Russian criminal tattoo

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Russian Tattoo Designs, German Tattoos And Meanings

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOOS.............SOURCE BING IMAGES.......

These photographs of prisoners’ tattoos were collected by Arkady Bronnikov from the mid-1960s­ to mid-1980s. An expert in criminalistics, he visited correctional institutions across the Soviet Union to collect photos to help to understand the tattoos’ language, and to identify and catch criminals.

“Satan and the Devil’s agent in Russia.” This illustration by Danzig Baldaev was copied from the chest of a criminal named “White” in 1991 who had recently completed a 32-year bid in prison. During his time as a prison guard in Russia, and then later as the warden of the notorious Kresty Prison in Leningrad, Danzig Baldaev would become the curator and historian of tattoos worn by the convicts he watched over for nearly 40 years. Baldaev’s illustrations, 3,000 or so in all, have been compiled…

RUSSIAN CRIMIANL TATTOOS by dontpanicmedia on DeviantArt

Various common women’s tattoos.

Top: ‘Dig deeper, throw further, farting steam. 1931-33’. Text below reads ‘The White Sea – Baltic Canal’.

In these images the nameless bodies of criminals act as both a text and mirror, reflecting and preserving the ever-changing folklore of the Russian...

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