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Bookmark or Share- Who are Russia’s ‘gopniks’? - Russia BeyondA criminal legacy of the 1990s, “gopniks” today represent the lower stratum of Russian society; a bunch of tracksuit-clad hoodlums who take pleasure in threatening peaceful passers-by. RIR...
- Gopnik - WikipediaA gopnik (Russian: гопник, romanized: gopnik, pronounced [ˈɡopnʲɪk]; Ukrainian: гопник, romanized: hopnyk; Belarusian: гопнік, romanized: hopnik) is a member of a delinquent subculture in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and in other former Soviet republics—a young man (or a woman, a gopnitsa) of working-class background who ...
- Gopnik – Russiapedia Of Russian origin - RTGopnik is a slang Russian derogatory term used to describe a young, white male member of the lower class in Russia. Similar to the term ‘white trash’ or ‘redneck’ in American English, a g opnik is identified by a specific style of dress (usually athletic gear or track suits), haircut, and predilection for violence, aggressive behavior ...
- Criminals or just misunderstood: Who are Russia’s ‘gopniks’?A criminal legacy of the 90s, today “gopniks” are representatives of the lower stratum of Russian society, tracksuit-clad hoodlums who take pleasure in threatening peaceful passers-by. RBTH...
- Thugs, Rednecks, Nationalists: Understanding Russia's Gopnik CultureГопник: intolerant, insular thug. Insulting slang words seem to go in and out of fashion — or maybe I go in and out of periods of noticing them. Lately it seems that the word гопник and its...
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