Summary of Mark Galeotti's The Vory

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The criminal as hero appears in popular culture around the world, from Robin Hood to Ned Kelly. The Russian thief is not misunderstood, not a victim of a deprived childhood, not a good man in a bad spot. He is just an honest thief in a world where the only distinction is between those thieves who are honest about what they are and those who hide their self-interested criminality beneath judges’ robes and businessmen’s suits.
#2 The Russian criminal as hero appears in popular culture around the world, from Robin Hood to Ned Kelly. The Russian thief is not misunderstood, not a victim of a deprived childhood, not a good man in a bad spot. He is just an honest thief in a world where the only distinction is between those thieves who are honest about what they are and those who hide their self-interested criminality beneath judges’ robes and businessmen’s suits.
#3 Russia’s state has historically been relatively poor and inefficient in its revenue collection, and spent little on the police and the courts. The country’s police had to do more with proportionally less.
#4 Russia’s state has historically been relatively poor and inefficient in its revenue collection, and spent little on the police and the courts. The country’s police had to do more with proportionally less.

Sujets

• Social Science
• Droit et juridique
• Criminology

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 21 septembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350030808
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Mark Galeotti's The Vory
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The criminal as hero appears in popular culture around the world, from Robin Hood to Ned Kelly. The Russian thief is not misunderstood, not a victim of a deprived childhood, not a good man in a bad spot. He is just an honest thief in a world where the only distinction is between those thieves who are honest about what they are and those who hide their self-interested criminality beneath judges’ robes and businessmen’s suits.

#2

The Russian criminal as hero appears in popular culture around the world, from Robin Hood to Ned Kelly. The Russian thief is not misunderstood, not a victim of a deprived childhood, not a good man in a bad spot. He is just an honest thief in a world where the only distinction is between those thieves who are honest about what they are and those who hide their self-interested criminality beneath judges’ robes and businessmen’s suits.

#3

Russia’s state has historically been relatively poor and inefficient in its revenue collection, and spent little on the police and the courts. The country’s police had to do more with proportionally less.

#4

Russia’s state has historically been relatively poor and inefficient in its revenue collection, and spent little on the police and the courts. The country’s police had to do more with proportionally less.

#5

The Russian state has historically been relatively poor and inefficient in its revenue collection, and spent little on the police and the courts. The country’s police had to do more with proportionally less.

#6

Russian culture is rich in its forms of peasant resistance to their masters, whether that be the state or local landlords. In particular, this applies to the crime of horse theft, which threatened the very survival of the village.

#7

The Russian state has historically been relatively poor and inefficient in its revenue collection, and spent little on the police and the courts. The country’s police had to do more with proportionally less. Russian culture is rich in its forms of peasant resistance to their masters, whether that be the state or local landlords.

#8

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorised the rural hinterlands. The challenge was in the sheer number of these groups.

#9

In the Russian countryside, horse thieves used to terrorise local populations by stealing their horses. Some paid the tax, while others hired the thieves to protect them.

#10

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organised-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#11

The Russian state has historically been relatively poor and inefficient in its revenue collection, and spent little on the police and courts. Russian culture is rich in its forms of peasant resistance to their masters, whether that be the state or local landlords. In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands.

#12

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#13

Russia had a thriving underground economy before the industrial revolution, and the cities were a base for new political forces and new types of crime.

#14

The Russian term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#15

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#16

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#17

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#18

In Russia, organized crime was historically used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. This particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#19

Russia had a thriving underground economy before the industrial revolution, and the cities were a base for new political forces and new types of crime. The term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#20

The Russian term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#21

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#22

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#23

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#24

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.

#25

In Russia, the term organized crime has historically been used to describe the activities of small, ephemeral, and often petty gangs of outlaws and misfits that terrorized the rural hinterlands. However, this particular organized-crime phenomenon did not survive long into the twentieth century.