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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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Identification photo of [Ofelia]
Identification photo of [Ofelia]
Black-and-white photographs; identification photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.007
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Identification photo of [Irka Tusovka]
Identification photo of [Irka Tusovka]
Black-and-white photographs; identification photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.008
Date Made: [circa 1970s]; 1970s
Irka Tusovka, Shekspir, Chikago and Sveta Markova louging in the Markova salon, circa July 1973
Irka Tusovka, Shekspir, Chikago and Sveta Markova louging in the Markova salon, circa July 1973
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.009
Date Made: [1973-07]; 1970s
Sveta Markova and Shava Tiarkhanyan, 1974
Sveta Markova and Shava Tiarkhanyan, 1974
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.010
Date Made: 1974; 1970s
Sasha Pennanen, Irka Tusovka, Chikago and Shepsir in the Markova salon, circa July 1973
Sasha Pennanen, Irka Tusovka, Chikago and Shepsir in the Markova salon, circa July 1973
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.011
Date Made: [1973-07]; 1970s
Irka Tusovka and Aleksei Polev in the Markova salon, circa July 1973
Irka Tusovka and Aleksei Polev in the Markova salon, circa July 1973
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.012
Date Made: [1973-07]; 1970s
Sveta, Chikago and Shekspir, circa July 1973
Sveta, Chikago and Shekspir, circa July 1973
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.013
Date Made: [1973-07]; 1970s
Sasha Pennanen, Irka Tusovka, Shekspir and Chikago, circa July 1973
Sasha Pennanen, Irka Tusovka, Shekspir and Chikago, circa July 1973
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.014
Date Made: [1973-07]; 1970s
Irka, Sasha, Shekspir, Chikago, July 1973
Irka, Sasha, Shekspir, Chikago, July 1973
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.015
Date Made: [1973-07]; 1970s
Aleksandr Pennanen and Aleksei Polev, circa July 1973
Aleksandr Pennanen and Aleksei Polev, circa July 1973
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.016
Date Made: [1973-07]; 1970s
Sasha, Sveta, Shava and unknown on a hill, circa 1974
Sasha, Sveta, Shava and unknown on a hill, circa 1974
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2016.032.017
Date Made: [circa 1974]; 1970s
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
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