Russian prison tattoos

Russian prison tattoos

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Russian Criminal Tattoos Guide - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Inscriptions: "submission" expresses disagreement with slave laws, oppression and conditions in the ITU. A burning cross (a symbol of faith), entwined with barbed wire with the inscription, "Faith in God, not in communism" Tattooed on the forehead, eyelids and arms.

These tattoos became intricate works of art that detailed not only an inmate's crimes, but a good portion of their lives

Photographs of tattooed Soviet prisoners, held in police files until now, are about to be published for the first time. BBC Culture decodes the body art.

Russian prison tattoos

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.

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