Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume II Henk Schiffmacher Handle length: 67 cm

Handle length: 67 cm

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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume II Henk Schiffmacher Handle length: 67 cmA deeper dive into the Baldaev archivepreviously unpublished drawings and photographs that document the coded language of Russian prison tattoos. Volume II is the essential companion to the first Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia, expanding the archive with previously unpublished drawings and photographs from Danzig Baldaev and Sergei Vasiliev. Baldaev spent decades working as a guard at St Petersburgs Kresty Prison, documenting over 3,000 tattoos