Молодёжные субкультуры. Гопники.

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Gopnik Subculture is a unique phenomenon, which appeared at the beginning of the last century in the Soviet Union. This subculture unites representatives of different ages, who specialize in small robberies, thefts, extortion and hooliganism.

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The concept of "Gopnik" comes from the acronym "GOP" - Urban society charity that arose in St. Petersburg for the room to anti-social elements, who were involved in stealing and outrages. After the revolution of 1917 in the same building urban proletariat hostel for homeless children and young workers was organized. The third version of the origin of this concept is the thieves' slang, which is called the robbery " gop -stop", which is the name of the people involved in the theft and hooliganism.

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Gopnik subculture flourished with renewed vigour in the 70-80 years of last century, as a sign of opposition to the Soviet informals - punks and metalheads . Because of its limited outlook and low intelligence, gopniks despise and don`t accept those who are different from the rest. Their victims may be more informal movements, intellectuals. Gopniks consider themselves as a part of the working class, "the proletariat", who come from the people, however, often hiding behind these concepts, they do not want to work odd jobs.

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Gopnik’s image

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Gopniks dress themselves not haphazardly, but strictly "in the concepts" - a sports costume in any season, sneakers, baseball cap or a cap, holding a rosary or purse. More "advanced" a Gopnik can be seen with massive silver or gold chain on the neck.

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The typical Gopnik can always be seen with a bottle of beer and a packet of sunflower seeds. Gopnik`s slang is very diverse with a dash of words-parasites, prison-thieves jargon "give a damn" and profanity.

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