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Soviet Hippie Collection

The Soviet Hippie Collection brings together materials from former hippies across the Soviet Union, primarily from the 1960s and 1970s. The collection includes documents, photographs, artwork, textiles, compact discs, and journals.

The materials show how hippies collaborated with underground artists on anti-establishment exhibitions, took part in ecumenical and Orthodox reform movements, and at times engaged in political dissent. Though they were outliers within the Soviet system, hippies reflect broader trends that shaped the latter half of the Cold War — including the strains that contributed to the Soviet collapse and the society that emerged after it.

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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untitled 266 - see description
untitled 266 - see description
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0266
Girl fiddling with camera at the beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Girl fiddling with camera at the beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0268
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Rein Michurin and other hippies dining in a café, Tallinn, 1977
Rein Michurin and other hippies dining in a café, Tallinn, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0269
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
untitled 271 - see description
untitled 271 - see description
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0271
Two hippies sitting in the commune, Solnechnoye, 1977
Two hippies sitting in the commune, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0273
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Group sitting in the woods, Solnechnoye, 1977
Group sitting in the woods, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0274
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
People gathering on a hill, Solnechnoye, 1977
People gathering on a hill, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0275
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Three hippies sitting on a beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Three hippies sitting on a beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0276
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Hippie meditating, Solnechnoye, 1977
Hippie meditating, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0277
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Hippie using scissors, Solnechnoye, 1977
Hippie using scissors, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0278
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Several hippies gathering on a beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Several hippies gathering on a beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0279
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Hippies forming a human peace symbol on the beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Hippies forming a human peace symbol on the beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0280
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Hippie in a tunic posing on the beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Hippie in a tunic posing on the beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0281
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Group portrait on the beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Group portrait on the beach, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0282
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Hippies gathering in camp, Solnechnoye, 1977
Hippies gathering in camp, Solnechnoye, 1977
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2013.1029.0283
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
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