Russian criminal tattoo

So many interesting things inked: 1. Minarets of mosques with domes and crosses. 2. Around Saint Nicholas's head, the word "M...

I think this tattoo was done in a tattoo parlor. The skull looks like a tattoo from the cover of Baldaev's book Russian Criminal Tatt...

Nonsense as it is. The hand looks like a woman’s, most likely the tattoos were made outside the former USSR, since walking around with suc...

A grin, a bardak, a church - work in the studio is in full swing.

"If you follow the truth - you will be erased till the ass" or something like that. What does mean? That is what it means. By th...

On russian blog some anonymous wrote comment with meaning of VEK tattoo. Read meaning you can here .

It's not from Russian prison, it's from tattoo studio.

Which may mean this tattoo?

Cat tattoo from Baldaev book .

Another tattoo from Russian criminal tattoo book . I not sure but i think this owl mean night thief.

Danzig Sergeyevich Baldaev – (1925-2005) - a St. Petersburg police officer, a collector of prison tattoos and priso...