Oksana Mamchenkova: Okean Elzy as a symbol of peace

By Oksana Mamchenkova.
It seems Okean Elzy are our Beatles, U2 and Marley all put together. We know their songs by heart, we have lived with them for the last 20 years, Oksana Mamchenkova writes.
Photo by facebook.com/okeanelzyofficial

We are not used to viewing Okean Elzy as a band with highly socially relevant everyday lyrics, but it is in the times of revolution and war that the vast majority of their songs turned out to be relevant and important. 

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Ukraine’s legendary rock band Okean Elzy together with frontman and political activist Svyatoslav Vakarchuk took to one of the largest stages in the nation when they performed in front of 70,000 raging fans at Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium on June 21.



Ukraine’s legendary rock band Okean Elzy together with frontman and political activist Svyatoslav Vakarchuk took to one of the largest stages in the nation when they performed in front of 70,000 raging fans at Kyiv’s Olympic Stadium on June 21.

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