title: Political Youth Organisations, Music and National Identity in Contemporary Russia
abstract: This article analyses the relationship between political youth organisations, music and national identity in contemporary Russia. It focuses on four of the most representative political youth groups present in the city of St. Petersburg – the Young Guard, the National Bolsheviks, the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI), and Oborona [Defence] – and describes their conceptualisation of post-Soviet Russianness, as captured through an analysis of their lyrics. The main contribution of this e
journal: Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)