Siberian Education Nicolai Lilin book true crime Russia biography memoir history thriller

Siberian Education Nicolai Lilin book true crime Russia biography memoir history thriller 

The book is practically new. This is a paperback book and has 454 pages

ABOUT THE BOOK -  By the age of six, Nicolai Lilin had been given his first 'pike knife' by an uncle, and by the age of twelve, he had been convicted of attempted murder ...Nicolai Lilin gained his 'education' as a member of the Siberian Urkas - a small and tight-knit community of 'honest criminals' in a forgotten corner of Eastern Europe ...Siberian Education is his tale of an extreme childhood - exotic, violent and completely unique.

Set in a small and tight-knit community of honest criminals in a remote part of Russia, this is a tale of an extreme boyhood exotic, violent and completely unique. Told from the perspective of a boy gaining his education as a member of the Mafia-like Urkas in Transnistria, we get a glimpse inside the strict codes of honour and the rituals of this bizarre community. Besides having a deep distrust of outsiders especially the police the community is split into honest and dishonest criminals and crime is all-pervasive. Even their youngest children are taught to understand violence and when it is appropriate to use it. By the age of six, Nicolai Lilin is given his first pike knife by an uncle and by the age of twelve he has been convicted of attempted murder.