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Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive (Hardcover)
Danzig Baldaev, Sergei Vasilev, Arkady Bronnikov, Mark Vincent; Text written by Alison Nordström; Edited by …
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The Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive presents highlights from
FUEL’s singular collection of authentic material on this subject.
Previously unpublished in its original form, this work comprises
ink on paper drawings by Danzig Baldaev, the photographic albums of
Arkady Bronnikov and prisoner portraits by Sergei Vasiliev. The
selection is contextualised with insights from Mark Vincent PhD
(author and academic specialising in the Soviet Gulag) and Alison
Nordström (photography scholar, writer and curator). The
meticulous depictions of tattoos by prison guard Danzig Baldaev are
reproduced in facsimile, authenticated by his signature and stamp,
alongside his handwritten notes on the reverse. The paper has
yellowed with age, giving the exquisite drawings a visceral
temporality – almost like skin. Sergei Vasiliev’s photographs
portray inmates in startling intimacy. He achieves a remarkable
level of trust within the closed criminal society, a strict
hierarchy, where outsiders are viewed with hostile suspicion.
Arkady Bronnikov’s collection of photographs are shown in the
albums in which they were collected. Used exclusively to aid police
in their investigations, they depict a motley line-up of assorted
body parts. This unique book is the only publication of primary
material on this subject, highlighting the pioneering methods of
these three individuals used to document this unique phenomenon.
Despite growing academic interest in the Gulag, our knowledge of
the camps as a lived experience remains relatively incomplete.
Criminal Subculture in the Gulag, in its sophisticated analysis of
crime, punishment and everyday life in Soviet labour camps,
rectifies this. From Gulag journals and song collections to tattoo
drawings and dictionaries of slang, Mark Vincent draws on
often-overlooked archival material from the Moscow Criminological
Bureau to reconstruct a fuller picture of Gulag daily life and
society. In thematic chapters, Vincent maps the Gulag 'penal arc'
of prisoners across initiation tests, means of communication, the
importance of card playing, punishment rituals and the notorious
1948-52 cyka ('bitches') internal prison war between military
veterans and vory-v-zakone. Most importantly, this timely
examination of crime and punishment in modern Russia also
highlights the lines of continuity between the Gulag systems, late
Imperial Katorga,and today's Russian mafia. As such, this
impressively interdisciplinary volume is important reading for all
scholars of 20th-century Russia as well as those interested in
international criminality and penology.
100 inspirational and humorous poems published in the order they
were written by Mark Vincent Lincir as he recovered from a heart
attack at the age of 41. He is also the author of THE GIFT OF
STOPPAGE TIME & A SOCCER LIFE IN SHORTS.
From receiving a yellow card at age eight to scoring an own goal to
snubbing an internationally renowned goalkeeper, this collection of
short stories, poems and pictures will have you laughing until the
final whistle. He is also the author of THE GIFT OF STOPPAGE TIME
& THE WORLD NEEDS MORE BELLY RUBS.
When his beloved mentor miraculously gets up after being bedridden
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On Christmas Eve 1978, the author experiences a fatal accident.
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Despite growing academic interest in the Gulag, our knowledge of
the camps as a lived experience remains relatively incomplete.
Criminal Subculture in the Gulag, in its sophisticated analysis of
crime, punishment and everyday life in Soviet labour camps,
rectifies this. From Gulag journals and song collections to tattoo
drawings and dictionaries of slang, Mark Vincent draws on
often-overlooked archival material from the Moscow Criminological
Bureau to reconstruct a fuller picture of Gulag daily life and
society. In thematic chapters, Vincent maps the Gulag 'penal arc'
of prisoners across initiation tests, means of communication, the
importance of card playing, punishment rituals and the notorious
1948-52 cyka ('bitches') internal prison war between military
veterans and vory-v-zakone. Most importantly, this timely
examination of crime and punishment in modern Russia also
highlights the lines of continuity between the Gulag systems, late
Imperial Katorga,and today's Russian mafia. As such, this
impressively interdisciplinary volume is important reading for all
scholars of 20th-century Russia as well as those interested in
international criminality and penology.
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