Gladio Free Europe

In 1984 Siberian singer and songwriter Yegor Letov founded Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defense), which went on to be the Soviet Unions most famous underground punk band, and made Letov one of its most famous musicians. Then in 1993 he co-founded the National Bolshevik Party, the now banned extremist political party that hoped to unite far right and far left forces. We discuss him, his music, and his journey from punk rock to punk politics.

Hosted by Liam, Russian Sam, Halal Sam, and Abram.

Songs featured in this episode

• Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Harakiri
• Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Song about Lenin
• Grazhdanskaya Oborona – About a fool
• Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Government
• Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Everything is like what people have
• Adolf Gitler – Mein Kampf
• Yanka – Overabundance of wit
• Kommunizm – I see nothing
• Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Everything's going according to plan
• Grazhdanskaya Oborona – My defense
• Grazhdanskaya Oborona – Motherland
• Yegor and the fucked up – Gospel
• Grazhdanskaya Oborona – The unbearable lightness of being

Would you like to learn more? ☞ https://gladiofreeeurope.github.io/episodes/2021-05-12-yegor-letov-and-the-national-bolsheviks/