The Leningrad Rock Club was a historic music venue

Music venue

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 of the 1980s in Leningrad

Leningrad

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, situated on Rubinstein Street in the city center. Opened in 1981 and overseen by the KGB

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, it became the first legal rock music venue in Leningrad. Overall, it was the largest rock

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 scene in the Soviet Union

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, which featured such bands as Kino

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Kino was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one of the most famous Soviet rock groups of the 1980s.-History:The band was formed in the summer of 1981 in Leningrad, USSR Kino was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one of the most famous Soviet rock groups of the...

, Alisa

Alisa

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, Aquarium, Zoopark

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Zoopark was one of the founding rock groups which began the Russian rock movement. The group was founded in 1980. It consisted of singer-songwriter Mike Naumenko, guitarist Aleksandr Khrabunov and a varied group of artists. The first album recorded was All Brothers are Sisters with Boris...

, Piknik

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, Automatic Satisfiers, DDT

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, Grazhdanskaya Oborona

Grazhdanskaya Oborona

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, and became an important influence on the Russian rock music.