In the 1990s it seemed that “ gopniks" soon they will take over, if not the whole world, then at least one sixth of the land. "Gopniks" ruled the ball in all 11 time zones of Russia. Gopniks - or Russian men who adopted the style of gopniks - flooded into all spheres of life, from "business", where they played the role of sixes, to politics, where they formed the core of resistance Western influence…
Gopnik(gop. race. normal boy; goper, gopar, gop, gopota, punks, gopson; in post-revolutionary Petrograd - a resident of the City Hostel of the Proletariat (the current Oktyabrskaya Hotel, according to contemporaries, all walked in red socks and were identified by them, from there it went) is a lower multicellular animal, an infantry from the criminal world, but in fact it is a riffraff, a petty street criminal and a goon larva, an instance of one of the types of street animals (cats, dogs, gopniks, etc.), whose main hobby is push-ups from passers-by and mobile phones, well and of course fuck emo and others. In the west, gopniks call themselves hooligans.
The appearance of gopniks for our readers is not difficult: these are Russian guys like "don't put your finger in your mouth" with pimply skin and stupid faces, which reflect only one thought "Yes, I put it on you!"
“These guys are more comfortable squatting than standing. But, most importantly, these are the last males on planet Earth who manage to wear 1920s leather gangster caps with chic - everyone else in such caps looks like nothing more than faggots from theater school rehearsing some kind of musical," the newspaper writes.
Gopniks are cool because there is no place for self-irony in their world. They are very "authentic". Proof of this is their fantastically daring tastes: a mixture of bad taste, menace and inherent "third world" noisy chic.
Even the fact that gopniks like to play techno to the fullest, sing shitty songs under karaoke in cheap cafes with color music, or wear cheap pointed leather shoes to match their 1920s ragtime-style pill caps, cannot take away their status as the most dangerous scum in the world.
The history of the word, the culture of gopniks
About the word: there are few terms that one hundred percent correspond to the designated object. "Gop" sounds vicious, stupid and funny, but not so funny that you dare to laugh in the face of a gopnik. The word "gopnik" is based on the abbreviation: "State hostel of the proletariat." Add to "G.O.P." suffix "nick" - and new species ready.
There were gopniks after the revolution. The first gopniks came to Petrograd in the 1920s in search of work. By origin, they were peasants or completely landless erratic barren.
The species "ordinary gopnik" even had its own specific habitat - Ligovsky Prospekt, building 10. Actually, this is a hotel, now called "Oktyabrskaya", and the gopniks in their own way turned into a collectivist gangster club, the newspaper writes.
Since they were outsiders in their own villages, often children from incomplete families, and many already had petty crimes on their account, if not worse, indigenous people Petrograd, and then Leningrad, treated the gopniks with disgust.
They entered the legends as blatari and lucky ones, whom even Soviet system. They had their own code of honor, they lived by their own rules, they had their own tattoos on their fingers, their own fashions. They represented something like a caste of "thieves in law" in the world of delinquent "hooligans".
Later, the meaning of the word changed, and the expression "gopnik" meant any dubious type with a shaved head, a thick leather jacket, stupid leather boots and a pillbox cap.
1990s - heyday of gopniks
In the 1990s, it seemed that the gopniks would soon take over, if not the whole world, then at least one sixth of the land. "Gopniks ruled the ball in all 11 time zones of Russia. "Gopniks - or Russian men who adopted the style of gopniks - flooded into all spheres of life, from "business", where they played the role of sixes, to politics, where, as deputies from the Liberal Democratic Party, they formed the nucleus of resistance to Western influence"
Some gopniks swapped leather jackets and sweatshirts for Hugo Boss brown blazers, but couldn't resist adding glittery mules to this splendor: gold chains around their arms and neck, heaped watches and more. Gopnik culture in the 90s was accompanied by techno music. However, the 1990s turned out to be not so much the rise of the Gopnik Nation as the Beginning of its End.
Have the gopniks survived to this day?
To explore the culture modern gopniks, the correspondents of the newspaper went to Lyubertsy - a city that in the 1990s was known as the capital of gopniks. Criminality was as common there as tracksuits and seed husks.
What was the surprise of journalists when they could not find any gopniks there. Then the representatives of the newspaper decided to get out to one of the most sinister districts of Moscow, Brateevo, but they did not find the gopniks there either.
What happened to the gopniks? Most sources agree that two factors contributed to their extinction. First, in the 1980s and 1990s, hard drugs and guns suddenly became ubiquitous.
Their incorporation into a culture as fearless and primitive as gopnic meant that in one decade, almost half of the individuals went to the other world.
“The second reason has more to do with changes in habitat. The arrival of Western bourgeois values and cultural preferences, and the beginning of a period of external stability, growth and sobriety under Putin, means that the gopnik’s 70-year reign as king of the world of rebels has suddenly come to an end: Russians of all social layers quickly hated the muzhlan aesthetic of the gopniks"
Nothing speaks so eloquently about the tragic disappearance of a gopnik from the face of the earth as the fact that Shnur from the Leningrad group, a big fan of gopnik culture, is going to open a "Gopnik Museum" in his native St. Petersburg
Shnur's group romanticizes the gopniks in front of a middle-class audience that finally appreciates them, albeit in a semi-ironic spirit that wouldn't be possible if the gopniks hadn't disappeared. Even the original cradle of gopniks - house 10 on Ligovsky Prospekt - today is nothing more than a three-star hotel.
Gopnik Anatomy
The pillbox cap is a key element of the gopnik outfit. Leather - for serious murders, stripes - for all sorts of trifles such as rape in the country.
Ears - usually stick out more than the average Homo sapiens, thanks to fights, as well as an indispensable haircut to zero.
