About the book: 2022 / Based on rich factual material, the author created a criminal chronicle of the USSR, including both well-known criminal cases and those did not receive public outcry: the robbery of the Patriarchal Sacristy and the Museum of Fine Arts, the murder of a deputy of the Supreme Council and the explosion in the Mausoleum, the robbery of the Yerevan Bank and the murder of a popular film actor. Of particular interest are the pages telling about the formation of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department and the formation of the caste of thieves in law. Among the anti-heroes of this book: the famous raiders Yakov Koshelkov and Lenka Panteleev, false colonel Pavlenko and bandit Mitin, currency dealer Rokotov and maniac Ionesyan, counterfeiter Baranov and bandit brothers Tolstopyatov. The reader will find all this and much more in the book “Bandits of the Times of Socialism».