ZASHCHITA": POLITICAL PORTRAIT OF URBAN INFORMAL ORGANIZATION IN ROSTOV-ON-DON (1988-1990)
The study does not focus on the actions of political elites in a second phase of perestroika (1988-1990) in this article. The object of the research is small social groups, such as "Zashchita", which were rather marginal even in a large Soviet city of Rostov-on-Don. Such groups are considered to be informal. During perestroika such informal groups were strong supporters of the reform ideas of the Communist Party. They were independent socio-political force in large urban centers of the USSR. It explains the interest in members of Rostov social informal groups. Relevant historical documents were analyzed according to historical anthropology, sociolinguistics and historical sociology.