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Alexander Florensky — Artist & Designer
Painter, illustrator, and co-founder of the St. Petersburg group “Mitki,” Alexander Florensky grew up on traded tapes, hosted an early Viktor Tsoi living-room show (which he taped), came up with…
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Yasin Tropillo — Sound Engineer (AnTrop)
Yasin Tropillo is a St. Petersburg–based sound engineer. He’s best known for his work at AnTrop, the independent studio/label founded by his uncle, the pioneering producer Andrei Tropillo. Andrei was…
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SNC Records (USSR Music Label)
SNC Records was one of the first serious attempts to run a legal, private record label inside the late-Soviet system—and make it work at scale. The story centers on musician…
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Andrey Usov: Photographer and Cover Designer of Soviet Rock
In the Soviet underground, album art wasn’t just for show—it was a key part of getting music out there. Striking covers and band portraits helped bootleg reels travel, stick in…
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Melodiya and its Plants in USSR
Most of the technically complex goods in the Soviet Union were copied from the Europeans, Americans and Japanese. In rare cases it was licensed, like Zhiguli cars, but often it…
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How Yellow Submarine Changed Soviet Animation
Did you know that Yellow Submarine was only shown in the USSR once in 1975, but the Beatles had a noticeable influence on Soviet cartoons? They’re so psychedelic! The Box…
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Cultural Continuity in Russia
I recently realized that there is no cultural continuity in Russia — there is simply nowhere to get it when any attempt to create any links has been suppressed for…