Не за узкие брюки, а за хулиганские трюки

Не за узкие брюки, а за хулиганские трюки

Not by their narrow pants, but by their hooligan tricks

Soviet

Stilyagi

Youth counterculture

Satirical cartoon

Propaganda

Komsomol

Anti-cosmopolitanism

Gaga Kovenchuk

A satirical cartoon drawn by Gaga Kovenchuk and Maksim Romanov as part of a small booklet titled “Всей Серьезностью” (“In All Seriousness”). It depicts a стиляга (stilyaga), a member of a subculture associated with illegal music production, being captured by a Kомсомольский патруль (Komsomol patrol).

Kovenchuk, Gaga (Geogriy Vasilyevich)

Romanov, Maksim

1964

Original Format: Paper

14 × 10.5 cm

Preserved Format: PNG file

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Physical object

Soviet Union

Location: Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia