Part one : The Battle for Space: What Physical and Virtual Space Reveal about the Countryside -- The Setting -- The Police -- The Courts -- The Rural Soviet -- Part two : The Battle for Resources: What Non-Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside -- Taxation : Talking with the Taxman about Subsistence; or, Feeding the Proletarian Cat -- The Forest : Wood, Warmth, and Repair -- Part three : The Battle for Souls : What Violent Crime Reveals about the Countryside -- Bandit Tales : The Stream of the Still and the Lure of Easy Profit -- Hooliganism : Toward the Cultured Life -- Rough Justice : The Village Disciplines Its Own -- Pitelino -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Glossary.