Punishment: the Russian prison yesterday and today. Documentary.

Today 860,000 people in Russia are behind the bars. And how many were there 50? 100? 500 years ago? When in general did this strange word "prison" appear? Who wrote the first Russian criminal code? Where did torture instruments come from to Russia? How were the most dangerous criminals recognized? Punishments by whipping and head cutting off, finger cutting and nostrils tearing out, criminal and political prisons, Peter the First as reformer of the Russian prison, the most famous prisoners of Schlusselburg , marvelous planet Kolyma, the most terrible crimes committed by teenagers, love story in Mordova colony, stars both on that and this side of the bars -- all these are covered in this first series of the documentary: Punishment: the Russian prison yesterday and today

Title: Punishment: the Russian prison yesterday and today. Documentary.
Uploaded on Dec 9, 2011
Uploaded by: RussianCriminalTattoo

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