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What about tomorrow? : an oral history of Russian punk from the Soviet era to Pussy Riot

Alexander Herbert (Author, Editor, Translator), V. A. Kozlov (Author), Max Kochetkov (Author), Tommy Dean (Author), George Mikhailov (Author), Maksim Dinkevich (Author)
"Punk arrived in Soviet Russia in 1978, spreading through black market records before exploding into state-controlled performance halls, where authorities found the raucous youth movement easier to control. In fits and starts, the scene grew and flourished, always a step ahead of secret police and neo-Nazis, through glastnost, perestroika, and the end of the Cold War. Despite a few albums smuggled out of the country and released in Europe and the U.S., most Westerners had never heard of Russia's punk movement until Pussy Riot burst onto the international stage. Includes never-before-published photographs of many of the bands"--Back cover

Print Book, English, 2019
Microcosm Publishing, Portland, Ore, 2019