The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia by Mark Galeotti

The Vory: Russia's Super Mafia

Mark Galeotti

344 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction crime history dark tense slow-paced
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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...

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