Russian mafia tombstones
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At Yekaterinburg cemetery, the city in which Boris Yeltsin was born, you can find these hyper-realistic illustrations of Russian capo mafia figures on their grave stones. The costs of having your own Russian mafia-style gravestone ranges from $8,000 to $250,000. Perhaps not surprisingly, the administrators behind Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk cemetery have recently announced that they now offer the same service.
3 comments
Piers Fawkes Saturday 18 July 2009
I just like the fact that the guy at the top’s jacket is too big for him (check the sleeves) and even when they did his portait they kept that detail in rather than make it the right length
Agneta Friday 31 July 2009
When I was in Russia (ok years ago, Soviet-time but anyway) verybody sported to long sleeves. Some had even lengthened the sleeves by stitching on extra fabric. Weird. But maybe som of the old die-hards (ehrm) still carry on this style?
Agneta Friday 31 July 2009
sorry, typos. I meant: “everybody” “too”