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During the confrontation with lowlife and “lyuberas” in
1986-1991 in rocker and heavy-metal circles came through especially active
groups, that on the turn of the 90-s transformed from motogangs into the first motor-clubs
with visual attributes on the model of the foreign bike-clubs and on heavy
motorcycles, modified by hand or even on
the post-war trophy models. Already by 1990 in Moscow stood out groups like
“Hell Dogs”, “Night Wolves” and “Cossacs Russia”. There were also more
short-lived motor-unions like “MC
Davydkovo”. The self-given name “bikers”, as a symbol of separation of this
stage from the rocker past, initially applied to a group rallied around
Alexander “the Surgeon” and then involved the whole motorcycle movement that gradually spread to
many cities in the post-Soviet area. The
main bikers hangouts of that period were “Pushka” (Pushkinskaya) and “Luzha”
(Luzhniki stadium), and the moto-routes included a patch on Vasilievsky Slope,
“Patricki” (Patriarshie Ponds), “Gorbushka” (Gorbunov cultural centre),
clubhouse of the “Night Wolves” in Gorky Park’s outdoor theatre and the uptown
café “Otradnoye” (aka Otryzhka – the Belch). The history of this movement born
at the turn of the 90-s still continues today.
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