In the Soviet Union an imbecile was the term for Jewish criminals sent to the Gulags to work but somehow became work managers who set on their asses and ran nepotism networks while the average Slav/Russian/ethnic did the hard labor.
These idiots were the foundation for the Russian mafia. The Russian mafia did not have Russian sir names.
[Reading Solzhenitsyn's '200 Years Together' w/ Dr Matthew Raphael Johnson - Part 100](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YCc8097r5XY&pp=ygUpMjAwIHllYXJzIHRvZ2V0aGVyIHBldGUgcXVpbm9uZXMgb2FydCAxMDA%3D)
I’m not quoting the book but giving a synopsis about idiots and Russian organized crime. The Russian idea of an idiot is of this type of person.
These idiots were the foundation for the Russian mafia. The Russian mafia did not have Russian sir names.
[Reading Solzhenitsyn's '200 Years Together' w/ Dr Matthew Raphael Johnson - Part 100](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YCc8097r5XY&pp=ygUpMjAwIHllYXJzIHRvZ2V0aGVyIHBldGUgcXVpbm9uZXMgb2FydCAxMDA%3D)
I’m not quoting the book but giving a synopsis about idiots and Russian organized crime. The Russian idea of an idiot is of this type of person.