Shish kebab - gopniks (like all Russians) believe that meat tastes best when it is fried on a stick over a fire.
Sweatpants still remain the most ergodynamic for squatting.
Shoes - gopniks prefer a) pointed leather boots or b) slippers, but as cultural assimilation sometimes wear sneakers.
A glass - everyone knows that vodka tastes best when served warm in plastic cups. It is very important that several midges float on its surface.
Jacket - if he had a sticker on his bumper, it would say "Don't think, I have a leather jacket."
Forehead - convex frontal lobes inherited from distant ancestors - people.
How not to become a victim of gopniks - instructions
“Somehow there was a case at 7 o’clock in the evening ... We took a bottle of tonic with a friend and stood civilly, drank near the store, then suddenly one of the locals came up, extending his hand to say hello (as usual).
There were the usual questions: who are they, where are you from, on what occasion do you drink, then eight more people came up age groups, everyone began to ask questions, who is good for what, who is about money, who is about cell phones, who is about concepts (who in life) ... "
Almost everyone has experienced this at least once. They take a person in ticks and begin to breed - first for a conversation, then for a cigarette, then for a "call", and in the end - for money. For many, this causes fear and confusion. What to do in such situations? How to behave when meeting with "gopniks"?
Their weapon is our fear
Our fear comes from the fact that we do not know the rules by which “that” world operates. But we certainly respect them. Because these are the rules of the strong - concepts. We certainly accept them, but we do not know their principles and norms. This is where the dog is buried. We accept the rules of the game without knowing them.
Naturally, a more or less "bad" freak, even being a frail income, knowing a couple of "gadgets", will beat you in no time. Because you agreed to play by his rules. And a person who voluntarily agreed to play by the rules that he does not know is called a sucker.
Who are the gopniks
The word probably comes from the famous "gop-stop" - which in the hair dryer means robbery or robbery.
Gopniks are not exactly criminals. They follow a thin line - at first they “run into” the victim with a “bazaar”, they probe. Moreover, this is done without a direct threat of violence - from the outside it will seem that the gopnik is politeness itself, and you, on the contrary, are a nervous, unbalanced, or even completely aggressive type.
As a result of such a raid, the victim, as a rule, gives up his property himself - usually small money, mobile phones, watches.
Everything is often on the verge of a “joke”, a conversation “according to concepts”, so then when disassembling, you can always say - he gave it to me himself. This is often confirmed by the victim herself.
If you are in a cop's office, then the opera begins to get nervous, or even go berserk, and, in the end, tries to get rid of you. There are no legal grounds. If the disassembly is among the lads, then you get the status of a sucker. And getting from a sucker is a sacred thing for a gopnik. He's a kid, you suck. Conceptually, he is right. The conversation is over.
What to answer questions like: "Hey, come here!"
This is a test for the Loch suit. The sucker will certainly look back and hasten to approach.
Let's say you screwed up, i.e. stopped and turned, in a word, expressed some interest. But they didn't fit.
- Hey, come here, I said!
“Come here yourself” answers are not good unless you are a boxing champion.
Stand.
They come to you. Scary.
“What, don’t you hear? (frostbitten, swollen...)
Do not pay attention, freeze, like, further:
We are not fools
Let's say your "conversation" did not start with a direct provocation like the one described above. In this case, usually the gopnik will extend his hand to you at a meeting - he greets you like a kid. This obliges you to be moderately polite, to answer the first questions. What he is seeking.
This is one of the main tricks of the gopnik - after such a gesture " good will"He gets the right to be "fairly" indignant at the fact that you, for example, do not want to communicate with him. Plus, he immediately creates an alibi for himself - “I drove up to him like a kid, shook him with claws. Was it like that!?” - “Well, yes ...” - “And people saw it. And then he began to build show-offs for me ... ". Ten points in favor of the gopa.
We break off at the very beginning. It is very difficult to endure - a look and an outstretched hand to you. The patterns of politeness are etched deep into us. The hand stretches. We hold on. We look in the face. We smile.
Who are you?
The most common question asked of a sucker candidate. You do not need to answer anything, otherwise you will fall for the hook.
Important! If you are the wrong kid, that is, a sucker, then you will certainly shake the gopa’s hand without even knowing who is in front of you. In prison, they don’t shake hands, for example - and the rules of a prison for a gopnik are sacred.
Remember that in a conversation, questions will be asked in such a way that it is impossible to answer them. “Why are you walking here?”, “What are you smiling at?”
Your the main task as a true sucker - DO NOT stay within the framework of HIS rules, DO NOT break off the gopnik with his own methods. Better try to appeal to universal morality and quote the Constitution, and then you are guaranteed to return home with a broken nose and cleaned pockets.
If this option does not suit you, and you want to know how to exit the game as a winner, then read on.
Hitting the bazaar
If they obviously didn’t come to beat you, then the second part follows - “running over by the bazaar”. In any case, if you are not yet lying on the pavement, and people are talking to you, then everything is in order.
- Who are you?
— And who are you? Where are you from?
- Let me see the phone (do you have money? On what occasion do we drink?)
- I do not know you.
Go (stand) further.
If that didn't work (most likely it didn't) and the questions continue, you need to go on the offensive:
The best defense is an attack
The universal answer - always works:
- For what purpose are you interested?
It is important to understand and remember the main thing - you need a reason to attack you. Aggression without a reason is chaos. A reason is expected of you. As long as you don't give it, you are safe.
In no case do not make the slightest concession - do not answer anything. NOT FOR A SINGLE, even a completely innocent, QUESTION.
