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Two federal subjects of the post-Soviet Russian Federation use the hammer and sickle in their symbols: the Vladimir Oblast has them on its flag and the Bryansk Oblast has them on its flag and coat of arms, which is also the central element of its flag. In addition, the Russian city of Oryol also uses the hammer and sickle on its flag. [citation ...
During the 20th century in the Soviet Union, Russian criminal and prison communities maintained a culture of using tattoos to indicate members' criminal career and ranking. Specifically among those imprisoned under the Gulag system of the Soviet era, the tattoos served to differentiate a criminal leader or thief in law from a political prisoner.
The Izmaylovskaya gang : one of Russia's oldest modern gangs, it was started in the mid- to late-1980s by Oleg Ivanov; it has around 200–500 members in Moscow alone, and is named after the Izmaylovo District. [71] Izmailovskaya has good relations with the Podolskaya gang. [72] [73] [74] Anton Malevsky was the leader until his death in 2001. [75]
A red five-pointed star A New Year tree with a red star in front of a church cupola in Volokolamsk, Russia, 2010.. A red star, five-pointed and filled, is a symbol that has often historically been associated with communist ideology, particularly in combination with the hammer and sickle, but is also used as a purely socialist symbol in the 21st century.
Gang members imposed thieves' ideas at their school and in elementary grades. According to the local newspaper, in each class had "watchers", who collected tribute from classmates in the "common fund". According to police, some of the funds from the "common fund" were transferred to gang members in a colony located on the territory of the village.
This image shows (or resembles) Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organizations, or other paraphernalia or symbols, the propaganda or public display of which is prohibited by federal laws of the Russian Federation. The use of such symbols in the Russian Federation may result in liability under the Article ...
At the start of the 1990s the gang was the second most powerful crime gang of Moscow Region and Russia. [according to whom?] In 1993 the group got into conflict with other russian gangs and killed mobster Viktor Kogan, who was moving in on their territory. [citation needed] On September 13, 1994, the gang split into around a dozen warring factions.
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