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In the 1930s, Russian criminal castes began to emerge, such as the Masti (suits) and the Vor v Zakone (rus. Вор в Законе) or Blatnye (authoritative thieves), and with that a tattoo culture to define rank and reputation. Up until World War II, any tattoo could denote a professional criminal, the only exception being tattoos on sailors. [1]
These tattoos may be placed on an individual who fails to pay debts in card games, or otherwise breaks the criminal code, and often have very blatant sexual images, embarrassing the wearer. Tattoos on the forehead are sometimes forcibly applied, and designed both to humiliate the bearer and warn others about him or her.
The Mark of Cain examines every aspect of the tattooing, from the actual creation of the tattoo ink, interviews with the tattooers and soberly looks at the double-edged sword of prison tattoos. In many ways, they were needed to survive brutal Russian prisons, but mark the prisoner for life, which complicates any readmission to "normal" society ...
Category: Bodies of water of Russia by federal subject. 13 languages.
People convicted of bribery in Russia (8 P) C. Russian people convicted of child sexual abuse (25 P) Russian cybercriminals (13 P) ... Russian criminal tattoos
Bodies of water of Russia by federal subject (88 C). Bodies of water of the Barents Sea (1 C, 5 P) Bodies of water of the Chukchi Sea (1 C, 5 P)
Simone Biles, who took home three gold medals and a silver medal during the Paris Games, and her fellow medal-winning gymnastics teammates Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee all have variations of the ...
Bodies of water of Russia (20 C, 5 P) C. Coasts of Russia (9 C, 11 P) D. Dams in Russia (2 C, 26 P) F. Fish of Russia (1 C, 108 P) ... Pages in category "Water in Russia"