{"product_id":"russian-criminal-tattoo-encyclopaedia-volume-2","title":"Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume II","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Page 3\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eA deeper dive into the Baldaev archive—previously unpublished drawings and photographs that document the coded language of Russian prison tattoos.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-role=\"bva-reveal\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"2042\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"1795\"\u003eVolume II\u003c\/strong\u003e is the essential companion to the first \u003cem data-start=\"1836\" data-end=\"1875\"\u003eRussian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia\u003c\/em\u003e, expanding the archive with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1904\" data-end=\"1955\"\u003epreviously unpublished drawings and photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e from \u003cstrong data-start=\"1961\" data-end=\"1979\"\u003eDanzig Baldaev\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1984\" data-end=\"2003\"\u003eSergei Vasiliev\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2318\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBaldaev spent decades working as a guard at \u003cstrong data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2121\"\u003eSt Petersburg’s Kresty Prison\u003c\/strong\u003e, documenting over \u003cstrong data-start=\"2140\" data-end=\"2149\"\u003e3,000\u003c\/strong\u003e tattoos and the meanings embedded in their symbols—status, biography, warnings, and identity—etched across every part of the body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2318\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis volume reads like a passport into a closed visual culture: political satire, religion, folklore, violence, and dark humor—messages literally tangled in barbed wire—captured as both social record and intense visual reference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2318\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2551\" data-end=\"2585\"\u003eIntroduction by Anne Applebaum\u003c\/strong\u003e (Pulitzer Prize–winning historian).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2318\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy this belongs in your library\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2318\"\u003eNew \/ unseen material from the Baldaev + Vasiliev archives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2318\"\u003eOne of the strongest sources for symbol-heavy tattoo storytelling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2318\"\u003eA landmark documentation of a rapidly disappearing subculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3021\" data-end=\"3167\"\u003eContains \u003cstrong data-start=\"3030\" data-end=\"3093\"\u003egraphic, politically charged, and sexually explicit imagery\u003c\/strong\u003e, including hate\/extremist symbols, presented as historical documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-role=\"bva-reveal\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume II\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage-total:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e205 × 125 × 25 mm (8.07 × 4.92 × 1.00 in)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kintaro Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57283139862876,"sku":"BTH-0011","price":33.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0168\/9010\/1814\/files\/RussianCriminalTattooEncyclopedia_volumeII_cover.jpg?v=1775579196","url":"https:\/\/kintaro-publishing.com\/en-ch\/products\/russian-criminal-tattoo-encyclopaedia-volume-2","provider":"Kintaro Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}