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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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Unidentified woman wearing a beret, undated
Unidentified woman wearing a beret, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.037
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Woman sitting beside a gutter system's downpipe, undated
Woman sitting beside a gutter system's downpipe, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.038
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Artur Voloshin standing on a street, undated
Artur Voloshin standing on a street, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.039
Date Made: [circa 1980s-1990s]; 1980s; 1990s
Ioko and another hippie sitting on a log in the commune, [Vitrupe], 1978
Ioko and another hippie sitting on a log in the commune, [Vitrupe], 1978
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.040
Date Made: 1978; 1970s
Ioko and Dzuzhy relaxing at the commune, [Vitrupe], 1978
Ioko and Dzuzhy relaxing at the commune, [Vitrupe], 1978
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.041
Date Made: 1978; 1970s
Ioko sitting beside a pot of food cooking over a fire at the commune, [Vitrupe], 1978
Ioko sitting beside a pot of food cooking over a fire at the commune, [Vitrupe], 1978
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.042
Date Made: 1978; 1970s
Couple kissing, undated
Couple kissing, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.043
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Woman and infant, undated
Woman and infant, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.044
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Family portrait, undated
Family portrait, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.045
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Ioko and Shamil at a hippie gathering, early 2000s
Ioko and Shamil at a hippie gathering, early 2000s
Color photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.046
Date Made: [between 2000-2006]; 2000s
Mother, daughter portrait, circa winter 1995
Mother, daughter portrait, circa winter 1995
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.047
Date Made: [1995]; 1990s
Thumbelina and others lounging on the grass, undated
Thumbelina and others lounging on the grass, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.048
Date Made: [circa 1980s]; 1980s
Greg from L'viv, Penzel and others posing amongst ruins, undated
Greg from L'viv, Penzel and others posing amongst ruins, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.049
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
Hippies hanging out in an apartment, undated
Hippies hanging out in an apartment, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.050
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
A couple at the zags, undated
A couple at the zags, undated
Black-and-white photographs
Maker: Unknown
ID: 2018.008.051
Date Made: [circa 1970s-1980s]; 1970s; 1980s
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