As soon as you answer something, even the most neutral one, and want to interrupt the conversation afterwards, the aggressor has the “moral right” to accuse you of disrespecting yourself. After all, you “supported” the conversation, and then refuse to continue. Ugly.
Of course, you won't get a direct answer to your question. Tons of options further development:
- And what, it's dirty to talk with the boys? (Are you being rude? You don't respect me? I didn't understand...)
Don't go to the market
You can't go off topic. In no case do not answer questions - "I respect you, but ...", "I'm not being rude, but ...". Your "but" will be immediately regarded as a weakness, so only suckers respond. Then the phrase “What are you making excuses for? Do you feel what?”
This is a 100% trick - it doesn't matter what you answer or just keep quiet, everything will be turned as an attempt to either justify or be rude.
- I'm not making excuses - look at yourself from the outside, you yourself understand that it just sounds stupid.
- Justify.
Why should I justify?
Because you're making excuses.
- I'm not making excuses!
“What are you doing now?”
“I... well... yes, you! I do not want to talk to you.
"Oh, you're also a brute...
Breaking the situation
What, zapadlo to talk with normal boys? is a likely response to your counterattack. Remember - no "no", "not", and even more so "but".
- You didn't answer my question.
- And you on mine.
- Are you going to run into chaos?
Are you accusing me of something?
- Answer my question. Do I have the right to ask?
Pay attention - it is "to ask." "Ask" has double meaning on a hair dryer - they ask someone for something that will immediately be regarded as a collision - "I have the right to ask." - "What? Ask me? For what? Justify." Everything, again, a dead end, you are in a bag.
- I'm interested in myself.
“I’m interested for myself” is a duty phrase-answer to the question “for what purpose are you interested?”. Everything is fine. As soon as you heard something like that, the enemy faltered - you forced the “right kid” to make excuses. Now the main thing is not to go too far.
- I do not know you.
In no case should you continue this phrase: “I’m not going to talk to you”, “why should I answer you”, “it’s none of your business”. Only stupidly neutral phrases. As long as you haven't given a formal casus belli, you're in a better position.
Hold positions
The cycle can be repeated in different variations. You just hold on to your position, the meaning of which is that whoever started the conversation must justify the reason.
In fact, there is ONE reason, and you must remember about it - to provoke you and get the moral right to attack, insult, humiliate, hit, rob. But, of course, the “right kid” will never voice it, because then he himself will recognize himself as a lawlessness.
And this is no longer according to the concepts - the right guys do not fix chaos. Those. you ask a question that he cannot answer, but, by his own rules, he must. In chess, this is called a "fork" - with one piece we attack two. The only choice left to the opponent is which piece to lose.
We don't bend
In no case do not fulfill small requests - by any concept, you can demand to state the reason at the beginning or qualify it as a direct collision. What do you have to say directly.
- Give me a glass.
We are silent, we smile. Waiting for accusations...
- You're in the bastard, or what?
and go on the counterattack.
- Do you want to hit me?
- I'm asking you like a normal kid.
You earned a point, it justifies. And in front of everyone calls you " normal kid". One more point.
— Ah. I'm sorry, i do not understand. On.
A draw on a foreign field is a victory
If you don’t want to be defeated, then only one thing remains for the gopu:
1. either start beating you, which puts him into the category of offenders from the point of view of the law or into the category of lawless people from the point of view of concepts. He does not need this, because the gop just wants to rise at the expense of your humiliation.
2. either "admit" that the goal was different - to meet, chat, spend time together. That is, avoid defeat. Which is what was required. A draw on a foreign field suits us just fine.
"Fork" - he already chooses only between which option of defeat to accept. He's most likely not stupid.
— You don't know me? Well, let's get to know each other.
You can shake your paws.
Don't get carried away with winning
If you feel a fracture, then you may well give him the opportunity to rehabilitate himself in your eyes and in the eyes of the boys. This is what needs to be done - otherwise the feeling of defeat will most likely lead to a new wave of aggression, which the bazaar can no longer stop.
How to become a victim
Everyone's normal desire normal person is the avoidance of street collisions. Although, in some cases they are inevitable, most often people become victims of gopota because of ignorance of the elementary rules of "that" world.
So, what needs to be done so that you are inapplicably beaten: Well, or, at worst, simply bred for "grandmothers". We list the main mistakes:
make excuses.
Anwser the questions.
Break into "high" tones.
Don't ask for an answer to your question.
Mutter something inarticulate.
Exceed the allowable impact dose.
Fulfill requests: "let me smoke (call, look at the phone number)"
Test Passed
If you do not make mistakes, and your "opponent" does not fall off the battlefield, then you may well make new friends, and even the best Kents.
And if a turning point has already occurred, then maybe you should not give up on further developments - it is likely that you will be offered to drink beer together, have fun.
This is often the case - if the test for “boyishness” is passed, you become not only an equal, but also a respected equal. In crowds of gopniks, there are usually one or two "real" boys, the rest are sticky. The leader always knows this and, in general, he is not interested in them - these are his miserable copies.
Therefore, quite honestly and sincerely, they may want you as a friend. The choice is yours. If not, then no. They patted each other on the shoulder, and even embraced in a brotherly way. The market is over, consumption.
The last and most important rule
The last and most important rule is not to turn around. Either don't start at all, or once you start, don't give up.
Remember Russian fairy tales - do not turn around. Who turned around - lost.
Of course, this is just a canvas, your creativity will always be needed. Fear will make its own adjustments, but, nevertheless, it is possible to remember.
The gopnik subculture is notable for the fact that it appeared in the USSR, although, in fact, gopniks- this is a layer of working youth from low-income families, and similar layers can be found literally in any country in a given period. For example, British punks of the 1930s (not to be confused with the punk subculture of the 1960s-1970s), which you can read more about in the article dedicated to punks. However, domestic gopniks are a truly unique phenomenon.
