It is impossible to understand Russia without understanding its subcultures. Author of “Subkultura: Tales of 200 years of Russian youth in resistance”, cultural commentator, journalist and enfant terrible of the Russian music scene Artemy Troitsky, promises to give an overview of the youth subcultures of the last 200 years, from the noble tradition of Russian dandys (including our very own Mr. Pushkin) to radical nihilists, from flamboyant futurists, to dirty “besprizorniki” (street kids) of the '20s, from swinging “styliagi”, to long-bearded russophile “mit’ki”, from the criminal glamour of the “new russians” to miserable “gopniki” - Troitsky, who himself used to be both hippie, punk and “mazhor” (young jet-setter), will draw the full panorama and also show which of these subcultures had parallels in the west, and which were unique to Russia.
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Artemy Troitsky (b.1955) - the first DJ and rock critic in the USSR, underground promoter in the 70s and 80s, author of international bestseller “Back in the USSR: The true story of rock in Russia”(1987) and many other books. A prominent media (TV, radio, magazines) figure and academic (Moscow State University) in the 90s and 00s, he left Russia in 2014 due to aesthetic and ideological incompatibility with Putin’s regime. Troitsky has a weekly show on Radio Liberty and a popular vlog on YouTube (ARU.TV). He lectures at various universities including Kings College (London), Columbia, Harvard and Yale. His most recent book, published in the UK, Finland and Russia, is “Subkultura: Tales of 200 years of Russian youth in resistance”.
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