“Imitating Bandits”: The Mimesis of Criminal Groups in Soviet Lithuania (1945–1957)
During the 1940s–1950s, the Supreme Court of the Lithuanian SSR solved 44 criminal cases of “banditry” (Article 59 part 3 of RSFSR Criminal Code of 1926) with some noticeable facts of mimesis: these bandits, during their raids, were trying to create an illusion to their victims that these raids were...
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Vilnius University Press
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Lietuvos Istorijos Studijos |
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| Online Access: | http://www.journals.vu.lt/lietuvos-istorijos-studijos/article/view/13788 |