You may have heard about the tattoos of Russian criminals and prisoners. Each of the drawings has its hidden meaning, which until recently only criminals themselves understood. See what tattoos mean.
The convict’s tattoos essentially map his entire life. They record what crimes he committed, how he climbed the ranking in the criminal hierarchy, how many times he sat in prison, what successes he had achieved. In the crime world, a tattooless man has virtually no social status. This prisoner has the inscription on his chest: “Death is not revenge / the dead do not suffer. On the other hand, he has the words tattooed: “I live in sin / die with laughter.
A dagger that seems to be pointing over his neck means that a man has committed murder in prison and is willing to be hired for another. The bells on the feet show that the man has served his entire punishment, and the shackles that he has been behind bars for more than five years. The stars on their knees say, “I’m not kneeling in front of the cops.”
Mikhail Kovanev, a poet, artist and musician, served a 15-year sentence for murder. His entire body is dotted with tattoos, most of which he designed himself. He has two eyes on his stomach that indicate he was a homosexual. He became a drug addict in prison and later he was murdered.
The tattoos of Lenin and Stalin were said to serve to protect them from being killed by a firing squad. The shooters refused to shoot images of their leaders during socialism.
The spider in the cobweb has two different meanings. If he is climbing up, the wearer is not interested in ending the life of a criminal. If it points down, it is the opposite.
Among the prisoners in the Soviet Union, it was rumored that the best tattooers were in the imprisonment facilities in the Urals. In their pursuit of tattoos, they often tried to get at least part of their sentence right there. On this man, a tattooed dollar bill is an absolute commitment to a criminal life.
This man has a tattoo on his eyelids saying “don’t wake me.” This part of the body was extremely hard to tattoo because the needle could even puncture an eye.
