beez Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Hi guys! There is a quirky little antique book store near me that is open like twice every 5 years, and today happened to be one of those days! I walked in too see if they had any tattoo books and walked out with this cool book I am about to post pics of here!! It's all in Russian. If anyone has any info about this book, or speaks and reads Russian, please let me know!! The barbed wire on the cover evokes a prison yard; perhaps it's about prison tattoos? I asked the bookseller and he said no, just tattoos, but he doesn't speak Russian either. :p Here are some pics I snapped! I will snap or scan more if there's interest. Also: I no can without womans. ironchef, Lance, HettyKet and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkUnicorn Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 For what it's worth, it looks like some books I saw in a museum store in Paris this summer. (Which probably doesn't help you that much - sorry!) beez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CultExciter Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I will ask my russian coworker what the cover says today @beez beez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CultExciter Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Top part is the author. Title is "On That Side of the Law." And secondary title is "Encyclopedia of the Criminal World." SStu, Guero, daveborjes and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fala Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 What a great find @beez! beez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnoluck Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 looks awesome. i've got the 3 russian criminal encyclopedias, i'd like to get my hands on that as well! beez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beez Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 looks awesome. i've got the 3 russian criminal encyclopedias, i'd like to get my hands on that as well! I'd be interested to see how much crossover there is between this book and the criminal encyclopedias. Who wrote the ones you have? The author's romanized name is Lev Mil'ianenkov (undoubtedly any of you who have turned to google since hearing the title have discovered this for yourself - stating for the record!). I found a few books that referenced this book. This is making for some interesting hunting around, that's for sure. I will post anything interesting I find. CultExciter and daveborjes 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnoluck Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I'd be interested to see how much crossover there is between this book and the criminal encyclopedias. Who wrote the ones you have? author of the encyclopedias is Danzig Baldaev, who was a prision guard in Russia daveborjes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkUnicorn Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 The Russian criminal tattoo books I saw before may be the same/similar to stuff available on Amazon... Russian-Criminal-Tattoo-Encyclopaedia-I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cork Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 You don't get a tattoo of "omerta" and not be in a prison gang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutOfIdeas Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 You don't get a tattoo of "omerta" and not be in a prison gang. Unless you really like the band Lamb of God Cork 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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