The book brought to your attention includes a huge layer of time in the life of our country - from 1917 to 1991. However, this is not just a story. In fact, the author, relying on the richest documentary material, created something that had not existed before - a unique chronicle of the Soviet criminal world. In the book “Bandits of the Times of Socialism”, for almost the first time, such an extensive and detailed account of all the high-profile crimes committed over more than 70 years in the vastness of both the former USSR and the current CIS. And this makes the publication a kind of encyclopedia. Sometimes well-known criminal cases will be revealed to the reader from an unexpected angle, as well as those that, for some hidden reasons, at one time did not receive the proper public response - the robbery of the Patriarchal Sacristy and the Museum of Fine Arts. A.S. Pushkin, the murder of a deputy of the Supreme Council and the explosion in the Mausoleum, the daring robbery of the Yerevan Bank and the murder of a popular film actor, the secret life of the diamond mafia and the arrest of Chikatilo. Of particular interest are the pages telling about the formation of the MUR, about the emergence of the caste of thieves in law. Among the anti-heroes of this book are the famous raiders Yakov Koshelkov and Lenka Panteleev, false colonel Pavlenko and bandit Mitin, currency dealer Rokotov and maniac Ionesyan, counterfeit coin dealer Baranov and robber brothers Tolstopyatov. This and much more is in the new edition of the book that you are now holding in your hands. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.