There are several versions of the origin of the word "gopnik". According to the first of them, the term appeared on turn of XIX- XX centuries, but the situation was like this: in St. Petersburg, the State Charity Society was set up, where homeless children who were engaged in theft and hooliganism were placed. Perhaps the word "gopnik" began to be used in relation to these very homeless children. Another option: in the building of this State Society, after the revolution of 1917, the Civil Hostel of the Proletariat was organized, which was used for the same purposes as the previous society. In both cases, the word "gopnik" came from the abbreviation of these institutions. Another version says that the word "gopnik" came from thieves' jargon. According to this version, thieves engaged in gop-stop were called gopniks (following the example of other criminal "specializations": pickpocket - "plucker", killer - "mokrushnik", etc.). Some argue that "gopnik" comes from the abbreviation for "citizen of dangerous behavior." However, in all these cases, any asocial type with thieves' manners is called a gopnik. The gop subculture manifested itself especially sharply in the 1970s and 1980s. Gopnik declared themselves in numerous fights with the then Soviet informals - punks and metalworkers. Since then, the word "gopnik" has firmly entered our lexicon.
Among the musical preferences of the gopniks are thieves chanson, rap and low-grade pop. Gopniks cannot imagine their collective walks without listening to their favorite music. Soviet gopniks listened to music on battery-powered cassette recorders. Gopnik, who carried a “mafon” with him, was in special honor among the “Kents”. Nowadays, gopniks listen to music with mobile phones. The current gopniks are passionate fans of the work of groups such as Factor-2, Gaza Strip, Butyrka, Leningrad, Kasta, Malchishnik and performers Noggano, rapper Syava, etc.
Thus, there are all signs of a separate subculture of gopniks - their own ideological principles, musical tastes, his own style of dress, as well as an incomparable style of behavior. Low level moral and aesthetic development, the low spiritual level of the gopniks determines the appropriate behavior. Young people who want to live "according to the rules" put on a "clear" sports suit and go to drink beer with the "boys". And the saddest thing is that the number of such people is not decreasing at all.
Gopniks (also gopy, gopari, collectively - gopota, gopoten, gopyo - a slang word of the Russian language, denoting representatives of the urban stratum of the low social status, poorly educated and lacking moral values, aggressive youth (teenagers), with criminal behavioral traits (less often close to the criminal world), often coming from dysfunctional families, and uniting on the grounds of a counterculture ( informal subculture). The term is widely used in Russia and countries former USSR(since the end of the twentieth century).
Origin of the word
There are several versions of the origin of the word "gopnik"
- According to one, it comes from the slang term for a robber. Dahl's dictionary mentions the word "Gop" expressing a jump, jump or blow; | interjection. knock, slap. Tell gop how to jump! not before. Hop, jump, jump, jump; kick, jump or hit. -Xia, slap, fall. Gop or gopki! command. jump, jump. Since street robbers used to suddenly attack (“jump, jump”) on their victim, often hitting her in order to stun and make it impossible to escape / resist, their crime began to be called gop, gopstop or gop-skok in the criminal environment. , and themselves - gopniks or gopstopniks. It is not surprising that over time, representatives of the criminalized part of the Soviet, and then the post-Soviet youth, began to be called this way, for whom gop-stop, i.e. surprise attacks on bystanders for the purpose of robbery was a common practice.
- There is another version. Back in the 19th century, there were “Urban Prison Societies” (GOP) in Russia, i.e. care, care, in which there were shelters for the homeless, crippled, orphans, etc. Those who were kept in these shelters began to be called gopniks. The contingent of GOPs was inclined to commit crimes, incl. the words "gop" and "gopnik" quickly acquired a negative connotation. Gopas began to be called bunkhouses or being in a bunkhouse, and by gopniks they meant descended people from the social lower classes, prone to vagrancy and committing crimes. There were quite a few teenagers and young people among those held in GOPs. It is not surprising that the word gopnik gradually became associated with the criminal part of the youth.
- Version three. Linguists who study thieves' traditions are sure that a "gopnik" is a person who makes a "gop-stop". What it is? So on the "hair dryer" they call a lightning-fast street robbery, when the victim is "taken to fright." Hence the "thieves" idiom - "take on the gop-stop." Interestingly, back in the 19th century, "gop-stop" was called "gop with a closure." "Gop" - means a jump, an unexpected blow, and "smoke" comes from the verb "smiknut" ("sniff") - "to move quickly." In other words, the tactics of the "gopnik" consists of an unexpected raid on the victim and a quick departure.
- Another option is a downtrodden drunkard or bootlegger. However, there are facts that in some thieves' communities back in the 20-30s of the last century, not street robbers were called gopniks, but drunkards who had gone down. Proponents of this version argue that the word "gopnik" comes from the word "gop", which imitates a click on the neck. Every Russian knows this gesture - it means “put behind the collar”. Interestingly, this gesture was used by speculators alcoholic drinks during the "dry law", which Nicholas II established in Russian Empire in 1914. A number of linguists are sure that they were originally called “gopniks”, and then the word spread to their “clients”.
Where did you come from?
