History of the гопник/gopnik

[Alexandra Smith]

Dear Ian,

There is an interesting discussion of "gopniks" in Elena Omel'chenko's  
article on post-Soviet subculture - "Subkul'tury i kul'turnye  
strategii na molodezhnoi stsene: kto kogo?". It's available here:  
http://magazines.russ.ru/nz/2004/4/om8.html
She has published another article that also touches upon the notion of  
"gopnik". It's titled "Pop-kul'turnaia revoliutsiia ili perestroechnyi  
remeik? Sovremennyi kontekst molodezhnogo voprosa". It's available  
here:http://magazines.russ.ru/nz/2006/1/om20.html
I've heard a couple of her highly interesting and informative talks  
delivered in the UK. Omel'chenko strikes me as a very knowledgeable  
scholar specialising in Russian youth movements and subculture in the  
post-Soviet period. I think that it's worth writing to her directly if  
you have further questions.
There is also an article on gopniki penned by V. Gavriliuk:V. V. GAVRILIuK
GOPNIKI KAK FENOMEN V SREDE MOLODEZHI, "Sotsiologicheskie  
issledovaniia",  No. 1, January  2010, pp., 126-131.
There is an interesting article by Semochkina on gopniki, emo, repery  
and metallisty. You can read it  
here:http://www.asu.ru/files/documents/00001786.pdf#page=256

All best,
Alexandra


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Alexandra Smith (PhD, University of London)
Reader in Russian Studies
Department of European Languages and Cultures
School of  Languages, Literatures and Cultures
The University of Edinburgh
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