An Evening with Azazello: Notes from the Zone of Kaif

Join us for a special evening celebrating Azazello (Anatoly Kalabin), whose remarkable archive was bequeathed to the Wende Museum in 2016. Emerging from the depths of the Soviet underground, this archive offers a rare glimpse into a hidden world of hippies, nonconformist artists, and other self-declared misfits who sought freedom, beauty, and meaning under repression.

The program marks the launch of the digital Azazello Archive and features a conversation with Sasha Razor and curatorial team members Anna Fishzon, Juliane Fürst, and Margarit Ordukhanyan, exploring the life and legacy of Azazello and what it meant to be a nonconformist in an authoritarian space. The evening will include readings of Azazello’s poetry and a selection of his favorite music, along with Soviet-inspired snacks and drinks.