It is not too difficult to understand this - it is enough to remember that a significant percentage of the inhabitants of Russia have at least once visited places not so remote. Now think for yourself what a "wonderful" upbringing the children of these people receive. In combination with the atmosphere of the outskirts of cities, the soil is created for more and more new generations of hereditary riffraff and criminals. When, from the late 80s, the economy and the system of public values, this resulted in an increase in crime, including street crime. Until the mid-1990s, there was an intensive redistribution of property and power in the ex-USSR, including by means of organized crime groups, which carried their "culture" to the masses and trained personnel, many of whom managed to undergo internships in prisons and colonies. A significant part of these bandits, swindlers and their protégés subsequently became businessmen, civil servants, deputies, which led to high corruption in Russia and the criminalization of entrepreneurship. Having undergone socialization, received an administrative resource and wishing to preserve their “honestly acquired” and reduce the population of competitors, the former swindlers further contributed to the suppression of crime, especially petty and young crime, which led to its decline by the end of the 90s. Television, which shows the "Brigade" and other "Sonka-golden hands", also contributes a lot to the increase in gopota. In particular, in one of Pimanov's programs they showed how in the early 90s the film "The Godfather" was used to train personnel in the Agiev organized criminal group.
Characteristics of the subculture
Researcher of the Gopnik subculture - employee of the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Management of the Kazan State technical university them. A. N. Tupoleva notes:"The city center for the prevention of neglect and drug addiction of minors in St. Petersburg designates gopniks as " informal associations", and includes them in the "aggressive" section. Discussions on Internet forums speak about the level of development of these informal associations as follows: “... from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, gopniks are to this day the most common form of youth associations,” and all the sources used emphasize the pronounced criminal and group nature of this subculture: “Mostly these are fights, robberies, assaults who are aimed at getting money ..., alcohol and cigarettes "" Unlike most informal youth associations (for example, hippies, punks, role players), the gopniks did not assign any names to the rest of the population and did not distinguish themselves into a separate group relative to the entire population, from which it follows that they did not realize themselves as a subculture. Most youth subcultures typical rejection of the gopniks, reaching the extreme antagonism.
stereotypical appearance
Thus, the following features are noted:
- Tracksuit, as the most common clothing in summer period, and including pants and a jacket made of synthetic material. As noted, most often these are fake products purchased on the local market. famous brands(like Adidas or Puma). Less often - classic black trousers, often a little bigger size than necessary;
- A short jacket in leather, imitation leather or fabric, or a vest in the same materials over a tracksuit. Often the collar is set "stand", also often tucked into pants;
- Of the hats, preference is given to a “pill” cap (an “eight-blade” cap or a baseball cap). Such a feature is noted: indoors, the hat is not removed, but is worn on the top of the head so that it rests on the ears from behind and does not cover them.
- A typical haircut is “bald” or very short, sometimes with bangs (“half box”). It is also characteristic to wear a "borset". Often, representatives of the subculture are associated with a bag of seeds, a rosary and a balisong knife.
Other distinguishing features
Gopnik dedicated to a lot musical works. One of the first mentions of gopniks is recorded in the song of Leonid Utyosov - "Gop with a closure" from his repertoire of 1929-1933. The most widely known was the song "Gopnik" by Mike Naumenko and the group "Zoo" (1984). One of the verses of the song characterizes the behavior of the gopniks:
Who sips port wine in the heat, who does not warm beer in winter, Who spits like a camel, who laughs like a nightjar? Who shits in our front doors, who vomits in subway cars, Who is always ready to knock out our eyes and stick a pen in your side? These are gopniks! They interfere with our lives! »
Subsequently, several cover versions were recorded for the song "Zoo" by various artists: "DDT", "Last Tanks in Paris", " Different people”, “Az”, “FRONT” and others.
Among the songs of famous performers telling about gopniks:
- "Children of Satan" by Bad Balance
- "Go to the swing" of the group "Lumen"
- "Street Fight" and "To the last drop of blood" by the group "No Good"
- “Dogs from the outskirts of the city” by the Chaif group (the title of the song is often used as a common noun to refer to youth street crime)
- "Gop-stop" group "Gas Attack Sector"
- "Gopnik" of the group "Ben Gunn"
- “Down with Gopot” by the group “Brigadny Contract” and a cover version of this song, recorded by the soloist of the group “Korol i Shut” Mikhail Gorshenev (album “I am an Alcoholic Anarchist”). On the other hand, in the genre of thieves' songs, gopniks and their activities are described with sympathy. Among these songs, one can single out “Gop-stop” (known by Alexander Rosenbaum) and “Gop with a closure” (known by Andrey Makarevich and Alexei Kozlov).
In the 2000s, artists appeared whose entire work is devoted to parodying typical devils and their hooligan behavior in the style of the so-called “boy rap”: the groups Gopota, Gopnik (Ukraine), Black GUN Dons, a.b.i.b.a.s, "Night Dogs", as well as performer Rapper Syava. David Brown dedicated new album Brazzaville "Teenage Summer Days" to Russian gopniks.
Why do gopniks sit on their haunches?
The squatting pose, like many other gop-style attributes, comes from prisoner customs and has been known since pre-revolutionary Russia. When transferring prisoners, the escorts, in order to prevent undesirable actions on the part of the prisoners, traditionally commanded: “Hands up the hill! Everyone squat!” The intentions of the squatting person are easier to predict, while this posture gives the prisoners the opportunity to rest, since at the stage, in the short minutes of a smoke break, it is more convenient to squat than on frozen ground or in the mud.
In an overcrowded SIZO cell, it can also be difficult to find a seat, so the prisoner has no choice but to spend time squatting. Very soon, this position becomes so firmly a habit that it can be difficult to get rid of it even in freedom. Former inmates often recognize each other from afar precisely by the habit of squatting.
To date, no one is surprised by phrases like: “gopniks”, “gopari”, “gopye”. The concepts of “gop-company”, “gopoten”, “gopster” are used less frequently. Various titles hide the same semantics. This is a man certain social status with a certain appearance, behavioral and speech habits.
