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| clusters = [[:Category: Non-conformity|Non-conformity]] – [[:Category: Resistance| Resistance]] | | clusters = [[:Category: Non-conformity|Non-conformity]] – [[:Category: Resistance| Resistance]] | ||
| categories = [[:Category: Russia|Russia]] – [[:Category: FSU|FSU]] – [[:Category: Art|Art]] – [[:Category: Community| Community]] – [[:Category: Concealment|Concealment]] - [[:Category: Network| Network]] | | categories = [[:Category: Russia|Russia]] – [[:Category: FSU|FSU]] – [[:Category: Art|Art]] – [[:Category: Community| Community]] – [[:Category: Concealment|Concealment]] - [[:Category: Network| Network]] | ||
| authorofpiece = Billy Franklin | | authorofpiece = Billy Franklin, Affiliation: Alumnus of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK | ||
| authorinstitution = Alumnus of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK | | authorinstitution = Alumnus of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK | ||
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|style="font-size:1.1em;"| The word ''kvartirnik'' derives from the Russian word for apartment (kvartira) and can be defined as an unofficial musical or literary concert held in residential apartments. The art performed is usually seen as contradicting the values of the state, therefore it is difficult for these artists to perform in public and the practice is strongly associated with dissident culture. Following the USSR’s collapse in 1991, ''kvartirniki'' initially lost their political connotations and embraced a kind of nostalgia for Soviet ways of human cooperation. However, following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, increases in censorship once again sufficiently narrowed public forums for dissent and thus such practices began to reclaim their Soviet-era meanings. The re-emergence of dissident ''kvartirniki'' was alluded to in a 2023 CNN article, which highlighted the concerns of a Russian citizen that her daughter had begun attending them frequently (Hodge 2023). ''Kvartirniki'' are a particularly mobile concept, regularly being organised outside Russia’s borders by liberal-minded Russian expats in cities with significant Russian diasporas (such as London, Paris and Tbilisi). | |style="font-size:1.1em;"| The word ''kvartirnik'' derives from the Russian word for apartment (''kvartira'') and can be defined as an unofficial musical or literary concert held in residential apartments. The art performed is usually seen as contradicting the values of the state, therefore it is difficult for these artists to perform in public and the practice is strongly associated with dissident culture. Following the USSR’s collapse in 1991, ''kvartirniki'' initially lost their political connotations and embraced a kind of nostalgia for Soviet ways of human cooperation. However, following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, increases in censorship once again sufficiently narrowed public forums for dissent and thus such practices began to reclaim their Soviet-era meanings. The re-emergence of dissident ''kvartirniki'' was alluded to in a 2023 CNN article, which highlighted the concerns of a Russian citizen that her daughter had begun attending them frequently (Hodge 2023). ''Kvartirniki'' are a particularly mobile concept, regularly being organised outside Russia’s borders by liberal-minded Russian expats in cities with significant Russian diasporas (such as London, Paris and Tbilisi). | ||
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