Blood Hound - читать бесплатно онлайн полную версию книги автора James Osiris Baldwin (ч. notes)

Translation Guide

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Literally just means ‘men’ in Ukrainian, but has a specific rural, blue-collar context. Used to refer to one’s brigada.

2

Organization. Along with ‘Bratva’ and ‘Brigada’, Organizatsiya is the self-identifying term for the ‘Russian Mafia’.

3

Krokodil—‘Russian heroin’—is a nasty homemade injectable drug made from oxycodone crushed, boiled and distilled. It is notorious for causing people to become violent, and creates huge gaping wounds and large patches of scaly skin from necrosis. It’s REALLY bad for your liver.

4

Bulgarian for ‘eat my dick’. Calling him a cocksucker, in other words.

5

A cell commander or the leader of a brigada, who answers to an Avtoritet. They are generally hands-on street commanders who lead small teams and directly supervise criminal operations. They also tend to do (and farm out) a lot of enforcement work.

6

Authority. The ‘ground commander’ or 4-star general of any given Organizatsiya. They effectively rule, but generally answer to a Pakhun or a board.

7

A slang term for non-magical people.

8

A rude Ukrainian term for ethnic Russian people.

9

The advisor to a Don of an Italian mafia.

10

‘Thief in Law’. The formal term for an old-school, prison trained Russian gangster. The title conveys prestige, but as of 1991 it was reserved for older Mafioso.

11

‘Advocate’. A senior advisor to the Avtoritet. Somewhat like a Consigliere in the Italian mafia.

12

The political reforms that broke down the Iron Curtain and opened up the USSR to the rest of the world, courtesy of President Boris Yeltsin.

13

Filled dumplings common in Eastern Europe. Ukrainian-style pelmeni usually have pork, veal, potato and cheese or sour cherry fillings.

14

Most Slavic people have several nicknames. Zmechik—Little Snake—and Charivchik—Little Wizard—belong to Vassily and Alexi respectively.

15

‘Asshole of the universe’. A poetically German way of saying ‘everything is shit’.

16

Russian Army special forces.

17

Blat’ is the Russian term for ‘face’ or ‘honor’: a very important concept in most Eastern European and Asian countries. Blatnoi are people who have ‘face’—who are socially important and able to leverage favors. Vassily maybe being a bit ambitious here.

18

Russian ‘gypsy’. Gypsy is a racist pejorative for Roma people; Alexi is inclined to describe Vassily’s Roma heritage in respectful terms.

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The ultimate authority of an Organizatsiya. The Pakhun (literally ‘prince’) is generally a thief-in-law with great seniority. They are often involved in government and high-level corporate work, especially in gas and energy ventures. They may manage multiple Avtoritets and multiple criminal ventures and are rarely ever involved in street-level work.