A question about tattoos

[Alina Israeli]

In addition to criminals, sailors is another large group that uses  
tattoos. http://www.stmirage.ru/znahenie_tatu.shtml


Claire Wilkinson's experience could be probably in part explained by  
the fact that upper classes did not take to the tattoos in Russia the  
way they did in the UK. According to this book http:// 
books.google.com/books?id=2gIs_wSv_sUC&pg=PA306&dq=%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82% 
D1%83%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B8+%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D0% 
BA%D0%BE%D0%B2&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83% 
D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BA% 
D0%BE%D0%B2&f=false
in 1862 Prince of Wales got a tattoo in Jerusalem after which other  
members of nobility went to Japan to decorate their body. I believe  
tattoos in Russia were always part of the "low" culture.

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Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
LFS, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu





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