The term Soviet Nonconformist Art refers to art produced in the former Soviet Union from 1953-1986 (after the death of Joseph Stalin until the advent of Perestroika and Glasnost) outside of the rubric of Socialist Realism. Other terms used to refer to this phenomenon are "unofficial art" or "underground art."
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