At the same time, for different citizens, the meaning of the word "gopnik" will vary somewhat depending on the experience of the respondent. In order not to get lost in delusions and to understand whether goparis really exist, I propose to consider this article.
When and why did gopnichestvo appear?
The exact date of the appearance of the gop group is not fixed. However, in 1980 the phenomenon occurred quite often. Companies were people with no moral qualities aggressive towards society.
Tellingly, aggression was not shown towards all citizens, but only by those who social status or traits were the opposite of theirs.
Entrepreneurs, representatives of the so-called "white collars", highly educated part population. In other words, target audience gopnik are everyone who, in his opinion, has a higher status.
In 1990, the situation changed somewhat. The name "gopniks" was changed to "gopy". The concept characterized people with steady life philosophy based on the inability to positively recommend themselves. Percentage of residents eligible for this characteristic 1/3 more than the previous one.
Today in Russia he is engaged in gopnichestvo about 25% of young people. By “gopnichestvo” is meant the absence of distant goals, the meaning of life and, as a result, finding oneself only in a circle of similar ones. In 85% of the cases, the gopnik does not see himself without people like him. Since his identity is poorly formed, it is reinforced externally.
Who becomes a gopnik?
In 1975-1980 most representatives of the subculture were persons of the criminal contingent, after all, by the time the convicts left the zone, they had formed a set of appropriate standards of behavior.
Even being in the atmosphere of city life, they continued to do everything they did during the period of imprisonment. To avoid re-punishment, the gopniks limited themselves petty robberies. Fearing that their transgressions would be reported, the goparis intimidated the inhabitants.
For this reason, for relatively short term citizens there was a fear before the image of the gopnik.
Nowadays, the main audience of gop companies is young people aged from 13 to 25 years old. The reason for the existence of these groups is negativism caused by excessive pressure on a person who is not yet sufficiently developed.
A classic example is when parents show excessive concern for the moral education of a teenager. If he cannot meet the required standards, he begins to reject them. So, there is a group of people who accept young man and is able to appreciate his personality.
In this case, the purpose of creating a criminal image is not to avoid punishment by intimidation, but the process itself, which involves feeling of power over someone. Here, it will be important for the gopnik to choose the right victim. It will rather be a person who has reached a position that the gopnik himself is imaginatively unable to achieve.
Often, gop youth are absorbed in their own way over time and really goes to jail, however, this only raises their status level.
Who define themselves as gopniks?
Given that the environment perceives the status of representatives of the subculture extremely negative, high authority is extremely important for them. They perceive themselves as cooler and emphasize this in all sorts of ways, from clothes to beatings.
Gopniks oppose themselves to the so-called "suckers". Interestingly, often the gopnik cannot give exact definition this concept. In fact, “suckers” are everyone who is not a gopnik.
A mirror situation with the everyday perception of gopniks by citizens, because in 1990-2000 everyone whose morals are somewhat different from common views were considered gopniks. There was no clear definition of the subculture, despite this to the gopy attributed to 38% of citizens.
What is valued?
Although it is believed that the morality of the gopniks poorly developed, they also have many behavioral criteria to determine status. Suppose it is important for a gopnik that the victim has high position. It can be a high income, a prestigious position, respect in society - that is, all positions that can provoke a feeling of inferiority.
If a person with a low, in their opinion, position becomes a victim of the machinations of a gopnik, gopar descends to his level. Therefore, most representatives are afraid of any kind of contact with the holders of homosexual status.
Lurkmore interpretation:
Gopnik- lower multicellular, fir from the criminal world, petty street criminal, an instance of one of the species of street animals along with cats and dogs, whose main activity is pushing lava and mobile phones from passers-by, petty theft and fraud, and, of course, his favorite hobby is beating suckers.
"gop-stop" - which on a hair dryer means robbery or robbery, i.e. open possession material values. Robbery - with weapons, robbery - without.
Interpretation according to Wikipedia:
Gopnik(also - gopy, gopari, collectively - gopota, gopoten, gopyo) - a slang word of the Russian language, a derogatory designation for representatives of the urban stratum of youth close to the criminal world or with criminal behavioral traits, often coming from dysfunctional families. The term is widely used in Russia and the countries of the former USSR.
And so, how to behave when meeting with "gopniks"?
Rabbits and boas: Their weapons are our fear.
Our fear is that we do not know the rules by which "that" world operates. But we certainly respect them. Because these are the rules of the strong - concepts. We respect the world of the strong, the world of thieves and authorities. But direct access there is closed, a complete set of concepts is not available to a mere mortal. We certainly accept them, but we do not know their principles and norms. This is where the dog is buried. We accept the rules of the game without knowing them. Naturally, a little bit "bad" freak, even being a frail income, knowing a couple of "gadgets", will beat you in no time. Because you agreed to play by his rules. And a person who voluntarily agreed to play by the rules that he does not know is called a sucker.
Who are the gopniks.
The word, as it should be understood, comes from the well-known "gop-stop" - which on a hair dryer means robbery or robbery, i.e. open possession of material values. Robbery - with weapons, robbery - without.
Gopniks are not exactly criminals. They follow a thin line - at first they "run into" the victim with a "bazaar", probe it, cause fear, confusion. Moreover, this is done without a direct threat of violence - from the outside it will seem that the gopnik is politeness itself, and you, on the contrary, are a nervous, unbalanced, or even completely aggressive type. As a result of such a run-in, the victim, as a rule, gives up his property himself - usually small money, mobile phones, watches. Although this is not the main thing for a gopnik - he may not take anything from you. He needs to feel superior. Make you afraid of him.
