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Soviet History: Punk Under Totalitarian Rule

Friday, June 26th, 2009 @ 21:59 UTC

by Filip Stojanovski

Countries:: Macedonia, Russia
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Education, Governance, Music, Youth, Entertainment
Languages:: English, Macedonian

Macedonian blog Panta Rei pointed out to a gallery of Soviet Punks, reminding readers that the totalitarian regime sometimes sent its youth who dressed differently to “re-education” camps.

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