A snarling, nude Oleg Kulik (1961-) attacks cars and strangers on the street, while his friend, Alexander Brener (1957-), pulls on a chain attached to his neck. 

From a single memorial inscription for deceased Soviet rock star Viktor Tsoi (1962-1990), an entire wall of graffiti sprang up, forming an enduring pilgrimage site and evolving canvas for generations of fans.

This St. Petersburg graffiti wall, which commemorated the Leningrad Rock Club, survived for two decades until its 2010 erasure by the building’s new owners.

The artist Alexander Shaburov (1965-) developed a series of performances about artistic identity, which included both mocking and pastiching the cult leader Marina Tsvigun (aka “Maria Devi Christ”), whose group attempted to seize the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv in 1993.

In First Glove, a 1995 performance by Moscow actionist and writer Alexander Brener (1957-), the artist challenged then-President Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) to a fistfight on Moscow’s Red Square. 

In 1999, Anatoly Osmolovsky and the artists’ collective known as the Non-Governmental Control Commission staged an artistic and political action in which group members displayed a banner reading “Against Everyone” while standing atop Lenin's Mausoleum.