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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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Ioko and girl sitting at a sewing machine, winter 1995
Ioko and girl sitting at a sewing machine, winter 1995
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.007
Date Made: 1995; 1990s
Untitled - Voloshina 008
Untitled - Voloshina 008
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.008
Looking at a leaf, undated
Looking at a leaf, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.009
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Olesia Troianskaia posing in clown make-up, Moscow, undated
Olesia Troianskaia posing in clown make-up, Moscow, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.010
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Thumbelina posing with a cigarette and bottle, circa March 8, 1986
Thumbelina posing with a cigarette and bottle, circa March 8, 1986
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.011
Date Made: 1986-03-08; 1980s
Unidentified man with a cigarette, undated
Unidentified man with a cigarette, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.012
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Unidentified woman gazing to the right, undated
Unidentified woman gazing to the right, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.013
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Man posing in front of a tapestry, undated
Man posing in front of a tapestry, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.014
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Dzhuzi sitting in front of a tapestry, undated
Dzhuzi sitting in front of a tapestry, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.015
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Artur Voloshin posing with artwork, undated
Artur Voloshin posing with artwork, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.016
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Untitled - Voloshina 017
Untitled - Voloshina 017
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.017
Artur Voloshin, undated
Artur Voloshin, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.018
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Artur Voloshin, undated
Artur Voloshin, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.019
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Azazello, undated
Azazello, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.020
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Azazello, undated
Azazello, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.021
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
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