Comments on: Russian Prison Tatoos.

Russian Prison Tatoos.

Ljubljana — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:54:44 -0800

Russian Prison Tatoos.

By: mygoditsbob

mygoditsbob — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:02:15 -0800

Interesting. However, some NSFW.

By: dobbs

dobbs — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:11:49 -0800

Great find. Thanks.

By: taz

taz — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:33:42 -0800

Fascinating, and beautifully presented. The head of a tomcat is considered to bring good luck to a thief. Someone needs to warn thomcatspike about this...

By: lobakgo

lobakgo — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 15:43:44 -0800

Interesting, disturbing, great design. Those eyes on the pelvic bones are something.

By: bemmett

bemmett — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:12:49 -0800

The Cyrillic script on that one guy's inner arm is really quite impressive. I'm surprised I could still read some of it out after so many years of not having used my High School Russian skills...

By: elwoodwiles

elwoodwiles — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:18:49 -0800

[This is Good] I love the simple design and usability. I would, however, like more explaination on where these photos came from. Very interesting.

By: atom128

atom128 — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 16:20:49 -0800

Awesome link. I wonder if there are any similar sites out there for prison tattoos from other countries/regions? A quick google check didn't turn up much that I saw. *sigh*

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 18:16:02 -0800

The phrase "My mother taught me to steal in the industrial zones" is quite popular. Why?

By: marvin

marvin — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 18:23:36 -0800

...think I'll do some shoplifting at Moscow duty-free sometime..

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:23:26 -0800

More on Russian tattoos here (self-link).

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:28:16 -0800

Nice link, Ljubljana. Certainly not as nice as the link you posted, but this feature on Texas prison tattoos is rather interesting. Tattoo by The Who Me and my brother were talking to each other about what makes a man a man Is it brain or brawn or the month you were born we just couldn't understand. Our old man didn't like our appearance he said that only women wear long hair So me and my brother borrowed money from mother we knew what we had to do we went downstairs past the barbar and gymnasium and got our arms tattooed. Welcome to my life tattoo! I'm a man now thanks to you! I expect I'll regret you but the skin graft man won't get you You'll be there when I die....... Tattoo My dad beat me 'cause mine said mother But my mother naturally liked it and beat my brother 'Cause his tattoo was of a lady in the nude And my mother thought that was extremely rude Welcome to my life, tattoo We've a long time together, me and you I expect I'll regret you But the skin graft man won't get you You'll be there when I die..... tattoo Now I'm older, I'm tattooed all over My wife is tattooed, too A rooty-toot-toot, rooty-tooty-tooty-toot Rooty-toodle-toodle tattoo too to you

By: hama7

hama7 — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 19:46:13 -0800

Nice link, Ljubljana. Here's to many more.

By: ruelle

ruelle — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 04:51:18 -0800

stbalbach: The phrase "My mother taught me to steal in the industrial zones" is quite popular. Why? The term "mother" may refer to the Russian motherland.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 05:27:35 -0800

creepy.

By: chaz

chaz — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 06:16:14 -0800

thank you for this link. next time I'm locked up in Russia, and need to identify my comrade's tattoos, I'll have you to thank.

By: uftheory

uftheory — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 07:01:59 -0800

In the words of my tattooed barber Bebe, "Son, a tattoo is just another way for the police to identify you."

By: walrus

walrus — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 07:12:06 -0800

crunchland: not as creepy as being stuck in a Russian prison, I'd warrant.

By: patrickje

patrickje — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 12:13:41 -0800

Cool, nice link, thanks.