Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.

Rock and roll became known in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and quickly broke free from its western roots. According to many music critics its golden age years were the 1980s (especially the era of perestroika) when the Soviet underground rock bands could release their records officially. The great majority of the bands perform in the Russian language.

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