Musicology Annotation << Back The Potential of Protest in Russian Rock Music and Its Transformations Anton V. Fokin The paper is concerned with the problem of protest public opinion which caused a real phenomenon in Russian artistic culture at the turn of the 19 and 20 centuries — Russian rock music. Author examines the transformations of this protest during the existence of rock culture — from its origins to the present state, and its forms. Besides, the article examines the following problems: sub-culture as an environment of existence and development of rock-music; distinctive features of different rock movements; the protest in works of different metropolitan and provincial bands, interaction between rock and popular comercial culture, political reflection of Russian rock-music, etc. Keywords: Russian rock music, sub-culture, counterculture. E-mail: fokinanton@mail.ru. Pp. 35-40