8 episodes

An audible exploration of Russian criminality in the 19th and 20th Century.

Cult of the Urka Dr Mark Vincent

    • History
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An audible exploration of Russian criminality in the 19th and 20th Century.

    Russian Criminal Tattoos - Propaganda

    Russian Criminal Tattoos - Propaganda

    A discussion of how Gulag prisoners adapted Soviet propaganda slogans through their tattoos.

    • 30 min
    The Bitches' War

    The Bitches' War

    A discussion of the Bitches' War which emerged in the camps of the Gulag following the Second World War.

    • 37 min
    Criminal "Courts" in the Spectre of Russian Punishment

    Criminal "Courts" in the Spectre of Russian Punishment

    An insight into criminal court proceedings in the Gulag and the wider tradition of visual punishment in Russia

    • 46 min
    Dmitrii Likhachev and the Art of Criminal Card Playing

    Dmitrii Likhachev and the Art of Criminal Card Playing

    An assessment of the importance of gambling motifs in Russian and Soviet penality.

    • 33 min
    Vanka Kain

    Vanka Kain

    The life and legacy of a Moscow bandit and police super-informant of the eighteenth century.

    • 24 min
    Sonka 'Golden Hand'

    Sonka 'Golden Hand'

    A case study of the life and legacy of a female superthief.

    • 23 min

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Great podcast

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