Biography
In each direction you can find people who have become real professionals, the fans of the chosen case. People who brought their skills to the ideal. No matter how strange it sounds, but in the thieves "profession" there are also such "stars". Their names became real legends of interest even in respectable citizens. For example, Bear Japanese, Sonya Golden handle and, of course, Vasily Babushkin, a better known nickname diamond.Childhood and youth
The biography of this thief in the law is surrounded by speculation and assumptions. It is not even known to know the name given to him at birth. According to one version, the present name of the criminal authority - Babushkin Vasily Stepanovich, on the other purpose of the criminal, parents called Vladimir.
The same confusion has developed around the exact date of birth of Vasi Brilliant. One information indicates that a man was born on March 19, 1916, but for other information this happened in 1928. Native city of Diamond - Astrakhan.
Details on what conditions there is a future criminal authority, no. It is only known that family comrades called Vasily Babushkin Chapaenk.
Crime
"Professional activity" of Vasya Brilliant, like many thieves, began with pocket theft. Babushkin produced in Volsk, which in the Saratov region. However, good luck soon left the criminal, and in 1950, Vasya Brilliant was in prison. To serve the term of the thief sent to Kazakhstan.
There, Vasily Babushkin and became a "crowned" thief in law. It is noteworthy that such a tradition of official coronation is characteristic only by the countries of the former Soviet Union. It is believed that the crowning criminal follows a clearly designated rules and laws of the criminal world and is the "elite" of the criminal society. Neglecting canons adopted in the violation of the thieves caught death.
While Babushkin rested from affairs in the Karaganda correctional colony, the investigation continued, and in 1951 the diamond was re-convicted - this time for banditry. And two years later, he received another period for the same article.
In 1954, the criminal was transferred to the prison of the Komi Republic. On this misadventures, Vasi diamond did not end - in 1965, a man received another 15 years of time for banditry, and in 1971 - as much as an attempted murder.
It is worth noting that as a thief in the law of Vasily Babushkin condemned those who stained their hands in the blood - the murder was considered unacceptable in the thieves concepts. Therefore, a diamond denied involvement in the "wet" case.
However, in some sources there is information that the criminal is still guilty of murder: supposedly in 1954 Vasily deprived the lives of three colleagues in the thieves workshop by a knife strike in the heart.
Be that as it may, but in the end, the deadline for which the diamond was condemned was about 90 years. Behind the grille, the thief in the law spent only 40, changing the tens of prisons and visited in the legendary Vladimir Central, such a favorite named-said chanson.
Of course, Vasya Brilliant was not sitting on all this time. The thief in the law took several attempts to escape from custody, but the effort to avoid punishment turned out to be vain.
Personal life
The Thieves Code, which defined the actions and lifestyle of Vasi Diamond, prohibited criminal authorities to have family and children, as well as any personal property. That is why Babushkin was not married and, apparently, did not have a personal life.
In addition, following the same code, Vasya Brilliant did not work any day in life, but also did not serve in the army and refused to cooperate with the authorities, which was considered the most terrible crime in the thieves.
On the contrary, the criminal was considered to be riveted: many administrative reports were instituted for Vasily Babushkin. The diamond refused to obey the warders, and was worn and at any convenient case showed contempt for power.
At the same time, according to the memoirs of the "neighbors" of criminal authority, Vasily Babushkin was quite intelligent man: polite with models, modest. It is known that Vasya Brilliant loved to read, preferred Russian classics.
In the elderly, Vasya Brilliant was carried away by politics and even agitated the ceamers to join the ranks of dissidents to fight the current regime, but did not meet understanding of prisoners.
Death
The last prison of Vasily Babushkin was the White Swan, which in Solikamsk. According to official information, Vasya Brilliant committed suicide - hanged himself in his own cell. It happened in 1992. However, in a criminal environment, another opinion is common: Vasily Babushkin was considered, because the thieves of the Code, so expensive the heart of a diamond, prohibits criminal authorities to independently reduce scores with life.
The versions of the possible killing of the thief in law were also divided. Some are sure that the warders were sent to the brilliant to the next world, simply tired of the "bad behavior" of the prisoner. On the other, the babushkin was cut by the models.
The fact is that the thieves of the old hardening at that time were already in the minority, but the younger generation of criminals did not hurt to cooperate with prison authorities. And Vasya Brilliant with his "right" beliefs stood literally across the throat.
A completely fantastic hypothesis is voiced that Babushkin, shortly before his death, told a high-ranking law enforcement that Western countries deliberately incite the conflict between prisoners who received deadlines for criminal offenses and for political misdeed.
After the death of Babushkin became known, a serious wave of prison riots was held in the country: it turned out that Vasya Brilliant had time to become a legend in thieves in thieves.
The grave of criminal authority is located in Solikamsk. A luxurious monument with a photo of Vasi diamond is bangled over it. The thief is buried in law under the name of Vladimir Babushkin. This grave has become a place of pilgrimage for criminal figures: Fresh flowers near the monument - a certain tribute to the memory of the departed Warm.
Two documentary films were filmed about the fate of Vasi Diamond. And Mr. Credo and Gio Peak even devoted songs to this man.
Memory
- On the life and death of Vladimir Babushkin, the documentary film "Curonated Thieves" from the cycle "The investigation was ..." with Leonid Kanevsky, TV company "NTV"
- The plot dedicated to Vladimir Babushkina enters the documentary "Thief" from the cycle "Legends of the Criminal World", the channel "DTV"
- Gio Peak wrote a song in memory of Vladimir Babushkin entitled "Song of the White Swan"
- In 2017, Mr.Credo recorded a song dedicated to Vladimir Babushkina, called "Vasya Brilliant"