Russian Mobsters

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: American mobsters of Russian descent, Murdered Russian mobsters, Thieves in law, Kengir uprising, Thief in law, Sulim Yamadayev, Martin Krugman, Semion Mogilevich, Russian Mafia, Marat Balagula, Roman Tsepov, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Mishka Yaponchik, Chechen mafia, Jacob Shapiro, Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev, Alexander Solonik, Russian Bratva Structure, Ruslan Labazanov, Tariel Oniani, Charles Solomon, Vladimir Kumarin, Maxim Lazovsky, Aslan Usoyan, Fenya, Jacob Katzenberg, The Mark of Cain, Movladi Atlangeriyev, Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov, Bitch Wars, Evsei Agron, Boris Nayfeld, Leonid Minin, Otari Kvantrishvili, Jurijus Kadamovas and Iouri Mikhel, Nikolay Suleimanov, Vitali Dyomochka, Sergei Mikhailov, Potato Bag Gang, Zakhar Kalashov, Vladimir Podatev, Oleg Zapinakmine, Otari Totochiya. Excerpt: The Kengir uprising was a prisoner uprising that took place in the Soviet prison labor camp Kengir in May and June 1954. Its duration and intensity distinguished it from other Gulag uprisings in the same period (see Vorkuta uprising). After the murder of some of their fellow prisoners by guards, Kengir inmates launched a rebellion and proceeded to seize the entire camp compound, holding it for weeks and creating a period of freedom for themselves unique in the history of the Gulag. Following a rare alliance between the criminals and political prisoners, the prisoners succeeded in forcing the guards and camp administration to flee the camp and effectively quarantine it from the outside. The prisoners thereafter set up intricate defenses to prevent the incursion of the authorities into their newly won territory. This situation lasted for an unprecedented length of time and gave rise to a panoply of colorful and novel activity, including the democratic formation of a provisional government by the prisoners, prisoner marriages, the creation ...