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Primetime hypnotic tele-healing with Anatoly Kashpirovsky
Anatoly Kashpirovsky (1939-), a “psychic” authority on perestroika-era "new thinking," uses the power of suggestion to heal the Soviet people of ailments physical and spiritual.
AIDS: More Questions than Answers
A late-Soviet article, published in the mainstream paper Literaturnaia gazeta, on the topic of the ongoing AIDS epidemic.
The “Kartinnik”/ ”Picture-man” society at the Dam boardwalk in Sverdlovsk, 1989
A group of youths perform a Punk-Skomorokh act on a public boardwalk. They are part of street artist B.U. Kashkin's (1938-2005) “Kartinnik” circle, which produced a wave of infamous—but positive and cheerful—actionism.
Two Lives, Two Destinies. Sketch of S.E. Esenin and N. Kliuev
Article about the love affair between and the literary destinies of the poets Sergei Esenin and Nikolai Kliuev in the literary supplement to the gay newspaper 1/10
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"At 3 PM on Sundays, at the Dam, the jesters [skomorokhi] will gift society with pictures!", 1989
B.U. Kashkin's circle created outsider art in various media, but especially painting, distributing it to the public during their Punk-Skomorokh performances. B.U. Kashkin encouraged amateur artists to experiment with public art.
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The Chechen Knot: 13 theses.
Infamous article on the Chechen war by controversial gay journalist Slava Mogutin
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