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Tredje och sista boken i Russian Criminal Tattoo-serien. Detta är ett nytryck som gjordes 2012. Tusentals tatueringar dokumenterade i fotografier, teckningar och texter. Bilderna är sammanställda från Danzig Baldavev och Sergei Vasiliev som i 33 år jobbat med att dokumentera fångarnas tatueringar på det ökända Kresty fängelset utanför S:t Petersburg. Rekommenderas!

English description:
Danzig Baldaev documented over three thousand tattoos during a lifetime working as a prison guard. His recording of this esoteric world was reported to the KGB who unexpectedly supported him, realising the importance of being able to establish facts about convicts by reading the images on their bodies. The motifs depicted represent the uncensored lives of the criminal classes, ranging from violence and pornography to politics and alcohol. The illustrated criminals of Russia tell the tale of their closed society.

With an introduction by historian Alexander Sidorov, exploring the origin of Russian criminal tattoos and their meaning today.

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