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Russian criminal tattoos: breaking the code

Soviet prisoners had a secret language – tattoos. Will Hodgkinson deciphers the hidden meaning of skulls, cats, grins and swastikas

via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/oct/26/russian-criminal-tattoos

Soviet prisoners had a secret language – tattoos. Will Hodgkinson deciphers the hidden meaning of skulls, cats, grins and swastikas