Gopniki. Great National Treasure Is Gone!

"The Excile" published an amazing cultural anthropology exploration of specific Russian archetype - "Gopnik". As they say, it's the "tragic tale of a dying breed of a once-proud people". The article is full of sharp observations, metaphors, and brilliant anecdotes. Like the note about Soviet-era children's carousels "that all but screamed,« If you want to have a very, very late-term abortion, then place your child on this attraction, stand back, pay five rubles, and let us take care of the rest. »See for yourself.

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