fb pixcode

GRAPHIC DESIGN

PUBLISHER
FUEL Publishing

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 5 x 8 in. / 400 pgs / 350 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Active

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: FALL 2012 p. 67   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9780955006197 TRADE
List Price: $34.95 CAD $48.95

AVAILABILITY
In stock

TERRITORY
NA ONLY

THE FALL 2025 ARTBOOK | D.A.P. CATALOG

Artbook | D.A.P. Catalog Cover Link
Preview our FALL 2025 catalog, featuring more than 500 new books on art, photography, design, architecture, film, music and visual culture.
  

FUEL PUBLISHING

Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III

Introduction by Alexander Sidorov.

Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III

"A fantastic, mind-blowing photo and graphics book documenting the subculture of tattooing in Russian prisons." –David Cronenberg

This volume of drawings and photographs completes the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia trilogy. Danzig Baldaev’s unparallelled ethnographic achievement, documenting more than 3,000 tattoo drawings, was made during a lifetime working as a prison guard. His recording of this esoteric world was reported to the KGB, who unexpectedly supported him, realizing the importance of being able to establish facts about convicts by reading the images on their bodies. The motifs depicted represent the uncensored lives of the criminal classes, ranging from violence and pornography to politics and alcohol. A medieval knight is surrounded by the severed heads of his enemies, a naked woman simultaneously services a man and two dwarfs, a crying President Gorbachev grips a human bone between sabre-like fangs, a group of angels drink vodka with God on a cloud--the meanings of these arresting images are explained to the uninitiated eye. Sergei Vasiliev’s graphic photographs show the grim reality of the Russian prison system and some of the alarming characters that inhabit it, while the illustrated criminals of Russia tell the tale of their closed society. This volume, the last in the trilogy, includes an introduction by historian Alexander Sidorov exploring the origins of the Russian criminal tattoo and their various meanings today.

Featured image is reproduced from Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III.

Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III

in stock  $34.95


Free Shipping

UPS GROUND IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
FOR CONSUMER ONLINE ORDERS

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO ENCYCLOPAEDIA AND BOOKS BY DANZIG BALDAEV
Russian Criminal Playing Cards

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL PLAYING CARDS

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780995745544
USD $20.00
| CAD $29.95

Pub Date: 9/25/2018
Active | Out of stock


Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOOS AND PLAYING CARDS

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780993191121
USD $32.50
| CAD $42.5

Pub Date: 10/23/2018
Active | Out of stock


Russian Criminal Tattoo Police Files

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO POLICE FILES

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780956896292
USD $32.50
| CAD $42.5

Pub Date: 3/22/2016
Active | In stock


Soviets

SOVIETS

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780956896278
USD $32.95
| CAD $43.95

Pub Date: 4/30/2014
Active | In stock


Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Postcards

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO ENCYCLOPAEDIA POSTCARDS

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780956896261
USD $29.95
| CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 10/31/2013
Active | In stock


Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume I

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO ENCYCLOPAEDIA VOLUME I

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780955862076
USD $34.95
| CAD $48.95

Pub Date: 10/31/2009
Active | In stock


Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume II

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO ENCYCLOPEDIA VOLUME II

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780955006128
USD $34.95
| CAD $48.95

Pub Date: 9/30/2011
Active | In stock


Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Volume III

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO ENCYCLOPAEDIA VOLUME III

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780955006197
USD $34.95
| CAD $48.95

Pub Date: 11/1/2008
Active | In stock


Danzig Baldaev: Drawings from the Gulag

DANZIG BALDAEV: DRAWINGS FROM THE GULAG

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780956356246
USD $32.95
| CAD $43.95

Pub Date: 10/31/2010
Active | Out of stock


Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia Limited Edition Boxed Set

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO ENCYCLOPAEDIA LIMITED EDITION BOXED SET

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780955862038
USD $1,995.00
| CAD $2400

Pub Date: 12/31/2012
Out of print | Not available


OF RELATED INTEREST

Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume II

RUSSIAN CRIMINAL TATTOO ENCYCLOPEDIA VOLUME II

FUEL Publishing

ISBN: 9780955006128
USD $34.95
| CAD $48.95

Pub Date: 9/30/2011
Active | In stock


FORTHCOMING AND NEW: DESIGN AND DECORATIVE ARTS

Love and Lightning

LOVE AND LIGHTNING

Valiz

ISBN: 9789493246478
USD $35.00
| CAD $49

Pub Date: 11/18/2025
Forthcoming


Serigrafistas Queer: Freedom for Sensibilities

SERIGRAFISTAS QUEER: FREEDOM FOR SENSIBILITIES

Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand/KMEC Books

ISBN: 9786557770788
USD $45.00
| CAD $64 UK £ 36

Pub Date: 11/18/2025
Forthcoming


Giovanni Pintori: Advertising as Art

GIOVANNI PINTORI: ADVERTISING AS ART

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836657063
USD $45.00
| CAD $64

Pub Date: 10/28/2025
Forthcoming


Architecture Record Covers

ARCHITECTURE RECORD COVERS

nai010 Publishers

ISBN: 9789462089303
USD $39.95
| CAD $54.95

Pub Date: 9/30/2025
Forthcoming


Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

LETTRES DéCORATIVES: A CENTURY OF FRENCH SIGN PAINTERS’ ALPHABETS

Letterform Archive Books

ISBN: 9798989142392
USD $65.00
| CAD $90 UK £ 52

Pub Date: 10/28/2025
Forthcoming


Passenger Information System

PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEM

Lars Müller Publishers

ISBN: 9783037787847
USD $60.00
| CAD $85

Pub Date: 9/30/2025
Forthcoming


Alphabet in Motion

ALPHABET IN MOTION

Katherine Small Gallery

ISBN: 9780997175912
USD $85.00
| CAD $130 UK £ 70

Pub Date: 11/4/2025
Forthcoming


Clara Istlerová: A Life Among Letters

CLARA ISTLEROVá: A LIFE AMONG LETTERS

Inventory Press

ISBN: 9781941753804
USD $35.00
| CAD $53 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 9/16/2025
Forthcoming


A Queer Year of Love Letters

A QUEER YEAR OF LOVE LETTERS

Inventory Press

ISBN: 9781941753798
USD $24.95
| CAD $37.95 UK £ 21

Pub Date: 8/19/2025
Forthcoming


Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975

FRACTURE: JAPANESE GRAPHIC DESIGN 1875–1975

Set Margins’ publications

ISBN: 9789083449845
USD $38.00
| CAD $57

Pub Date: 2/11/2025
Active | In stock


Lucian Bernhard

LUCIAN BERNHARD

KANT

ISBN: 9788074374135
USD $75.00
| CAD $115

Pub Date: 11/12/2024
Active | In stock


NKF: Piet Zwart’s Avant-Garde Catalog for Standard Cables

NKF: PIET ZWART’S AVANT-GARDE CATALOG FOR STANDARD CABLES

Letterform Archive Books

ISBN: 9798989142316
USD $60.00
| CAD $87.5 UK £ 52

Pub Date: 11/12/2024
Active | In stock