I'm fascinated by their history especially. I must have mentioned it before but I like reading about their code, about their origins in the brutal Soviet gulags in Siberia, etc. Of course most vory today haven't really been to a gulag, but still...

Guys like them (hardened criminals) even fought in Penal Battalions for the Soviets during WW2 in exchange for parole.

-I shot him a coupla' times.
-What's a couple?
-Hmm, more than a couple... Really I don't know the exact amount, maybe I shot him 10 times, 12 times?
-Maybe fifteen?
-Hmm, it could've been fifteen...

-Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso