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

History

Cult of the Urka

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

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

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

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

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

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

A brief discussion of the labels attached to criminal recidivists in the labour camps of the 1920s.