Editing Francis Gary Powers (section)

===Conviction===
[[File:RIAN archive 35174 American Spy Pilot Francis Gary Powers.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Powers while he was in Soviet custody]]
On August 19, 1960, Powers was convicted of espionage, "a grave crime covered by Article 2 of the Soviet Union's law 'On Criminality Responsibility for State Crimes{{'"}}. His sentence consisted of 10 years' confinement, three of which were to be in a prison, with the remainder in a [[labor camp]]. The US Embassy "News Bulletin" stated, according to Powers, "as far as the government was concerned, I had acted in accordance with the instructions given [to] me and would receive my full salary while imprisoned".{{sfn|Powers|Gentry|2004|pp=157–61}}

He was held in [[Vladimir Central Prison]], about {{convert|150|mi|km}} east of Moscow, in building number 2 from September 9, 1960, until February 8, 1962. His cellmate was Zigurds Krūmiņš, a Latvian political prisoner. Powers kept a diary and a journal while confined. Additionally, he learned carpet weaving from his cellmate to pass the time. He could send and receive a limited number of letters to and from his family. The prison now contains a small museum with an exhibit on Powers, who allegedly developed a good rapport with Soviet prisoners there. Some pieces of the plane and Powers' uniform are on display at the [[Central Air Force Museum|Monino Airbase museum]] near [[Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moninoaviation.com/33a.html|title=Air Force Museum – Monino, Russia|website=www.moninoaviation.com|access-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403143214/http://moninoaviation.com/33a.html|archive-date=April 3, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>