Leningrad time. The disappearing city and its rock heroes. RAMSHAN V.O.

“Leningrad Time” is a story about the life of a musician, writer and athlete in Soviet Leningrad. On the pages of the book, a whole era fit. Together with the author, you can walk along the authentic streets of Soviet Leningrad, read the story of the legendary Cafe "Saigon", where representatives of the Leningrad Golden Youth of the 1980s gathered, and reveal for yourself, thanks to which a sound recording appeared in our country. Author Vladimir Reshan is a musician, writer and journalist, founder of one of the first rock groups in the Union: the Leningrad team of St. Petersburg. The book “Leningrad Time” written by him in 2015 is published at the Bombbor publishing house with new chapters and a tab with photographs from the author’s personal archive.

about the Leningrad 1960-1980s, legends are composed. It was a great heyday of underground culture, the time of communal apartments and the notorious shortage, book boom and cult of sports. The country was covered by rapid changes, and it was Leningrad that became the center of these changes.

the author of the publication Leningrad Time, the rock musician and writer Vladimir Rekshan, will recreate the former surroundings of his city, with trepidation and subtle humor recalling the most interesting details Soviet youth and maturity. On the pages of the book, a whole era fit.

In this Leningrad, Viktor Tsoi, who is not known to the world, walks through the streets, and in the Cafe Saigon you can meet Iosif Brodsky or Sergey Dovlatov. Here, farmers sell jeans and scarce rock plastics, and in the Philatelist store, Chinese stamps are almost forgotten. Vladimir Rekshan shares his memories of Leningrad, in which he was born and raised. "He is, and he is no longer there." This book is about the disappearing city, which has turned into modern St. Petersburg; About his details, curioses and heroes of his time.