Aleksandr Gorbachev

Former Editor-in-chief of Afisha and Deputy Editor-in-chief of Meduza. Currently staff editor at Holod and Managing Editor of documentary projects at Stereotactic. Master of Journalism (University of Missouri). Co-author of “Songs to the Void: The Lost Generation of the 90-s Russian Rock”, “Don’t be shy. History of post-soviet pop-music in 169 songs”, “History of Russian media”.

Publications

Magazine

The most Slavic among the Slavs

Three decades ago, Russian soldiers invaded a newly independent state to “protect” the Russian-speaking population: it happened in Transnistria, a region of Moldova. With that war still fresh in many Transnistrians’ memories, they’re now grappling with the effects of the war raging in neighboring Ukraine

04.05.2023

Magazine

My Life for the Party

Mary Reed, an American, arrived in the Soviet Union in 1927. In the land of her dreams, she found love but lost her freedom.

28.03.2023

Magazine

Airborne Infection

Vladimir Solovyov is a man of many professions. He studied engineering and economics, taught physics at a high school, ran a variety of successful businesses, and hosted Russia’s most popular talk shows of the 2000s. Today he is the arch-warmonger of the Russian state media.

21.03.2023

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Magazine: pop scene

The end of the “post-Soviet” cultural space

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered the common cultural space which had its center in Moscow. Holod examines today’s pop music to figure out what Russian culture is turning into

19.12.2022

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