October 06, 2003

The Brands of Russian Prisons

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Russian Prison Tattoos

It is not known when tattooing first became a common practice in Russian prisons and Stalinist Gulags. Soviet researchers first discovered and studied this underground activity in the 1920s; photographs of prisoners from that period suggest an already elaborate and highly developed subculture. More than simple decoration, the images symbolically proclaim the wearer's background and rank within the complex social system of the jailed.

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Posted by Abe at October 6, 2003 02:14 PM

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