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For centuries, Russian prison inmates forcibly initiated newcomers
with tattoos. Gradually, prisoners developed a secret form of
communication with their tattoos, allowing them to establish rank
among the other inmates and maintain a clandestine hierarchy. This
book explores the grisly reality of Russian prisons and the people
who inhabit them. Over 190 black and white and color photographs
expose the different tattoos and their meanings, ranging from
churches, crosses, Christs, Madonnas, military symbols, cats,
dolphins, bears, hawks, and other startling images. Documentary
filmmaker Alix Lambert traveled around modern Russia to film these
sinister environments, collected stories to identify the dying art
of tattooing in Russian prisons, and detailed the lives of the
heavily marked inmates, past and present. This fascinating,
spine-tingling book provides an entirely new outlook on tattoos and
what they can represent!
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