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Soviet Hippie Collection

The Soviet Hippie Collection is made up of a series of collections and individual items from former hippies throughout the Soviet Union. The materials are primarily from the 1960s to 1970s and include documents, photographs, artwork, textiles, compact discs, and journals.

The collection demonstrates how hippies collaborated with underground artists on anti-establishment exhibitions, participated in ecumenical and orthodox reform movements, and sometimes engaged in political dissent. The hippies, while extreme outliers of the system, are emblematic of many larger trends that prevailed during the latter half of the Cold War period. This collection addresses a history that is absolutely crucial in understanding how late-socialist life functioned, why the Soviet system collapsed, and how post-socialist society emerged.

The cataloging and digitization of this collection was made possible by the support of Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.

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Shava Tiarkhanyan, circa 1974
Shava Tiarkhanyan, circa 1974
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.018
Date Made: [circa 1974]; 1970s
Aleksandr Pennanen and an unknown man, circa 1970s
Aleksandr Pennanen and an unknown man, circa 1970s
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.019
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Aleksandr Pennanen poses at his desk, circa 1970s
Aleksandr Pennanen poses at his desk, circa 1970s
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.020
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Aleksandr Pennanen gives a presentation, circa 1970s
Aleksandr Pennanen gives a presentation, circa 1970s
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.021
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Aleksandr Pennanen gives a presentation, circa 1970s
Aleksandr Pennanen gives a presentation, circa 1970s
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.022
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Sveta Markova and an unknown individual, circa 1974
Sveta Markova and an unknown individual, circa 1974
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.023
Date Made: [circa 1974]; 1970s
Aleksei Polev with a cat, circa July 1973
Aleksei Polev with a cat, circa July 1973
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.024
Date Made: [1973-07]; 1970s
Shekspir, 1968
Shekspir, 1968
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.025
Date Made: 1968; 1960s
Svetana Markova at the beach, circa 1970s
Svetana Markova at the beach, circa 1970s
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.026
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Aleksei Polev and two others standing on a balcony, January 1974
Aleksei Polev and two others standing on a balcony, January 1974
Color photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.027
Date Made: 1974-01; 1970s
Sveta + Sasha = love, circa 1970s
Sveta + Sasha = love, circa 1970s
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.028
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Sveta Markova, circa 1970s
Sveta Markova, circa 1970s
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Pennanen, Aleksandr
ID: 2016.032.029
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Sveta Markova and Aleksandr Pennanen, circa 1970s
Sveta Markova and Aleksandr Pennanen, circa 1970s
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.030
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Clothing designs
Clothing designs
Notebooks
Maker: [Ofelia]
ID: 2016.032.031
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Untitled - Mamedova collection
Untitled - Mamedova collection
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.007.002
Date Made: 1976; 1970s
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