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Любэ (Lubeh, Lyube, Ljube, Lube) is a band from Russia, whose music harmoniously combines elements of Western rock and roll, traditional Russian folk music and military bard music. The band's name is a derivative of "любовь", the Russian word for "love"; and Lyubertsy, Russia, the band's hometown. The band wrote its first songs "Lyubertsy", "Bat'ka Makhno" on the 14th of January 1989 whilst working on their debut album "Atas". Любэ is said to be the favorite band of the president of Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin. Their lyrics are mostly patriotic, about solder-girl relationship and battle-themed, but not in any way...

Кооператив Ништяк (Kooperativ Nishtyak) is a Russian postmodern art punk band formed in 1984 in Tyumen by Kirill "Karl Fischer" Rybjakov, a philologist. Considered to be one of the main Siberian "punk" bands. Music varies from punk rock/hardcore punk and post-punk (early works) to psychedelic rock, neofolk, easy listening, and dark cabaret. Main lyrical themes are occultism and surrealistic visions, usually full of historical and literary allusions, irony, black postmodern humour, and (at one point) aesthetics of Third Reich. In early 2000s band moved from Tyumen to Moscow. Members of Kooperativ Nishtyak also played in fellow Siberian bands such as...