"Lilin draws on the vast literature about the prison life and criminal underworld of Russia to create a sect whose putative "Siberian" origin is fantastical and whose traditions, practices and language are lifted from well-known Soviet and post-Soviet prison-based criminal fraternities [...]. Lilin's furious reactions to those who cast doubt on his criminal credentials can best be explained by the fact that some elements of the book do reflect his own experience while most of the rest is widely known in Russia to readers of quasi-fictional crime tales by Valery Karyshev and to viewers of the prison-based TV series Zona."
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Federico Varese (14 January 2011), "Tattoo tales", Times Literary Supplement, no. 5624, p. 23
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Nicolai Lilin
Nicolai Lilin (born 12 February, 1980) is an Italian-Moldovan writer. His first novel, Siberian Education, was adapted into a 2013 film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. He has since attracted attention for spreading Russian propaganda throughout the course of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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