Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III

‘This is not solely an addendum to the previous volumes, but stands well on its own. The book’s physical and emotional core lies in the Baldaev drawings, which are ethnographic, artistic, and surprisingly moving. His unflinching documentation reveals a world of systematic brutality and violence, where prisoners flaunted their savagery on their skin and punished their adversaries, poseurs, and the weak by etching humiliations into them.’ - Alarm

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