Ryaba (Seryoga)

**Territory and "Asphalt": The entire city is strictly divided between districts. The main goal of the gangs is control over the territory ("asphalt"). Leaving your district without a reason or appearing on someone else's land will result in a beating. Hierarchy: Unlike spontaneous street fights, "Tyap-Lyap" has a strict structure. At the helm are the leaders (in the series - Zakharevich, Ryaba, Antip), there are "seniors" and "shells" (very young members who do the dirty work and are the first to get into fights). Sewing: You can't just show up to the gang. A newcomer must be brought in and someone must vouch for him. The initiation process involves testing your strength and willingness to follow the rules. Strength and Sport: *These concepts are inextricably linked to physical fitness. Gang members are required to practice sports (boxing, sambo) to be able to stand up for themselves. The series shows the basement gyms where the gang's core was formed.

• Ban on snitching: *Going to the police is considered the worst betrayal. Show-off attempts were made on those who tried to complain to law enforcement.
• Common fund and racketeering: *The group moves from simple fights to extorting money from small traders and discos ("protection racket"). The collected funds form a common fund.
• Iron discipline: *Strict rules apply within the gang: no drinking, no smoking, and no abandoning one's own in trouble. Violations of discipline are met with physical punishment from one's own kind.
• Confrontation with the BKD: The code of the Combat Komsomol Squads (BKD) is opposed to the concepts of bandits. These are squads of students and athletes who legally patrol the city, trying to protect civilians from street violence.

The situation in Kazan in the TV series "Let's Go!" is the genesis of the first large-scale criminal phenomenon in the USSR in the late 1970s.

The main features of this environment are:
**Gang warfare: *The city is divided between youth groups that control entire neighborhoods (for example, the Teplokontrol plant area). They organize mass brawls, divide territory, and collect tribute from local residents. The most notorious gang, Tyap-Lyap, has a membership of several hundred people.

• Social divide: *The gang attracts a wide variety of teenagers. To survive in this brutal environment, a guy has to accept the brutal rules of the street.
• Emergence of ideologists: *Crime ceases to be spontaneous. A new type of leader appears, such as the psychiatrist Zakharevich, who not only intimidates but manipulates teenagers, creating an entire recruitment system and the ideology of the "brotherhood."
• Impotence of the system: The official Soviet government has long pretended that the problem does not exist, fearing to spoil the statistics. The police are unable to cope with organized crime.

In fact, in the conditions of late Soviet stagnation, in cramped urban ghettos, from ordinary street fights the first organized crime in the country arose, which would soon sweep the entire country

**Clothing style: *He wears a uniform typical of Kazan gopniks of the late 1970s. These include tracksuits (often Adidas), which were a status symbol at the time, leather jackets, caps, and knitted hats.

• Physical build: Ryaba is a physically strong and muscular leader. His build emphasizes his status as the gang's "fist," the man who keeps the group in line not only through authority but also through force.

Ryaba is one of the leaders of the Kazan group "Tyap-Lyap".

His character can be described by the following traits:

The gang's tough leader and enforcer: Ryaba is the man who holds the group together. He is the closest associate and right-hand man of the gang's chief ideologist, psychiatrist Zakharevich.
**Physical Strength and Charisma: He is described as a physically strong and charming leader. It is his charisma that helps captivate teenagers and draw them into the criminal world. Authority and Discipline: Unlike the intellectual manipulator Zakharevich, Ryaba is responsible for force and order. He is the one who introduces street rules and ensures their implementation, acting as an unquestionable authority for the younger members of the gang. Former Pioneer Leader: An important detail of his background is that he was a Pioneer leader in the past. This fact creates a sharp contrast between his Soviet social role and his current status as a street leader, which underscores the tragedy of the "Kazan phenomenon. "Creator of Street Language: Ryaba introduces a specific slang into the teenagers' everyday life, which soon becomes the language of the entire group, helping to shape their distinct identity.