Leningrad Rock Club: The Iconoclastic Venue that Rebelled Against Soviet Control

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Source/Further reading:

Steinholt, Y. B. (2005). Rock in the reservation : songs from Leningrad Rock Club 1981-86. https://www.amazon.com/Rock-Reservati...

Overviews:
https://popkult.org/leningrad-rock-club/
http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1985-2/t...
https://www.rbth.com/arts/2013/03/02/...

Photos and Videos:
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Rock in the USSR:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4214174?...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40257510...
http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1985-2/t...
http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1985-2/1...
http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1985-2/1...
http://soviethistory.msu.edu/1985-2/t...

Censorship in 1983 and 1984:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/853286?s...

It’s a long way to the top:
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/acdc/...

The Komsomol: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Koms...

Estrada: https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Sovie...

The Brodsky Trial:
https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/01/ar...
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poet...

13, Rubynshtenia Street:
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_R...