Everything is often on the verge of a "joke", a conversation "according to concepts", so then when disassembling you can always say - he gave it to me himself. Which is often confirmed by the victim herself:
Well, yes, I gave them myself ...
- Why?
- I don't know...
- Did they threaten you? Did they say they would beat you, take them away?
No, they didn't threaten. Well, there ..., well, they said who they are in life ...
"Then why did you give it to them?"
- I do not know...
If you are in the police, then the opera begins to get nervous, or even go berserk, and, in the end, tries to get rid of you. There are no legal grounds. If the disassembly is among the lads, then you get the status of a sucker. And to get from a sucker is a sacred thing for a gopnik. He's a kid, you suck. Conceptually, he is right. The conversation is over.
What to answer questions like: "Hey, come here!"
This is a direct invitation to war - i.e. war already underway. Psychological. The main thing is not to be afraid and not to rush to approach, even if you are clearly inferior in strength. You don't have to openly show off your coolness, though. Whoever starts, he must justify his actions. Therefore, if you are only probed in this way, then you need to translate the "conversation" into a different direction.
So, according to the situation - stop or turn, in a word, express some interest. Don't come.
Hey, come here, I said!
Answers like "come here yourself" are not good, you understand, unless you are a boxing champion.
Stand.
They come to you. Scary.
What, don't you hear? (frostbitten, swollen...)
Do not pay attention, freeze, like, further:
Can I help you?
We are not fools
If your "conversation" did not begin with a direct provocation like the one described above, then usually the gopnik will extend his hand to you at a meeting - he greets you like a kid. This obliges you to be moderately polite, to answer the first questions. What he is seeking. This is one of the main tricks of the gopnik - after such a gesture of "good will" he gets the right to "fairly" be indignant at the fact that you, for example, do not want to communicate with him. Plus, he immediately creates an alibi for himself - "I rolled up to him like a kid, shook him with claws. Was it like that !?" - "Well, yes ..." - "And people saw it. And then he began to build show-offs for me ...". 1:0 in favor of gopa.
We break off at the very beginning. It is very difficult to endure - a look and an outstretched hand to you. The patterns of politeness are etched deep into us. The hand stretches. We hold on. We look in the face. We smile.
I know that this is difficult, especially if your opponent is clearly stronger than you or there is a crowd behind him. But you HAVE THE RIGHT TO THIS. The right kid will not shake hands with the first person he meets, without first knowing who is in front of him. In prison, they don’t shake hands at all, for example - and the rules of a prison for a gopnik are sacred. And you are not obliged to reap the first paw that comes across. "Or maybe you're not a kid at all - who knows you" - you hint. But you hint in such a way that he has no right to accuse you of something. And besides, he suspects that you know the rules of the game.
Your main task is to remain within the framework of ITS rules, to break off the gopnik with his own methods - you should not appeal to universal morality and quote the Constitution. This is the gopnik's trump card, that he imposes his rules on you and makes you play according to them on your own field. So that's what we do - we play with a serious look in the proposed game.
Hitting the bazaar
If they obviously didn’t come to beat you, then part two follows - “running over by the bazaar”. In any case, if you are not yet lying on the pavement, and people are talking to you, then everything is in order. You, in fact, if not feared, then at least feared.
Who are you, where are you from?
-... let me see the phone.
-...have money?
-... on what occasion do we drink?
-... who are you in life?
Freezing.(may be skipped)
So. Smile ALWAYS and say:
If that doesn't work (most likely it doesn't) and the questions continue and the intonation intensifies, then you need to go on the offensive:
The best defense is an attack.
Universal answer - always works:
For what purpose are you interested?
It is important to understand and remember the main thing - you need a reason to attack you. Aggression without a reason is chaos. A reason is expected of you. As long as you don't give it, you are safe.
In no case do not make the slightest concession - do not answer anything. NOT FOR A SINGLE, even a completely innocent, QUESTION. As soon as you answer something, even the most neutral, but essentially the question, and want to interrupt the conversation later, the aggressor has a "moral right" to accuse you of disrespecting yourself, i.e. get that very right to move on to tough action. After all, you "supported" the conversation, and then refuse to continue. Not pretty.
Of course, you won't get a direct answer to your question. A lot of options for further development:
And what, zapadlo chat with the boys?
- Are you being rude?
- You do not respect me?
- I didn't understand...
Never make excuses
In all cases, you need to "stupidly" continue your topic. In no case, again (see above) do not answer questions - "I respect you, but ...", "I'm not being rude, but ...". Your "but" will be immediately regarded as a weakness. If the phrase "And what are you making excuses for? Do you feel something behind you?" or something like it, then you will have nothing to answer it with. This is a 100% trick - it doesn't matter what you answer or just keep quiet, everything will be turned as an attempt to either justify or be rude.
I'm not making excuses - look at yourself from the outside, you yourself understand that it just sounds stupid. But still, speak up.
- Justify.
Why should I justify?
Because you're making excuses.
- I'm not making excuses!
- What are you doing now?
- I... well... yes well you! I do not want to talk to you.
- Oh, you're still a rude...
We break the situation.
- What, zapadlo with normal (!) Boys to talk? is a likely response to your counterattack.
Remember - no "no", "not", and even more so "but".
You didn't answer my question.
It's okay to keep smiling.
And you on mine.
- Are you going to run into chaos?
Are you accusing me of something?
- Answer my question. Do I have the right to ask?
Pay attention - it is "to ask." "Ask" has a double meaning in the hair dryer - they ask someone for something that will immediately be regarded as a collision - "I have the right to ask." - "What? Ask me? For what? Justify." Everything, again, a dead end, you are in a bag.
I'm interested for myself.
