Facts & Phenomena

photo Vladimir Mekler, Leningrad, 1988

This section concentrates on the social dimension of clandestine culture, examining the ways in which non-authorised forms of artistic expression reached the public, emerged from the underground and interacted with official culture.

• Circles, Seminars, Conferences

• Authorized Publications

• Human Rights Movement

• Feminist Movement

• Open Letters

• Trials

• Meetings and Demonstrations

• Exhibitions

• Concerts and Festivals

• Post-Soviet Transition and Migration