by Nicolai Lilin · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788806195526
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«Educazione siberiana» is the memoir of Nicolai Lilin, published by Einaudi (343 pages, in Italian).
Nicolai Lilin's childhood in Transnistria, a Moldovan region that proclaimed itself independent and is not recognized by any state. There the children of the Siberian community are raised on the streets, among gangs and crime, under the tutelage of veteran criminals ('nonni') who instill loyalty and solidarity in them. The tattoos tell the story of each man.
Published in 2009, it is set in the Fiume Basso neighborhood of Transnistria during the author's childhood.
For readers of memoirs, crime chronicles and stories of marginalized subcultures, especially those that emerged after the disintegration of the USSR.
Nikolai Yurievich Verzhbitsky, known as Nicolai Lilin, is an Italian‑Moldovan writer and tattoo artist from Transnistria. He moved to Italy in the early 2000s and published his first novel, Siberian Education, in 2009; it was later adapted into a 2013 film. The novel, which Lilin claimed was based on his own experiences as a member of a Siberian criminal gang in his native Bender, became a bestseller in Italy, though a number of journalists and historians have labelled it a fake memoir. Similar criticisms were directed at its sequel, Free Fall, which recounts the author's alleged experiences during the Second Chechen War.
