The notorious Russian mafia, the Vory, sprung from the gulags early in the twentieth century. Based on two decades of on-the-ground research, this first English-language study details their journey to power, from their early days through Stalinism and the Soviet experiment to their adaptation to modern-day Russia and global spread.
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