Russian Krysha Roof

Krysha or roof is probably the most important word for explaining how the bandits functioned.

Russian krysha roof.

Matryoshka kolhkoz sputnik perestroika all of these original and untranslatable words have been borrowed in other languages from russian at one time in history or another. Known in russian as krysha or a roof the term in its present meaning did not exist in the ussr for the simple reason that there was no need for non state private protection at that time in the country. For most russians bespredel was a horrible dispiriting condition but for criminals it was a fantastic business opportunity. Russian words for roof include крыша кровля потолок кров кровельный материал покрывать крыть крышу империал служить крышей and настилать крышу.

One of the most prominent terms of the new russian criminal jargon is krysha which literally means roof throughout the cold war soviet intelligence services used this term to refer to a cover. Originating from criminal and law enforcement jargon the term krysha from the russian крышa krysha literally meaning roof is now broadly used to refer to individuals or organisations that provide a range of services predominantly illicit and informal ranging from protection and patronage to the enforcement of contracts and settlement of disputes. Protection from the elements yes but also from the organized criminals who flourished as the. In russian krysha literally means roof but the word took on a second meaning in the late 1980s.