The Mayakovsky Friends Club. Chapter 6. Document B. Application by the New Creative Association, 4. 8. 1986 © H. Fobo 2021

Application (Заявление) by the New Creative Association (Новое творческое объединение) to the Main Department of Culture (Главное управление культуры, Г.У.К., Glavnoe upravlenie kul‘tury, G.U.K.) dated 4. 8. 1986

The letter, signed (in typescript) by seven artists, has Timur Novikov's address as sender. The signatories, representing a group of more than 40 artists, ask to include the New Creative Association in “the experiment to expand the sphere of paid services, according to the Law on amateur associations and interest clubs”.

It is possible that the original letter, sent to the G.U.K., also bears the signatories’ handwritten signatures.
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Адрес представителя: 192242 ул. Бела Куна, д.2. к.3 кв. 42

Мы, более 40 человек, на протяжении длительного времени занимаемся на общественных началах коллективным творчеством различных жанров. Узнав о участии Г.У.К. в проводимом эксперименте по расширению сферы платных услуг, оказываемых населению просим привлечь наше объединение к участию в нем в соответствии с положением о создании любительских объединений, клубов по интересам.

Гуцевич Владислав Бронниславович
Феоктистов Алексей Вячеславович
Назарова Наталья Николаевна
Новиков Тимур Петрович
Котельников Олег Евгеньевич
Бугаев Сергей Анатолиевич
Николаев Александр Николаевич

Application
For a long time we, more than forty people, have been engaged on a voluntary basis in collective creativity of various genres. We found out about that the Main Department of Culture participates in the experiment to expand the sphere of paid services and ask you to include our association in it, according to the regulations on the creation of amateur associations and interest clubs.

4. 8. 1986
Council of Representatives of Creative Groups

Gutsevich Vladislav Bronislavovich
Feoktistov Aleksei Vyacheslavovich
Nazarova Natalia Nikolaevna
Novikov Timur Petrovich
Kotelnikov Oleg Evgenievich
Bugaev Sergei Anatolievich
Nikolaev Aleksandr Nikolaevich

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Synopsis and Introduction

Chаpter 1. Soviet Clubs and Houses of Culture

Chapter 2. Chapter 2. Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky

Chapter 3: Source material and references

Chapter 4. Index of documents 1986-1987

Chapter 5. Document A. Charter of the New Creative Association

Chapter 6. Document B. Application by the New Creative Association, 4. 8. 1986

Chapter 7. Document C. Application by the New Creative Association, 5. 8. 1986

Chapter 8. Document D. Front page of the Mayakovsky Friends Club charter, 3. 9. 1986

Chapter 9. Document E. Registration card for young associations

Chapter 10. Document F. Mayakovsky Friends Club. Working plan for 1986-1987