teacher Maria Yuryevna Grigorieva (presented by NTV as deputy director for educational work of the boarding school). She calls the book slander and has filed a lawsuit to protect her honor and dignity, demanding that the print run be destroyed, a public apology and 2.5 million rubles.
  • On 30 October 2026 Danilov published a video in which another former pupil, Mikhail (29), describes cruel treatment of children by this teacher.
  • According to 78.ru (cited by Gazeta.ru), law enforcement carried out a preliminary check and found no confirmation of his claims. Danilov insists that everything he wrote is true.
  • The trial is ongoing: the hearing of 6 August 2026 was postponed, the next one was scheduled for 15 September. As of November 2026 there is no final decision.

Independent media do not name the number of the boarding school; the number is given by Danilov himself. All accusations are statements of the former pupils; the teacher denies them, and the court has not yet ruled.

Location

Inspection demanded

Children's concentration camp #6 in St. Petersburg

Bolshaya Porokhovskaya St., 52, St. Petersburg, Russia

Reviews from Yandex Maps · 1★

Reviews are quoted from Yandex Maps. Staff names are shortened to initials. English translations below the originals. Source: Yandex Maps ↗

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Илья К.
September 18, 2026
★★★★★

Не думал, что в таком учреждении могут работать монстры! Верим всей страной, что суд вас накажет!

I never thought monsters could work in an institution like this! The whole country believes the court will punish you!

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Саша М.
August 15, 2026
★★★★★

Ужас, а не школа. Я перехожу в 6 класс, и в 5 классе у меня был учитель по математике А. А. просто ужасна! Она каждый раз орёт на меня, унижает, и занижает оценки. Просто ужас!

A horror, not a school. I am going into 6th grade, and in 5th grade my math teacher A. A. was simply awful! Every time she yells at me, humiliates me and lowers my grades. Just horrible!

А
Аноним
May 11, 2026
★★★★★

Ужас, а не школа, учителя монстры. Моя дочь учится в 7 классе, слава богу, нам попался хороший учитель, но социальный педагог И. В. — это отдельная история. Зам. директора по воспитательной работе А. А. кричит без причины, обвиняют в том, что родители плохие, не так воспитали, потому что у дочери была мятая рубашка. В общем, ужас.

A horror, not a school — the teachers are monsters. My daughter is in 7th grade; thank God we got a good class teacher, but the social pedagogue I. V. is a separate story. The deputy head for educational work A. A. shouts for no reason; they accuse parents of being bad and raising the child wrong because my daughter had a wrinkled shirt. In short, a horror.

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Света П.
October 24, 2025
★★★★★

Солидные женщины — учителя курят на балконах на каждой перемене. Мой шестилетний ребёнок на это смотрит и удивляется. Какой уж тут пиетет к учителям?! Стыдоба!

Grown women — teachers — smoke on the balconies at every break. My six-year-old watches this and is surprised. What respect for teachers can there be?! Shameful!

Д
Дарья Б.
September 9, 2023
★★★★★

Ужасная школа, не отдавайте своих детей сюда никогда, если не хотите испортить им жизнь и психику!

A terrible school. Never send your children here unless you want to ruin their lives and their mental health!

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Екатерина М.
July 19, 2023
★★★★★

Отвратительная школа. Попали сюда в феврале, уже забрали документы. Перед этим ребёнка избили одноклассники, каждый день гнобили, как новенького. Классный руководитель А. В. вместо того, чтобы узнать о самочувствии ребёнка, интересовалась только тем, обратились ли мы в полицию. Постоянно при любых конфликтных ситуациях обвиняли только моего ребёнка, он приходил домой с испорченными вещами и вообще иногда без вещей, которые забрасывали на гаражи. Успеваемость у ребёнка резко ухудшилась. Он отказывался идти в эту школу и до сих пор вспоминает с ужасом. Классный руководитель обвиняла меня в том, что у него плохая успеваемость… Ребёнок уходил в школу чистый, в хорошей одежде, а возвращался грязный весь, в порванных вещах. На прощание мне оставили характеристику на ребёнка, что он чуть ли не самый худший ученик и человек… Также руководству школы не понравилось, что я была против того, чтобы в раздевалке во время переодевания у мальчиков находилась учитель-женщина. Меня даже вызвали «на ковёр» и донесли, что моё мнение учитывать никто не собирается… Манера общаться свысока просто поражает.

A disgusting school. We came here in February and have already taken our documents back. Before that, my child was beaten by classmates and bullied every day as the new kid. Instead of asking how the child was, the class teacher A. V. was only interested in whether we had gone to the police. In every conflict only my child was blamed; he came home with ruined belongings and sometimes without them at all — they were thrown onto garage roofs. His grades dropped sharply. He refused to go to this school and still remembers it with horror. The class teacher blamed me for his poor grades… The child left for school clean, in good clothes, and came back filthy, in torn clothes. When we left, they wrote a reference describing him as almost the worst student and person… The school management also did not like that I objected to a female teacher being present in the boys' changing room while they changed. I was even summoned "to the carpet" and told that nobody was going to take my opinion into account… The condescending manner of communication is simply astonishing.

А
Алевтина
March 14, 2023
★★★★★

Ужасная школа, завуч А. неадекватна, орёт постоянно, не соблюдает никаких приличий.

A terrible school. The head teacher A. behaves inadequately, yells constantly and observes no decency at all.

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