Skinhead Subculture in Russia
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The rise of the skinhead subculture in Russia is interesting to me from an anthropological perspective. The skinheads or neo-Nazis in Russia have swelled from a few dozen a decade ago to more than 50,000 in recent times (Zarakhovich 40). Primarily made up of teenagers, skinheads dress in bomber or camouflage jackets, wear heavy steel-tipped boots, and shave their heads. Such individuals launch violent physical attacks on Jews, Blacks, Chechens, Asians and others. Primarily white, the skinheads often use the Nazi salute, carry signs that feature racial slurs, and protest minority functions and business establishments. Carrying clubs and steel rods, the Russian skinheads have been responsible for an increasing number of violent assaults on minorities in Russia. When one fifteen-year-old skinhead, Zakhar, was asked why they do what they do, he replied, ôBecause [Hitler] gave us the holy idea of National Socialismö (Zarakhovich 40).The formation of the skinhead subculture and its increasing level of deviance is clearly understood from the theories posited by Emile Durkheim. Durkheim argued that social conflict or deviance rises in proportion to the degree of social cohesion in society. Society is always in a state of flux, an organism that exhibits varying degrees of cohesion over time and space. When social cohesion is low, Durkheim maintains that a greater level of deviance or variation away from social norms will occur. This is particularly true when old and new or
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is on the rise, the country is bracing for a wave of xenophobic attacks
It's a spring afternoon in downtown Moscow. Pushkin Square, a major hub of the Russian capital, is as vibrant as ever. Even those who hurry along on urgent errands steal a second to stop and enjoy the sunshine after weeks of rain and snow. But the atmosphere in one corner of the square is more menacing. A crowd of about 80 teenagers is chanting "Kill the U.S.A.!" and raising their arms in the Nazi salute. Zakhar, aged 15, with shaved head and camouflage shirt, is reluctant to talk to a journalist, but makes an exception to explain that the rally is "all about exterminating the Jews, Americans and other scum."
Immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Russians in their thousands brought flowers, wreaths, lighted candles and icons to the U.S. embassy wall. Something of a rapprochement between Russia and the West followed. But those feel-good days are gone. In a poll by the Public Opinion Foundation last month, 70% of those surveyed regarded the U.S. as a hostile country. And earlier this month, the U.S. embassy in Moscow received an e-mail in broken English that read: "We are to kill all the foreigners we see, marking the birthday of Hitler [April 20].
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