“I’m interested for myself” is a duty phrase-answer to the question “for what purpose are you interested?”. Everything is fine. As soon as you heard something like that, the enemy faltered - you forced the "right kid" to make excuses. Now the main thing is not to go too far.
I do not know you.
In no case do not continue this phrase: "and I'm not going to talk to you", "why should I answer you", "it's none of your business." Only stupidly neutral phrases. As long as you haven't given a formal casus belli, you're in a better position.
We stop smiling, we show with all appearance that the conversation is over.
Hold positions
The cycle can be repeated in different variations. You just hold on to your position, the meaning of which is - WHO STARTED THE TALK, THAT MUST SUBSTITUTE THE REASON.
In fact, there is ONE reason, and you must remember about it - TO PROVOKE YOU AND GET THE MORAL RIGHT to attack, insult, humiliate, hit, take away. But, of course, the "right kid" will never voice it, because then he himself recognizes himself as a lawless person. And this is no longer according to the concepts - the right guys do not fix chaos. Those. you ask a question that he cannot answer, but, by his own rules, he must. In chess, this is called a "fork" - with one piece we attack two. The only choice left to the opponent is which piece to lose.
The fact is that it is impossible to admit that the purpose of the tackle was to run over, as you understand. Gopnik must comply with the laws of thieves' diplomacy and remain within the law. To remain silent or leave - in fact, means tacitly admitting that everything was just the way it was. And this is to sink in the eyes of your comrades and your own.
This is your clear victory. But no one wants to be defeated, even though such a turn of events is quite likely. The admission of defeat, of course, can be compensated by insults or promises "to meet again" - this is the last attempt to provoke you. We just keep quiet.
Don't sag
In no case do not fulfill small requests - according to any concepts, you can demand to state the reason at the beginning or qualify it as a direct collision. What do you have to say directly.
Give me a glass.
-...
We are silent, we smile. Waiting for accusations...
You're in trouble, right?
And we go on the counterattack.
Loch suit check? (or: - Do you want to run into me?)
- I'm asking you like a normal kid.
You earned a point, it justifies. And he calls you a "normal kid" in front of everyone. One more point.
Ah. I'm sorry, i do not understand. On.
A draw on a foreign field is a victory.
If you don’t want to be defeated, then only one thing remains for the gopu -
1. either start beating you, which puts him into the category of offenders from the point of view of the law or into the category of lawless people from the point of view of concepts. He does not need this, because the gop just wants to rise at the expense of your humiliation.
2. either "admit" that the goal was different - to meet, chat, spend time together. That is, avoid defeat. Which is what was required. A draw on a foreign field suits us just fine.
"Fork" - he already chooses only between which option of defeat to accept. He's most likely not stupid.
Don't know me? Well, let's get to know each other.
You can shake your paws.
Don't get carried away with winning
If you feel a fracture, then you may well give him the opportunity to rehabilitate himself in your eyes and in the eyes of the boys. This is how it should be done - otherwise the feeling of defeat will most likely lead to a new wave of aggression, which the bazaar can no longer stop.
After the acquaintance, however, cycles of the same answers and questions may again follow, and the acquaintance itself was only a trick - you just need to be WARNING and in no case relax. No matter how many such cycles there are, your task is the same - not to provide a reason. Again, this means:
Don't make excuses.
Don't answer questions.
Do not comply with requests
Do not break into "high" tones - remain polite and calm.
Keep asking for an answer to your question.
Ask "uncomfortable" questions.
we smile
Notice we smile. It is important. This is confusing, makes the attacker nervous. This makes him fearful and act cautiously - "why is he crushing his grin? Maybe he knows what? And he himself is mowing down like a fool ..."
Even...
If you met complete scumbags, then you won’t have to talk for a long time. But in reality, such specimens are extremely rare - this is a mental pathology. Almost every person has a taboo on unreasonable aggression. Those. you always need a reason, even the most ridiculous or far-fetched. Concepts are about the same.
Even if you suffer, then, firstly, save your dignity, respect in the face of friends and yourself. And even enemies, which means a lot in the long run. And, secondly, both the law and concepts are on your side, and you may well demand satisfaction, having gained strength, for example, in the form of support from friends. You are no longer a sucker, but a warrior, just a loser in a battle, but not the whole war.
Mistakes
There are two possible strategic mistakes here:
- fear will take over and you will give up, starting to mutter something inarticulate and willingly give everything that you are "asked".
- you will feel yourself on a horse and decide to develop success by exceeding the allowable dose of collision - most likely, in this case you will be beaten.
Test Passed
If you do not make mistakes, and your "opponent" does not leave the battlefield himself, then you may well find new friends, and even the best Kents.
And if a turning point has already occurred, then maybe you should not refuse to continue the development of events - it is likely that you will be offered to drink beer together, have fun.
No wonder this person came up to you. Nothing random happens in the world.
This is often the case - if the test for "kidneyness" is passed, you become not only an equal, but also a respected equal. In crowds of gopniks, there are usually one or two "real" boys, the rest are sticky. The leader always knows this and, in general, he is not interested in them - these are his miserable copies.
Therefore, quite honestly and sincerely, they may want you as a friend.
The choice is yours. If not, then no. They patted each other on the shoulder, and even embraced in a brotherly way. The market is over, consumption.
The last and most important rule
Even if it's scary, remember these simple rules and don't back down from them. Because the last and most important rule is not to turn around. Either don't start at all, or once you start, don't give up.
Remember Russian fairy tales - do not turn around. Who turned back - lost.
Of course, this is just a canvas, your creativity will always be needed. Fear will make its own adjustments, but, nevertheless, it is possible to REMEMBER.
Vitaly Lozovsky.
View from prison.
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