俄羅斯烏拉爾地區的某個邊緣城市中,有一個屬於黑幫的墓園,這裡的墓碑跟一般墓碑不太相同:這裡不少墓碑是做得等身大,而且上面還有著逝者生前的畫像素描,不僅如此,這些墓碑還都是使用昂貴的進口大理石製作的。
從圖片中,我們可以發現這些素描都是穿著體面,呈現出光線亮麗的一面,像是生前身著制服皮夾克、威風的形象,讓人不禁感嘆:果然是黑幫,要留當然是留下自己帥氣而且威風的一面給別人看了!
對西方人來說,墓碑上雕刻的可能只是一個十字架或是天使,但對於俄羅斯那些死去的黑道份子來說,他們『自己』才是墓碑上的主角,更形成了另一番特別景象。
The Mafia Cemetery, Russia
Even highfalutin Russian mobsters need a place to rest their previously scheming heads. Situated in Yekaterinburg, once known in the 1990s as the crime capital of Russia, Shirokorechenskoe Cemetery provides a final resting place for some of Mother Russia’s biggest bosses. Laden with expensive black marble stones and laser-engraved and life-size portraits of the deceased on tombstones, while these mafia men’s bodies may slowly diminish the astonishing size of their egos will remain eternal.