E01 Yegor Letov and the National Bolshevik Party

In 1984 Siberian singer and songwriter Yegor Letov founded Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defense), which went on to be the Soviet Unions most famous underground punk band, and made Letov one of its most famous musicians. Then in 1993 he co-founded the National Bolshevik Party, the now banned extremist political party that hoped to unite far right and far left forces. We discuss him, his music, and his journey from punk rock to punk politics.

Hosted by Liam, Russian Sam, Halal Sam, and Abram.

Songs featured in this episode

Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Harakiri
Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Song about Lenin
Grazhdanskaya Oborona – About a fool
Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Government
Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Everything is like what people have
Adolf Gitler – Mein Kampf
Yanka – Overabundance of wit
Kommunizm – I see nothing
Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Everything's going according to plan
Grazhdanskaya Oborona – My defense
Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Motherland
Yegor and the fucked up – Gospel
Grazhdanskaya Oborona – The unbearable lightness of being

Would you like to learn more? ☞ https://gladiofreeeurope.github.io/episodes/2021-05-12-yegor-letov-and-the-national-bolsheviks/

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