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Stilyagi (Russian: стиляги, IPA: [sʲtʲɪˈlʲæɡʲɪ], lit. "stylish, style hunters") were members of a youth counterculture from the late 1940s until the early 1960s in the Soviet Union.
May 31, 2018 · Born out of the post-WWII Soviet Union, the stilyagi were Russia’s first hipsters and devout consumers of banned Western music and fashion. Driven by a lust for youth culture beyond the Iron Curtain, they broke away from the monolithic Soviet society and oppressive government with their insatiable desire to look good and dance.
- Zita Whalley
Stilyagi (Russian: Стиляги, also known as Hipsters in the English release) is a 2008 Russian romantic jukebox musical film directed by Valery Todorovsky and starring Anton Shagin and Oksana Akinshina.
Jun 30, 2017 · The term Stilyagi, often translated as hipsters, dandies or beatniks, is the name of the first counterculture group from the Soviet Union. Born in the late 1940s, their heyday was in...
A Soviet youth subculture that emerged in the late 1940s and extended into the early 1960s. The term stiliagi first appeared in the Soviet press in 1949 to provide a negative characterization of young men who pursued what they believed to be Western models of behavior, leisure, clothing, and dance styles.
Dec 10, 2015 · The stilyagi, or "style hunters" were basically the 1950s Soviet version of today’s hipsters: mostly in their teens and 20s, the stilyagi, stood out with their trendy, often loud clothing.
Stilyagi was originally an insulting nickname placed on those in the movement by those who disapproved of it. At a time of stylistic conformity, when the slightest deviation from the norm of socialist man attracted social pressure, there were many such people.
