Vopli Vidopliassova’s Tantsi by Maria Sonevytsky communism The paradox

The paradox

Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Book Prize 2022

comprehensive and unique selection from the full range of Russian folk verse

defeat or death

Vopli Vidopliassova’s Tantsi by Maria Sonevytsky communism The paradoxRock 'n' roll may not have toppled the USSR, but it definitely rumbled through its foundations. Unlike the often saccharine pop music sanctioned by the Soviet state, Ukrainian punk musicians of the 1980s Kyiv underground adapted ideologies of rock to roast the absurdities of late Soviet life, to articulate new ways of being Ukrainian, and to celebrate the cathartic pleasures of collective gatherings organized around musical performances. This book