They cut Lenin on slices and sang foolish songs. Let's remember the Rostov underground

are occurred at once by the dandies driven by the correct children in strict suits though it was much earlier. And then, in 1987 something arose new to the Soviet people — an underground. Underground children differed from all not only appearance, but also the special rebellious philosophy.

the Leader for a dessert
One of the brightest representatives of the Rostov underground was group of artists "Art or death". She was born in 1987 and originally "Zhupel" was called, and the new name was born spontaneously.
in art workshops on University was Once a holiday. Someone brought two backpacks of "the Alazansky valley", fun amplified. One of participants Slepchenko Vasilii wanted to show all circles from cans on the back. It tore a shirt, then an undershirt and showed. Fun proceeded and then from time to time somebody shouted: "Circles! ", and Slepchenko Vasilii showed. It was very cheerful. Rang a bell, threw from a floor the weight. When followed the next party of wine, something sounded like a pioneer chant. The artist Ter Avdey - Oganyan cried out: "Art! ", and to it with chorus answered: "Or death! ". In 1991 the group went to submit Moscow. Exhibition
this art association always differed eccentricity and scandalousness.
B the participant of group Shabelnikov Youri together with other artist Fesenko Youri arranged to 1998 in the center of the capital in gallery of naive art "Gift" an action under nazavniy "Lenin in you and in me". The 80-kilogram pie in the form of a coffin with a body of the leader was made. The hall was issued as the mausoleum, and at an entrance to it the militiaman built visitors in turn. Then Lenin cut on slices and distributed to comers. Action, though scandalous, but passed without incident. Art workers and clergy even compared it to communicating. And here the anniversary exhibition in Rostov-on-Don, dated for the 20 anniversary of the group, excited some so that one of artists beat and some pictures were necessary from exhibitions to clean because to the Museum of Modern Art on Dmitrovskaya, threats began to arrive.

Rubber feet, rough hands, the woolen head …
In the Art or Death environment arose such phenomenon as an orchestra "Beijing Rowe-Rowe". The artist, the poet, the musician Timofeev Sergei (Tim) was his founder. Year of birth of group is considered 1989, then "Pekina" made a speech at a rock festival "The closed zone" in RIIZhD club. And their performance so shocked club administration that the police squad which directly on a scene sprinkled musicians "Bird cherry" was called. "Pekina" existed not for long, having managed to write down only two albums, and Timofeev Sergei, tragicly lost in June, 1993 broke up in connection with death. According to the official version Timofeev Sergei the stray bullet of gangster firefight when that went behind cigarettes to a booth struck. "Shigi-dzhigi" and "Rubber Feet" are considered as the most known songs. They inspired known theatrical and the film director Kirill Semenovich Serebrennikov to create the documentary film about group and to shoot the clip. If not the death of the leader, group widely would become famous, experts consider. The musicians who have left from "Pekinov" received popularity, participating in The Forbidden Drummers project.

Nonconformists against "sovpisov" Here that speaks about "Beijing to Rowe-Rowe" and an underground the Shakhty poet, the musician, the artist Dimtry Kovalenko Dimitri : - For the first time to me happened to see and hear "Beijing Rowe-Rowe" in the fall of 1989. All summer I produrkoval in Tanais, was taken there any freethinking, got friendship with the Rostov bards and returned to the native Shakhty absolutely other person. In those days I was Gennady Zhukov's slightly mad admirer * and all "Zaozerny School" **. And "Zaozernaya Shkola" differed fair tendency to any provocations concerning figures of official culture. And here "zaozershchik" next "kaku" conceived, i.e. collected in a magnificent mansion of the union of the Rostov writers on the general concert venerable "sovpisov" and the most freezed representatives of an underground. The concert hall was hammered at all. Suddenly on a scene there was some confusion, a crush and a nevnyatitsa. The little strange dressed characters squeezed to a microphone.

the Look at them was a little wildish: at someone obrita the head, another is small growth, but with huge "shnobely", the third – in cavalry gaiters. Generally – still those children! The lanky type with a long jaw ordered gang. Lanky started singing. The harmonica began to squeal. The little guitarist with a big nose managed to give out mad losses and to manufacture a pretzel the curve legs. I fell in love with these freaks at first sight, from the first chords, from the first lines of their foolish rhymes.

of Rowe-Rowe in a life
Later Kovalenko Dimitri more than once faced Timofeev Sergei:
- Tim asked to help Once it with one everyday business. Whether I could refuse? !
I we poperlis on Northern, on the suburb, to the other end of the world, with any changes. From this devil's distance it was necessary to take away things any Timina. In a night struck a frost. It was slippery and is vile.
the Purpose of our travel appeared the terrible house on the edge of the Universe. Such houses show in the American fighters when along corridors there are bad guys and scorch from pump guns at all doors in a row. Elevator did not work and we rose by the tenth floor on foot. Windows were somehow filled with a rusty tin, on platforms the ice draft whistled. Stank of sewerage.
reigned In the small apartment an icy cold. Timofey began to collect a junk. It it appeared much. Neither we had no bags, nor suitcases. Timofey curtailed the property into a terrible sack, tied with its several ties, braces and female stockings. In Tim's sack all the time pushed forgotten in a rush of a thing. They fell out back. It was true "Rowe-Rowe" and I participated in him! But "Rowe-Rowe" only began …
it was necessary to demolish a sack down and if not – that I do not know my participation in procedure, would consult Tim or not. It is unlikely.
the Sack created by Tima, had diameter about a meter, and length around two. From outside could seem that we are the malefactors dragging somewhere a corpse of murdered us of the fat citizen.
In trams and trolleybuses at us glanced with suspicion. At changes from a huge sack shirts, ties, books and house slippers poured. We pushed all this back, but since other end socks and kastryulki dropped out. Finally we delivered to
freight to destination with the minimum losses. "Thanks, the old man, without you I would be gone! " - Timofey at parting told. It was our last meeting.

From edition: It is possible for
differently one treats an underground, but clearly, without it the reality would be boring and incomplete. Someone has to "agitate" society, force to see in a new way habitual things? To Timofeev Sergei, let and in 30 years, official recognition came: one of streets in the area under construction Rostov-on-Don are going to call it a name.

* Gennady Zhukov — the poet, the bard, one of founders of "Zaozerny school".
** Zaozernaya school — creative underground poetic association of poets of the South Russian Federation (Rostov-on-Don, Tanais).

By preparation of a material were used publications in social networks Gusarov Apollon.

the Source of a photo

On a photo: Exhibition "Lenin in you and in me" which took place in Moscow.